Thursday, March 29, 2012

The Gatecrasher by Madeleine Wickham


Title: The Gatecrasher
Author: Madeleine Wickham
Status: New, Available
Price: RM27 (without postage) 

Synopsis (taken from the back of the book):
Everything’s coming up roses for Fleur Daxeny, as she goes through more rich men than she does designer hats. Beautiful and utterly irresistible, her success at crashing funerals to find wealthy men is remarkable. Fleur wastes no time in seducing her attest conquest, the handsome and rich widower Richard Favour. His children are caught up in a whirlwinf as their father’s new girlfriend descends on the family estate. Fleur is not one to wear her heart on her Chanel sleeves, but she soon finds herself embracing Richard and his family. But just as Fleur contemplates jumping-off the gold-digger train for good, a long-buried secret from her past threatens to destroy her new family.

I Heart Paris by Lindsey Kelk


Title: I Heart Paris
Author: Lindsey Kelk
Status: New, Available
Price: RM27 (without postage)

Synopsis (taken from the back of the book):
Angela is in the city of love – but romance is taking a nose-dive.
When Angela Clark’s boyfriend Ales suggests a trip to Paris at the same time as hip fashion mag Belle asks her to write a piece, she jumps at the chance.

But even as she’s falling for the joie de vivre of Paris, someone’s conspiring to sabotage her big break. And when she spots Alex having a tete-a-tete with his ex in a local bar, Angela’s dreams of Parisian passion all start crashing around her.

With London and her old life only a train journey away, Angela can’t decide if she should stay and face the music or run away home…

Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger


Title: Everyone Worth Knowing
Author: Lauren Weisberger
Status: New, Available
Price: RM27 (without postage) 

Synopsis (taken from the back of the book):
Bette gets paid to party…and she can hardly believe her luck. Running with celebs, gaining VIP access to Manhattan’s hottest clubs and meeting ‘everyone worth knowing’ is a million miles away from her old banking job.

When she turns up in the gossip columns with a notorious British playboy, it delights her publicity-mad new boss. But her family and her friends want to know what happened to the girl who loved bad novels, 80s music and always had time for them.

Can Bette say goodbye to the glamour and the Gucci and step back into the real world? And where will she find her own prince charming?

Home Truths by Freya North


Title: Home Truths
Author: Freya North
Status: New, Available *there is a very minor tear at the edge of the front cover, you won’t even notice it but it’s still as good as new* :)
Price: RM25 (without postage) 

Synopsis (taken from the back of the book):
Family matters. Doesn’t it?

Our mother ran off with a cowboy from Denver when we were small…
Raised by their loving and eccentric uncle Django, the McCabe sisters assume their early thirties will be a time of happiness and stability.

However, Cat, the youngest, is home from abroad to begin a new phase of her life – but it’s proving more difficult than she thought. Fen is determined to be a better mother to her baby than her own was to her – though her love-life is suffering as a result. Pip, the eldest, loves looking after her stepson, her husband, her uncle and her sisters – even if her own needs are sidelined.

At Django’s 75th birthday, secrets are revealed that throw the family into chaos. Can heart and home ever be reconciled for the McCabes? After all, what does it mean if suddenly your sisters aren’t quite your sisters?

Marshmallows for Breakfast by Dorothy Koomson


Title: Marshmallows for Breakfast
Author: Dorothy Koomson
Status: New, Available
Price: RM27 (without postage)

Synopsis (taken from the back of the book):
When Kendra Tamale returns to England from Australia she rents a room from Kyle, a separated father of two, and begins a new job. Kyle’s six-year-old twins, Summer and Jaxon, quickly adopt Kendra as their new mother, even though she’s hiding a painful secret that makes her keep everyone – especially children – at arm’s length.

Then Kendra bumps into the man who shared her awful secret, and everything falls apart: she can’t sleep, she can’t eat, she’s suspended from work and the kids are taken away by their mother. The only way to fix things is to confess to the terrible mistake she made all those years ago. But that’s something she swore never to do…