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Elizabeth Buchan is back on the 2nd September with her new book Separate Beds. I’ve read a few of Elizabeth’s old books which were quite good, so I might look out for this one when it hits the shops. I’m really not keen on the cover though, it’s very bland and wouldn’t inspire me to pick it up off the shelf! Here’s the synopsis:

“Annie and Tom’s marriage is in mid-life crisis. They seem to have everything – a lovely home, rewarding jobs and three healthy grown-up children - but, beneath the surface, all is not well. Beneath the surface lies a secret guilt which ensures that whilst they live under the same roof, they sleep in separate beds. Then, as recession strikes, Tom comes home one evening and drops a bombshell that threatens to destroy everything they have left. Will he and Annie be able to leave the past behind and weather this storm together? Or will it push them further apart? Annie is about to discover that out of disaster springs the faint rays of hope. As her family rallies together, for the first time in years, her home is filled with people, conversation, tears - and laughter. And, little by little, Annie and Tom start to open up to one another about the terrible, painful truth they have lived with all these years. Soon a new, unexpected future starts to take shape as Annie and Tom are offered a second chance at happiness. But will they take it?”

Victoria Connelly has her second book published in the UK this autumn with the release of A Weekend With Mr Darcy on 16th September 2010. I quite like the sound of it, and will definitely be reading it. Here is the plot:

“Dr Katherine Roberts is a lecturer at Oxford University and an expert on all things Austen. But she has a guilty secret; a love of racy Regency novels by Lorna Warwick. She’s even struck up a long-distance friendship with the novelist and the two of them have been sharing their closest confidences. When Katherine gets her yearly invite to a Jane Austen Conference at the magnificent Purley Hall in Hampshire, she sincerely hopes that Lorna will be in attendance as well. She can hardly wait to meet her new friend, but it seems that Lorna may not have been completely honest with her…Meanwhile, hopeless romantic Robyn Love is at her happiest when her head is stuck in one of Jane Austen’s novels - if only her boyfriend Jace Collins could be more like Colin Firth. The weekend retreat is the perfect opportunity for Robyn to escape from reality for a few days - especially when she meets handsome stablehand Dan. But Jace isn’t going to be so easy to shrug off.With misunderstandings, muddles and a few shocking revelations, the weekend proves to be even more than they bargained for. Like all true Jane Austen heroines, Katherine and Robyn will discover that finding their own Mr Darcy is far from easy…”

Lucy Dillon is quickly becoming one of my favourite authors, so I was excited to see her third novel is already listen on Amazon. It doesn’t have a title yet or cover yet, but as soon as it does we’ll post it. It’s not out until December 2nd of this year, so we have a bit of a wait, but there is a synopsis to whet your appetite, and it sounds great! Here it is:

“Juliet had just moved into her dream home when things started going wrong. First with then house itself, then – putting everything else into perspective – her husband Evan’s diagnosis. And now he’s gone, leaving Juliet with just a big cold house and only a rescued terrier for company.

In a bid to keep her mind off her loss, she agrees to dogsit for her mother. Then for her best friend. And then for her neighbour. And before she knows it, she’s the town’s unofficial petsitter, and is privy to the secrets and lives of everyone whose homes she’s going into.

But, as her first Christmas alone approaches, will she be ready to face up to her own secrets? And start rebuilding her own life? And maybe – just maybe – to start to fall in love again…”

Not sure how we missed this one, but Leonie Fox’s third book is due out this summer and is to be called Up Close and Personal. I love the black and white cover, and the flashes of pink stop it being totally dull which is great. It’s out on 5th August through Penguin, and here’s the synopsis:

“Juliet, Nicole and Yasmin. Best Friends Forever. Stunning, sexy and anything but sensible. Yasmin is a straight-talking game player who’s got no-strings sex down to a T. So why is she suddenly craving commitment from the one man she can’t have? Nicole is trapped in a passionless marriage but tangled up in a passionate affair. Should she risk the safety of her happy-ever-after for something that’s oh so sexy but oh so risky? They both envy Juliet who seems to have it all. She’s bagged a gorgeous toyboy of a husband but is she still entertaining naughty thoughts about a dangerous old flame? These girls will go to the ends of the earth for one another . . . and any lengths to get their men. But when everything starts to unravel, will they chose close friendship – or sex?”

