September 1, 2010 10:30 PM
UPCOMING RELEASE: Down to Earth
Melanie Rose's books, with their beautifully distinct covers, have been delighting us for quite some time. Her latest novel, Down to Earth, is due for release in October and looks very interesting indeed...When Michaela Anderson signs up for a parachute jump she gets more than a case of vertigo...
Suffering last-minute panic, Michaela's three colleagues go first. But just as she takes her leap of faith, an almighty gale blows up from nowhere.
When she returns to the ground, she finds the airfield deserted, her car gone and the seasons mysteriously changed. Posters nearby proclaim Michaela to have been missing for the last six and a half years...
But Michaela is determined to find out the truth. Was she kidnapped? Is she now suffering amnesia, or has something even more extraordinary occurred?
With the help of handsome pilot Matt, Michaela sets out to find the truth. And what she discovers rocks everything she has ever believed in to the core...
To find out more about Melanie Rose, visit her website.
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August 31, 2010 7:09 PM
BOOK NEWS: Over His Dead Body
It's no secret that Trashionista is a huge fan of Little
Black Dress books, and there are plenty of upcoming offerings from some
well-known romance authors. Laurie Brown, writer of The Death of Bridezilla, is
back in December with new novel Over His Dead Body; a romantic tale with
elements of mystery...
Ever since Caroline Tucker moved back home from Hollywood to the bright lights
of Haven, New Mexico, she's been trying (and failing) to avoid her ex-husband,
Town Sherriff Travis Beaumont. Then, when her niece stumbles across the
perfectly preserved body of a cowboy at Girl Scout camp, Caroline has no choice
but to give Travis a call. But is this actually a crime scene? Or just a
potential tourist attraction? As the mystery of the mummy unravels, Travis digs
up some sinister evidence. And the more Caroline tries to keep away from
trouble - and Travis - the more they come knocking at her door...
Click here to visit Little Black Dress Books.
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August 30, 2010 1:51 AM
BOOK NEWS: Getting Away With It
Julie Cohen, who brought us the fabulous Little Black
Dress novels Girl from Mars and Nina Jones and the Temple of Gloom, is back with
another chick-lit offering later this year. Getting Away With It is due for
release in October and looks like a wonderful, quirky read! Here's the
synopsis...
Liza Haven couldn't wait to escape the small village where she grew up with her
perfect identical twin sister, Lee. Her life in LA as a stunt woman
is reckless, fast and free - and that's just the way she likes it. But when a
near-fatal mistake drives her home, she finds Lee gone and everyone in the
village mistaking her for her twin sister. Liza has to deal with her
ailing mother, the family ice cream business, and Lee's dangerously attractive boyfriend.
Liza's always been the bad twin, but as she struggles to keep up the masquerade
and puzzle out where her sister has gone, she realises it's not so simple.
She's spent her whole life getting away with it - is it finally time to
face up to who she really is and where she really belongs?
To find out more about Julie Cohen, visit her website.
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August 27, 2010 4:10 PM
NEWS: Keris Stainton in Writers' Forum
Last year we posted about Heaven Can Wait author Cally Taylor being featured on the front cover of monthly writing magazine Writers' Forum. And now, Keris Stainton has made the front page!
Keris, whose brilliant YA novel Della Says OMG! Was published this year, is this month's featured author. In the magazine, first-time novelist Keris tells of her success at book promotion through social media. The article is full of helpful advice for writers starting out at promoting. (If you didn't think a blog was important, think again...)
Writers' Forum also contains some handy articles and tips, and of course, some hilarious (yet helpful) agent advice from Twitter.
Keris is a former editor of Trashionista and can be found here at her blog (and also over at Five Minutes Peace!)
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August 27, 2010 | Permalink
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NEWS: Bloomsbury Street Hotel Book Club
Here's something special for book fans in London - the Bloomsbury Street Hotel is now offering guests the opportunity to pick up a complimentary copy of this month's featured title, as part of its very own book club.
Based in Bloomsbury, home to literary legends Virginia Woolf and EM Forster, the Radisson Edwardian Hotel invites guests to enjoy the recommended book, and take home a complimentary copy.
The hotel, which was launched in 2009, has dedicated an entire wall to one of Bloomsbury's exports: Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway, boasting an art display made from pages of the novel.
So if you find yourself in the capital, whether for shopping, work or seeing a show, don't hesitate to join in with the book fun at Bloomsbury Street!
