Posted on May 21st, 2010 by Chloe
Miranda Dickinson’s debut novel Fairytale Of New York was a massive success with anyone who picked up a copy, and luckily for fans of that book, Miranda has her second book due out later this year. Welcome To My World is due out on November 11th, and it sounds like the perfect winter read. The cover is absolutely gorgeous as well, I can’t wait to read it! Here’s the synopsis:
“When Harri Langton finds herself locked in the Ladies’ loo at Stone Langley Village Hall, she has plenty of time to muse on the events leading up to officially The Worst Night of Her Life… Harri is a travel agent with a shameful secret. Despite possessing extensive knowledge of places around the globe, she’s never set foot outside the UK. Few of Harri’s friends understand her longing to see the world - least of all her boyfriend Rob who still hasn’t proposed after seven years of waiting. But when Alex Brannan arrives in town, Harri finds a kindred spirit. A globe-trotting traveller for the past ten years, Alex’s stories light up Harri’s world, and in return she becomes his confidante, sharing the highs and lows of his awful love life. But everything changes when Alex’s mother suggests her Big Idea - offering Alex up on a plate to the female readership of Juste Moi magazine. How will Alex feel about being sold off as a prize bull? Will Rob ever step up and propose? And will Harri’s dreams of exploration ever become a reality?”
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Posted on May 21st, 2010 by Danielle
Sweet Lips, Tennessee . . . Toad Suck, Arkansas . . . Okay, Oklahoma . . . Truth or Consequences, New Mexico . . . Maeve Connelly’s epic road trip is taking her through every colorfully named tiny town in America on her way to the far less imaginatively named Los Angeles, California. With her foulmouthed cockatiel, Oliver, her only companion, Maeve’s heading way off the beaten track with little money and a load of painful baggage she wants to leave behind. But when her beloved rattletrap, “Elsie,” breaks down outside Unknown, Arizona, she finds herself taking a much longer rest stop than she anticipated.
The only mechanic in the vicinity is on an indefinite walkabout, so Maeve’s in for the long haul—and she’ll need to find two jobs to pay for Elsie’s eventual repair. But she’s starting to feel strangely at home among the quirky denizens of Unknown—especially around her new bookstore owner boss—so Maeve is seriously considering saying good-bye to Hollywood for good . . . if she can keep her past troubles from coming to light.
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Posted on May 20th, 2010 by Leah
Chick Lit Classics is a new feature on Chick Lit Reviews where we highlight the books we feel are classics of the chick lit genre. Feel free to discuss our choices in the comments section!
This week I’ve chosen Rowan Coleman’s book The Accidental Mother for Chick Lit Classic. I read it in 2008 and again in 2009 and I absolutely loved it. It was witty, it had fantastic characters and I loved the chemistry between Sophie and the girls. It was a hugely enjoyable book and I hugely recommend you pick it up. It’s sequel The Accidental Family is also good, but The Accidental Mother is tons better!
Sophie Mills has worked her Manolo Blahniks off to reach the near-top of her profession. And she’s very happy with her priorities in life - her job, her neurotic cat Artemis and her passion for shoes. After all, relationships only get in the way. And as for children - She hasn’t even begun to think about them yet. Until one day an unexpected visitor brings news of a strange inheritance and Sophie is suddenly, out of the blue, in sole charge of two children under the age of six. But motherhood can’t be all that hard, can it? Within twenty-four hours, her make-up smeared all over the bathroom, Artemis has taken up residence on top of her wardrobe, and Sophie is in despair. And all her unconventional mother can suggest is “Dr. Roberts’ Complete Dog Training and Care Manual”. Determined to rise to the challenge, Sophie soon realises that she’ll need more than a business plan to cope with all this …
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Posted on May 20th, 2010 by Chloe
Ooh, I was excited to find this little bit of news today, and it’s an exclusive for us too! Jane Moore, an author who I really enjoy the books of (and her newspaper column is great too!) has her next book due out early next year, and I’ve found the cover online too. Love Is On The Air is due out on 3rd February 2011, however there’s no synopsis yet but of course I’ll post it as soon as it’s out there!