Author Polly Courtney has her novel The Fame Factor due out this summer, and it sounds like a great read! I love books set within different industries, so this one sounds right up my street. It’s out on August 19th through Avon, and I’ll be looking out for this one. Here’s the synopsis:

“Have you got what it takes!? Does for the music industry what The Devil Wears Prada did for fashion. By day, Zoe Kidd lives a tedious existence, following orders and trying to appease her parents. By night, she’s the raucous lead singer of all-girl rock band, Dirty Money. For six years, Dirty Money has toured the London scene, playing pubs, clubs, shopping centres and the odd public toilet. They’re gifted, they’re beautiful and they’re determined to make it to the top. So when the American hit-maker Louis Castle appears at one of their gigs with talk of record deals and stadium tours, it seems as though their dreams are finally beginning to come true. But fame turns out to be more elusive and divisive than any of the girls could imagine! The Fame Factor is a fast-moving story of friendship, resilience and revelation, exposing the darker side to an industry obsessed with the limelight.”

Hot off the heels of his successful debut novel Silk, Rupert James has his next book all ready for release in August. Step Sisters is due out on August 5th, and sounds like a really great read. Can’t say I’m too keen on the cover, but it’ll probably grow on me! Here’s the synopsis:

“First they were strangers…Elizabeth Miller is a recent graduate, planning the perfect wedding to her charming fiance. As far as she’s concerned Rachel Barnes is a complete stranger. Only the fact that Elizabeth’s father has just married Rachel’s flighty mother, Anna, makes them related. Then they were family…Elizabeth doesn’t want to like her new stepsister but, annoyingly both she and her brother, Chris, find the pretty teenager charming. If she has to have a baby sister then at least Rachel is sweet, bright and talented. Now they’re enemies…Years later and the two women are no longer sisters, no longer speaking after a devastating betrayal ripped their new family apart. Now an actress, Rachel is dating a rock star and one role away from making it big in Hollywood. Elizabeth is a tabloid journalist, one who knows one too many secrets about Rachel’s past. And both women are about to discover that hell hath no fury like a stepsister scorned…”

The lovely Fiona Cassidy, who writes a series of blog posts for us here at Chicklitreviews.com, has her second novel due out this August. Anyone For Me? sounds like a superb read, and I love the simplistic cover too. Both Leah and I loved her debut book Anyone For Seconds so hopefully this will be just as good! Here’s the synopsis:

“Meet feisty fun-loving Ruby Ross – thirty four, mad red hair, mad (in general) adopted and searching for answers (most pressingly being precisely whose genes are responsible for the most unmanageable bonce in the country?). She’s impulsive, compulsive and unaware of what she’s about to unleash in her quest for the truth. Her journey will take her from the Tyrone village of Swiftstown to Belfast to the rolling hills of Donegal (where the scenery is lovely but the roads are bad and burst tyres are plenty.)

Throw in Ruby’s forthcoming nuptials to the lovely Luke, Frankie, her best friend and bling loving bridesmaid, a wedding planner called Gabriel who wears more make-up than the bride-to-be and a dusty box found in an attic which leaves many questions unanswered and you have a bewildered and rather ferocious Ruby asking is there….Anyone For Me?”

In a fantastic exclusive courtesy of the lovely Claire Allan, Chicklitreviews.com brings you the first look at Claire Allan’s new novel It’s Got To Be Perfect which is due out in September 2010! This is Claire’s fourth book, and if it’s as good as her previous ones, then we’re in for a treat! Here is the great sounding synopsis:

“All Annie Delaney really wants is her happy ever after. A big dress. A big day. A big commitment. She even has a scrap book filled to bursting with ideas for her dream day, her dream home and – of course – her dream man.Only problem is, the current man on her arm isn’t so much of a dream as a nightmare and as for the man currently in her bed… that’s a whole other disaster in the making.With her relationship, and her life, heading into a tailspin Annie realises she has to re-examine just what can make her happy, while trying (and failing) not to make things worse.