Posts Tagged ‘milly johnson’

When Christie comes to take over the reigns at the Bakery Department in which 5 ladies work, they don’t expect to develop the friendships and bonds that they do, especially that they’ve barely spoken a work to each other in the many years they’ve already worked there! There’s young Dawn who is planning her wedding to fiancé Calum, but starting to have niggly doubts about him and his lifestyle. Anna has been dumped by her fiancé Tony for younger woman Lynette but she still doesn’t seem to be over him. She’s sure that everyone sees the dowdy, hideous woman she sees when she looks in the mirror, but mysterious Vladimir Darq is out to prove her wrong.

Grace married her husband because of his children, not through true love, and now it’s coming back to bite her in a big way. Can she get out before it takes a turn for the worse? And finally, there’s Raychel who is hiding a secret past that no one else but her husband knows about. Will the other ladies be able to coax her out of her shell? All together, these women realise how much they need each other and the friendships that come with it too, and help is what they’ll need to get them through some troubling times ahead!

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We posted a while back about Milly Johnson’s fourth novel, and the title has finally been released: A Summer Fling! I love it as it follows on the theme from Milly’s third book A Spring Affair, and sounds nice and fun too. It’s due out in March 2010, and we’ll post the cover when it’s available but for now here’s the synopsis in case you missed it before:

“When dynamic, power-dressing Christie blows in like a warm wind to take over their department, five very different women find themselves thrown together at work. But none of them could have predicted the fierce bond of friendship that her leadership would inspire …Anna, 39, is reeling from the loss of her fiance, who ran off with a much younger woman. Her pride in tatters, these days Anna finds it difficult to leave the house. So when a handsome, mysterious stranger takes an interest in her, she’s not sure whether she can learn to trust again? Then there’s Grace, in her fifties, trapped in a loveless marriage with a man she married because, unable to have children of her own, she fell in love with his motherless brood. Grace worries that Dawn is about to make the same mistake: orphaned as a child, engaged to love-rat Calum, is Dawn more interested in the security that comes with his tight-knit, boisterous family? When a sexy, footloose rock singer catches her eye, will Dawn have the courage to follow her heart? At 28, Raychel is the youngest member of their little gang. And with a loving husband, Ben, and a cosy little nest for two, she would seem to be the happiest. But what dark secrets are lurking behind this perfect facade, that make sweet, pretty Raychel so guarded and unwilling to open up? Under Christie’s warm hand, the girls soon realise they have some difficult choices to make. Indeed, none of them quite realised how much they needed the sense of fun, laughter, and loyalty that abounds when five women become friends. It’s one for all, and all for one! “

We have no title and no cover but we do have the synopsis for Milly Johnson’s next novel! It’s due for release on 4th March 2010 and sounds fab!:

When dynamic, power-dressing Christie blows in like a warm wind to take over their department, five very different women find themselves thrown together at work. But none of them could have predicted the fierce bond of friendship that her leadership would inspire …

Anna, 39, is reeling from the loss of her fiance, who ran off with a much younger woman. Her pride in tatters, these days Anna finds it difficult to leave the house. So when a handsome, mysterious stranger takes an interest in her, she’s not sure whether she can learn to trust again?

Then there’s Grace, in her fifties, trapped in a loveless marriage with a man she married because, unable to have children of her own, she fell in love with his motherless brood. Grace worries that Dawn is about to make the same mistake: orphaned as a child, engaged to love-rat Calum, is Dawn more interested in the security that comes with his tight-knit, boisterous family? When a sexy, footloose rock singer catches her eye, will Dawn have the courage to follow her heart?

At 28, Raychel is the youngest member of their little gang. And with a loving husband, Ben, and a cosy little nest for two, she would seem to be the happiest. But what dark secrets are lurking behind this perfect facade, that make sweet, pretty Raychel so guarded and unwilling to open up?

Under Christie’s warm hand, the girls soon realise they have some difficult choices to make. Indeed, none of them quite realised how much they needed the sense of fun, laughter, and loyalty that abounds when five women become friends. It’s one for all, and all for one!

Rowan Coleman’s next book will be titled The After Wife and will be released on 1st April 2010. As a huge fan of Rowan’s (I loved the Accidental Mother & Family) I look forward to her new one.

