Isabella Louise Anderson's Blog, page 60
June 11, 2015
BOOK FEATURE: “Letters to the Lost”
“Letters to the Lost” by Iona Grey
Blurb:Just in time for romantic summer vacation reading, get swept up in LETTERS TO THE LOST by Iona Grey (St. Martin’s Press; May 26, 2015; $25.99), a mesmerizing and heartbreaking story about Stella and Dan, young lovers in chaotic London during World War II. Years after their affair, Jess, a singer running from her circumstances, takes shelter in an empty house and happens upon a series of letters that bring Stella and Dan’s tragedy to life.
In 1943, Ste...
June 10, 2015
Book Feature: “Shades of Desire: 10 Sweet and Spicy Romances”
“Shades of Desire: 10 Sweet and Spicy Romances”
Blurbs:
Liar, Liar:Divorced certified fraud examiner Jessica Barlow catches liars for a living. Sparks fly when she’s assigned to investigate a dating website owned by a man determined to guarantee she finds love, even if he has to pretend to be a client!
About the author:J.A Coffey writes both sizzling and heartwarming contemporary romance and lush, gritty historical fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after...
June 9, 2015
BOOK FEATURE: “The Opposite of Love”
“The Opposite of Love” by Dahlia Salvatore
Blurb:
What do you do when fate doesn’t offer you a happily ever after?
Everyone must choose his or her own path.
I chose to play pretend.
I lived every day with guilt, frustration, and dissatisfaction. Despite the fact that we loved each other, my husband didn’t want me. Counselors and doctors had no answers for us. For a long time, I longed for something I couldn’t have. For love, I sacrificed pleasure. I struggled against desires … until I got st...
June 8, 2015
BOOK FEATURE: “Guessing at Normal”
“Guessing at Normal” by Gail Ward Olmsted
Blurb:Jill Griffin has mastered the art of being invisible, so when she falls in love with sexy rocker James Sheridan, at first she is content to live in his larger than life shadow. Building a ‘normal’ life together under the glare of the media is challenging and further complicated by constant touring, James’ partying and the mixed signals she gets from James’ twin brother Alex.
When her poems and journal ramblings become the songs on James’ best-s...
June 5, 2015
BOOK FEATURE: “Recipes for Melissa”
“Recipes for Melissa” by Teresa Driscoll
Blurb:Is it ever too late for the gift of goodbye?
As I write now, you are eight years old – asleep in the bed next door in princess pyjamas, with a fairy costume discarded on the floor.
Twenty-Five. The age I had you. The age our story began. And the age, I hope, that will see you truly ready for the things that I need to say to you…
Melissa Dance was eight years old when her mother died. They never got to say goodbye.
Seventeen years later, Melissa...
June 4, 2015
BOOK FEATURE: “How to Bake the Perfect Apple Pie”
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“How to Bake the Perfect Apple Pie” by Gina Henning
Blurb:
A scrumptious pie. A long distance guy. 4th of July fireworks guaranteed.
Lauren Hauser has it all…nearly. With a shiny new job and sparkly new engagement ring on her finger, the only thing she’s missing is her gorgeous new fiancé by her side. Should she be worried? Jack’s kisses are as sizzling as always and, sure, long distance is hard but, she and Jack are solid, right?
Of course the stress of planning a wedding—or not—...
May 29, 2015
BOOK FEATURE: “Evil Games”
“Evil Games” by Angela Marsons
Blurb:
The greater the Evil, the more deadly the game…
When a rapist is found mutilated in a brutal stabbing, Detective Kim Stone and her team are called in to bring a swift resolution. But as further disturbing events come to light, it soon becomes clear that there is someone even more sinister at work.
With the investigation gathering momentum, whilst also trying to expose the secrets of a sick paedophile ring, Kim finds herself in the sights of a lethal indi...
May 28, 2015
Summer Sale
IT’S A GIANT SUMMER SALE!
“The Right Design” by Isabella Louise Anderson is on sale for $0.99 until August 3rd, so get your copy now!
Blurb:
Interior designer Carrie Newman could not have envisioned a more perfect life for herself. She had a great job doing what she loved, wonderful friends, and a close relationship with her sister and brother-in-law. Add in an amazing man who she’d hoped would soon become her husband, and her life was perfect. Until one devastating decision ruins her relati...
BOOK REVIEW: “Dear Internet: It’s Me, Avery”
“Dear Internet: It’s Me, Avery”
Description:
Oh, don’t judge me, people. We all do it.
Don’t try to tell me that you’ve never checked that weird mole on your thigh on WebMD. Or how to fold meringue on Epicurious. And, there’s no way that I’m the only one who clears her search history after looking up how to give a great bl— (Um, that last one’s not important.)
When newspaper reporter Avery Fowler discovers her husband is having an affair, the online help siteHowTo.comis where she turns to navi...
“Girl of My Dreams” by Peter Davis
“Girl of My Dreams” by Peter Davis
Blurb:A sweeping novel of the 1930s that captures the essence of a golden, lurid era when Hollywood became the fantasy capital of the world.
Girl of My Dreams follows a wide-eyed young screenwriter in the 1930s when Hollywood, the Depression, and the Communist Party intersected powerfully in the American psyche. From the glamorous and mysterious star Palmyra Millevoix to the ruthless studio mogul Mossy Zangwill, protagonist Owen Jant struggles to navigate a...
