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February 15, 2014
Real Chick Lit for Real Chicks: The Meredith Schorr Collection
I’m a huge fan of Meredith Shorr, so i’m excited to share with you her box set of her books!
Real Chick Lit for Real Chicks: The Meredith Schorr Collection
This boxed set brings together three favorites from bestselling chick lit author Meredith Schorr. Blogger Girl follows Kimberly Long, a book blogger asked to review the debut novel of her high school nemesis. In A State of Jane, “good girl” Jane Frank is looking for love, but when all of her dates flake out on her, she decides to turn the...
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February 13, 2014
Learning to Love
Books by Sheryl Browne
Learning to Love
Blurb:
Explores the Fragility of Love, Life, and Relationships ~
~ and the sometimes tenuous bonds that hold people together. At the heart of the story is an emotionally withdrawn, angry little boy who is grieving the loss of his mother. Ten-year old Jake’s repressed anger is aimed at his dad, who In Jake’s mind deserted his mum in her hour of need. Dr David Adams, Jake’s father, is carrying the heavy burden of guilt around the death of his wife. For all hi...
Mail-Order Groom
Blurb:
A romantic comedy about an American woman who marries a stranger from Poland after her fiancéleaves her right before the wedding.
Lisa is about to marry the love of her life and have the wedding of her dreams, but her world is shattered when she finds her fiancé, Jeff, in the arms of another woman. When he calls the wedding off and struts around town with his new love, Lisa is heartbroken, and she wants revenge. She gets it by marrying a total stranger at the wedding who she found onMail...
February 12, 2014
Weightless
Book review of “Weightless”
“Weightless” by Michele Gorman
Book Description:
Annabel’s not surprised when nobody recognizes her at her 10 year reunion. The spotty fat teen nicknamed AnnaBall by the school bullies is long gone. But standing on the edge of the popular crowd, she still feels like that girl. That is, until Jack, her teen crush, starts flirting with her. Much to her amusement, he has mistaken her for Christy Blake, Annabel’s chief tormenter before she moved to France in their last ye...
Storm in a B Cup
Book review of “Storm in a B Cup”
“Storm in a B Cup” by Lindy Dale
Book Description:
“It’s my funeral. If I want you to play Bon Jovi as they wheel my body away to be cremated you’ll do it.”
The horrified look on Brendan’s face says he’ll do anything but.“People will laugh.”
“I want them to. I want a funeral where everyone stands around and remembers the funny things I did, and then they get really pissed.”
Sophie Molloy has Breast Cancer. She didn’t think it was cancer to begin with, she thought i...
February 11, 2014
Michelle Lam
About author, Michelle Lam:Michelle is an author from a small town in Manitoba, Canada. She is a part-time stay-at-home-mom of two young kids, and a part-time English teacher for a rowdy group of 6th graders. She writes at night when the rest of the world (mostly her household, really) is sleeping. She has travelled in Thailand and Indonesia and currently lives in Vietnam. She loves to read, try new restaurants, and spend time with friends and family.
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February 5, 2014
Amanda Brookfield
About author, Amanda Brookfield:I have two elder sisters and a twin brother who is a lot quieter than me and with much longer legs. Our Dad was in the Foreign Office so we spent our childhood living in far-flung places like Shanghai and Stockholm. In fact, until the age of 32 I had never spent more than 3 years under the same roof. It’s left me with the opposite of ‘itchy feet’ – I like roots!
I fell in love with writing aged 11 when our English homework was to write a ghost story and I had my...
February 3, 2014
Dispatches From Paradise
“Dispatches From Paradise” by Shelly Gitlow
In the spirit of Sex and the City meets 50 Shades of Grey, DISPATCHES FROM PARADISE (Books and Books Press; February 1, 2014; Trade Paperback; $15.00) is an over-the-top, erotic comedy about three generations of women living together in Miami, where too much is never enough.
Author and screenwriter Shelly Gitlow makes her fiction debut in this colorful, lightning-paced, and often wildly unpredictable modern tale about sex, lies, and love.
From the very...
January 31, 2014
Laura Chapman
Author, Laura Chapman:Laura Chapman found a way to mix her love of romance and humor as a women’s fiction author and blogger. A 2008 graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Laura studied journalism, English and history. She traveled across the United States as a writer/photographer before settling into a career in communications. She also maintains Change the Word, a blog devoted to promoting women’s fiction and documenting her experiences as a writer.
Born and raised in Nebraska – in...
January 28, 2014
The Consequences
“The Consequences” by Colette Freedman
Blurb:
In the riveting follow-up to her acclaimed debut novel, Colette Freedman explores the aftermath of infidelity from three different perspectives–husband, wife, and mistress.
The end of an affair may be only the beginning. . .
Over the course of one tumultuous Christmas Eve, Kathy Walker confirmed her suspicions about her husband’s affair, confronted his mistress, Stephanie, and saved her marriage. She and Robert have eighteen years, two teenagers, and...