Louise Bagshawe’s next novel has the working title of Revenge and is about a trophy wife who is framed for murder. It’s due out in 2010.

Colette Caddle’s next release will be called The Secrets We Keep and is due for release on 29th April 2010.

Jane Costello’s third book is currently untitled but is due for release on 1st April 2010.

Milly Johnson’s fourth book is also currently untitled but is due for release on 29th March 2010.

Even though Louise Candlish’s new book Before We Say Goodbye is yet to be released, news of the book after that is up on Amazon although it’s currently untitled. The release date for that will be 24th June 2010!

Lauren Weisberger, of The Devil Wears Prada fame (loved the film, have the book to read), has her fourth book out on 25th May 2010. It’s currently untitled!

These are the most recent snippets. For news of 2010 books we’ve already posted, visit our release dates section!

Elouise ‘Lou’ Winter is married to second hand car dealer Phil, but their marriage is far from happy. Lou knows Phil has been unfaithful, but he uses it to his own advantage, keeping Lou under his thumb.

But when Lou spots an article in a magazine about clearing out clutter, she has no idea just how far how cleaning obsession is going to reach. Not to mention the small crush she has on the man who brings her skips Tom Broom, Lou is heading for a big lifestyle change, but is she ready to take on everything that comes with it?

Will Lou find her happy-ever-after or is Phil Winter just too much in control for her to break free?

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According to her blog - http://yorkshirepuddingclub.blogspot.com/ - Milly Johnson has finished her as-yet untitled fourth novel. Here’s a snippet taken from her blog:

“Well this big news this week is that I’ve finally finished the big edit on Book 4 and it’s in with my agent being read and decided upon, which leaves you feeling very vulnerable and in ‘what if they all think it’s crap and I’ll have to start again’ land. Yes, it is that worrying and yes that could be a possibility. It’s very brave this book – my darkest yet. I shall be starting book 5 after half-term and that’s a much lighter and frothier affair for a nice change. That isn’t to say there won’t be any high emotion in it – because I want my stories always to reflect real life and all its ups and downs.

…It’s my longest book too – and written about fledgling friendships rather than old established ones. Which is quite difficult.”

Milly’s other 3 books have been hits with us here at the Chick lit blog, and Milly was our Author of the Week just a few weeks ago. Milly also granted us a fab author interview which you can read here. More info about Milly’s fourth book will be blogged as and when we have any news!

Click here for review of Milly Johnson’s Yorkshire Pudding Club, her debut novel.

The Yorkshire Pudding Club is the debut novel by Milly Johnson, and what a stonker of a debut it is too. Elizabeth, Helen and Janey are all in their late thirties, and happily settled in their careers and in their relationships.

However, their lives are thrown into madness when after a visit to an ancient fertility symbol, all 3 women find themselves ‘with child’!

Helen is thrilled to be pregnant after trying for a while, Janey is in shock as the baby will reck all plans of furthering her career, and Elizabeth is completely thrown, scared she won’t love her baby and scared of being alone.

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A new feature at Chick Lit Reviews & News is going to be our Author Interviews. We have been approaching some of our favourite authors asking them for a short interview, and many of them have been kind enough to respond!

Our first interview coincides with this week’s Author of the Week, Milly Johnson. Milly was lovely enough to send us some fab answers to our questions, including her opinions on her own books, and what she likes best about being an author.

1. How did you get started writing books? Were you writing for long before you became published?

I’ve been writing books for as long as I can remember! I was always making my own with paper and staples and writing stories. I realised I wanted to make it my career when at University doing drama – (it shifted from being a hobby to a passion). Trouble was – I hadn’t gained enough life experience at 22 to write the sorts of books I do and my early attempts were doomed to failure. But all that ‘practice writing’ I did just helped me hone my craft, albeit that happened unconsciously. It took me 15 years from taking it seriously to getting published – but on and off, because sometimes I would abandon all attempts at trying to get published, only to resurrect my ambitions again later. 40 was the perfect age for me to get a book deal – my writing had matured and I had a lot of perspective of life – and had done a lot of living to write about. It sounds a long time, but it was worth the perseverance, I can tell you!

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