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August 27, 2010 | Permalink
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August 26, 2010 8:48 PM
BOOK NEWS: The Real Me Is Thin
Last week I
came across an interesting article by British actress and writer Arabella Weir,
in which she told of her constant battle with weight and self image, which
began during childhood. Arabella, who wrote the wonderfully funny novel Does My
Bum Look Big in This? In the 90s, is back - and this time, with a memoir. The
Real Me is Thin is due for release on September 2nd, and is set to
be a funny yet frank account of life involving watching what you eat.
The hapless and hilarious tale of a life lived under the constant and ruthless reign of a chocolate biscuit...
Lumped into 'the too fat for potatoes group' by her mother, carefree eating isn't something Arabella Weir had much experience of growing up.
Written with startling frankness, Arabella unravels her own eating history in this humorous appraisal of our attitudes towards eating disorders and obesity. Not easy for someone who still can't be alone unsupervised in a room with a packet of chocolate biscuits.
Charting Arabella's neurotic relationship with food, from prolonged abstinence to binge eating, this humorous memoir recreates a childhood besieged with battles over food. Subjected to her mother's capricious feeding regime and taught early on that food was her enemy, happiness meant being allowed to eat what she liked - or more importantly, what everyone else was eating.
Recounting stories of unhinged mothers and callous doctors, mystery-meat suppers, and egg custard battles with calculating boyfriends' mothers, this candid memoir vividly recreates a childhood and adolescence marred by the social embarrassment of being marked as different simply due to your weight.
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August 26, 2010 | Permalink
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COVER NEWS: My Bollywood Wedding
We're looking forward to Rekha Waheed's Little Black Dress novel,
My Bollywood Wedding. The book is due for release next year, and here's the gorgeous
cover!
We have a while to wait yet (the book isn't released until
February!) but here's the synopsis:
Maya Malik wants a big glamorous Bollywood wedding.
And now Maya has found Jhanghir Khan, her perfect man, it's time to start the
mammoth task of planning it. But fifteen designer wedding boutiques, seven
venues, two jet-set dashes to Dubai and Dhaka, and one trip to Tiffany's later,
with interfering aunties on her tail, her enthusiasm is flagging. And with the
Maliks and Khans fighting over dowries and every decision related to the
600 strong guest list, Maya questions if it's all worth it. Most importantly,
she starts to doubt if Jhanghir really is Mr Right...
Click here to visit Little Black Dress Books.
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August 25, 2010 8:33 PM
UPCOMING RELEASE: Unlucky in Love
If you've
enjoyed Jessica Fox's Hen Night Prophecies series so far, then you'll be
pleased to hear that the next installment is on its way. Jessica, who wrote
Katy Carter Wants a Hero (under the name Ruth Saberton) has penned Unlucky In
Love, the fifth book in the Hen Night series. The book is due for release in
mid-September. Here's the synopsis:
Risk-taker Libby Foster wishes she thought things through more - maybe then
she'd avoid being humiliated at work over her reckless romantic attachments. So
it's just as well that she's swearing herself off men and escaping to a Thai
island to work on location casting for a romance-slash-action film. But is she
really such a danger to the opposite sex? A series of bizarre events in the
serene beach surroundings have Libby fretting, but could it be she's met her
match in Craig, the daredevil martial arts instructor training her cast?
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August 25, 2010 | Permalink
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COVER NEWS: New York Valentine
We're big fans of Carmen Reid's Annie Valentine series (The Personal Shopper, Celebrity Shopper, How Not to Shop). So we were delighted to discover that the latest installment about heroine Annie, titled New York Valentine, will be on the shelves next year. And here's the cover!What do you think? New York Valentine will be released in January. Read on for the synopsis:
Love is in the air! Personal shopper Annie Valentine has a dream job in the heart of fabulous Manhattan. Daughter Lana is lost in the heat of first love, but has she fallen for a heart-breaker? In London husband Ed faces a scandal at work and knows, in his heart, he needs Annie back. What's a girl to do when her true love is in London but her new love is New York? Does it have to be fashion or family, or can Annie Valentine have it all?
To learn more about Carmen Reid, head on over to her website.
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August 25, 2010 | Permalink
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IN THE NEWS: Twilight tops book charts after just three days
I think it's safe to say that the following doesn't come as much of a surprise! The paperback of Breaking Dawn, the fourth novel in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, has topped this week's Official UK Top 50.According to The Bookseller, Meyer scooped the top spot five times previously, and has now sold 48,673 copies of the mass-market edition of Breaking Dawn, the final tale in the phenomenal teen vampire saga, in only three days. Her novella, titled The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, gained the top place for three weeks in June.
To read the full article, click here.
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August 25, 2010 | Permalink
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