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Posted on May 20th, 2010 by Chloe
Irish author Emma-Louise Jordan, aka Emma Heatherington, has her next book due out this summer through Poolbeg Fiction, and it sounds like a great read! I really enjoyed her first book Beyond Sin which was a thriller, so I’ll be looking out for this. I love the red cover too, it’ll certainly stand out! It’s due out on 26th June, and for those of us not in Ireland, you can buy it through Amazon. Here’s the synopsis:
““When Estelle Lynch takes her own life, she leaves in her wake a mystery that will rock her daughter Hollie’s world forever.
A diary of secrets which holds the key to Estelle’s true past is found in her possessions and the identity of Hollie’s father is only inches away. As Hollie battles with her grief, the obsession to find the perpetrators who made her young mother’s life a misery threatens to ruin everything Hollie has ever known.
Soon, Hollie finds herself dicing with a torrid and dangerous back story that leads her into a cat and mouse chase taking her from Ireland’s northern shoreline to the heartland of Belfast… and to the city of Dublin and into the path of celebrity chef, Max Kelly.
Hollie’s instincts go into overdrive as she becomes more and more convinced that the handsome father of two is linked to her mother’s death. But somewhere between her instincts, her mother’s diaries and what she learns about Max Kelly lies the truth between the life she knows and the life she only thought she knew…”"
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Posted on May 19th, 2010 by Leah
Jacob Hunt is good at many things, he is able to remember a film word for word after the first watch, he’s able to memorize a book after one simple glance and he’s probably the most organised teenager in the world.
However Jacob is unable to look anybody in the eye and the colour orange sends him into tantrums rarely seen outside of young children which are all hallmarks of Jacob’s condition; Jacob Hunt has Aspergers. When Jacob’s social studies teacher Jess is found dead, all of the signs point to Jacob and the fact his Aspergers means he can’t look anybody in the eye and the police begin to believe Jacob had something to do with it.
Jacob’s mother, Emma, then has to ask herself: is her son capable of murder?
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Posted on May 19th, 2010 by Leah
The paperback release of Sasha Wagstaff’s second book Wicked Games is due out on 8th July 2010 and has had a cover change from the blue hardback cover. I have to say I’m not entirely sure why they’ve changed it - the blue hardback cover is far superior. Don’t you think?
Debonair and dynamic, millionaire Judd Harrington is back at Brockett Hall. With his socialite wife and family in tow, he’s returned from LA a glittering success. But as he stares across the valley at Lochlin Maguire’s beautiful country house, all he can think of is revenge. Meanwhile Judd’s arch-rival has troubles of his own. Lochlin’s record label is losing major talent to an unknown competitor, his wife Tavvy is distracted and he can’t seem to see eye to eye with his son Shay. And, unbeknownst to Lochlin, his talented singer daughter Iris has fallen for irresistible racing driver Ace Harrington out in LA. Ace is under orders from Judd to break Iris’s heart. What he hadn’t bargained for was losing his own in the process. Can he go against his father’s wishes? Or will Judd’s wicked games ruin love’s young dream?
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Posted on May 19th, 2010 by Leah
Orion has struck a two-book deal for “modern blockbusters” by Wives V Girlfriends author Katie Agnew.
Senior commissioning editor Genevieve Pegg acquired UK and Commonwealth rights for an undisclosed sum via Lizzy Kremer of David Higham Associates.
The first of the two, as yet untitled, will be published next spring.
Pegg said: “Katie is a delight to publish—her glamorous, gripping and seductive novels are not only packed with drama and passion, they’re terrific fun, too. She’s a natural born storyteller.”
Orion is publishing another Agnew novel, Saints V Sinners, in June.
Taken from the Bookseller. This, I’m sure, is fantastic news for Katie’s fans! We recently posted the cover for Saints V Sinners and it’s definitely one of my personal favourite covers (the book doesn’t sound too bad either, might I add!)
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Miranda Dickinson’s debut novel Fairytale Of New York was a massive success with anyone who picked up a copy, and luckily for fans of that book, Miranda has her second book due out later this year. Welcome To My World is due out on November 11th, and it sounds like the perfect winter read. The cover is absolutely gorgeous as well, I can’t wait to read it! Here’s the synopsis:
