Nina Douglas – Senior Publicity Manager Hello! My name is Nina Douglas and I head up the PR for Indigo (Orion’s YA list) and Orion Children’s Books. I work with another publicist – to date this has been a press officer, but I’m thrilled that I’m now in the process of recruiting someone with more experience to work for me! We sit within the Orion Group General Division PR team, which is seven publicists in total and also as a part of the Orion Children’s/ Indigo team, which is also…
Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead (Age of X #1) Dutton Adult (June 2013) Ebook, 464 pages Urban Fantasy When I heard that Richelle Mead was releasing a new series, I was ecstatic and couldn’t wait to get my hands on it, even though I had no idea what it was about. Gameboard of the Gods is a sexy and violent adult dystopian novel, with an undercurrent of paranormal activity and mythology, lots of action and a slow-revealed mystery that didn’t disappoint. Written from the point of view of…
‘Thoughtful Ramblings’ is where we discuss bookish topics. One’s that have us all hot and bothered and we need a good rant to air our grievances or topics that have us all thoughtful and we just need to have a bit of a ramble… Bookish Fandoms: The Pros & Cons Fan bases or “fandoms” are becoming a more and more stickier subject. Comparing the book industry and the music industry, they have Directioners (One Direction fans) or Belibers (Justin Bieber Fans) and the book industry has the equivalent. Here are…
Any Other Name by Emma Newman (The Split Worlds #2) Angry Robot (May 2013) Ebook, 400 pages Urban Fantasy *Warning: Contains spoilers for book one* At the end of my review for Between Two Thorns I said that most of the characters were harbouring secrets, and boy, was I proved right in Emma Newman’s sequel, Any Other Name. Kicking off immediately after book one, Cathy Rhoeas-Papaver is awaiting her wedding day to William Reticulata-Iris with a sense of dread, hating the old-fashioned and compressing society of the Nether. She longs…
Lady of Light and Shadows by C. L. Wilson (Tairen Soul #2) Audio Realms (Nov 2011) Audiobook, 12 hrs & 42 mins Fantasy Romance *Warning: Contains minor spoilers* Lady of Light and Shadows in the second book in C.L. Wilson’s Tairen Soul series and takes off pretty much where Lord of the Fading Lands left us. It follows the aftermath of the psychic assault on Ellie, and Ellie’s accidental amorous spell on the court (much to her embarrassment). Both of which have had larger implications than either she or Rain could…
Hi Guys! Hope you’re having a great weekend. Here’s the low down on what happened at BCC this week… CAROLYN’S ROUNDUP The last couple of weeks have been pretty slow for me with regards to reading. I was hoping to get a few books I had on the go finished, but alas time was not good to me and went by too quickly. I only manage to finish one and that was Plague Nation, a great zombie novel, by Dana Fredsti. I still have Hot Blooded by Amanda Carlson, but I’ve only…
Welcome to Sunday Love-in! This is a new feature where an author shares one of their favourite smexy-time scenes from their latest book, tells us the reason for their choice and then shares the scene with us with a delicious excerpt. Enjoy. Flesh is about a guy and a girl and a guy surviving post-zombie apocalypse together. First, just, you know, together. And then really together. This scene takes place before all three of them have explored that togetherness, however. It’s one of my favourite sex scenes because it happens after the…
BOOKISH NEWS Hi, and welcome to our news feature, in which we highlight and discuss some of the news that has been big in the bookish world this week. Attempt to Ban Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Most people would think that the Diary of Anne Frank is not only a worthwhile book to read, but something that every child should study in order to understand the trials and tribulations that so many people went through during the Holocaust. It is regarded as a classic by many, and…
THE AUTHOR Elle Field is a twenty-something writer who lives in North London with her boyfriend. A social media consultant by day, she enjoys exploring and photographing Blighty’s capital, seeing far too many musicals, and eating her away around London’s culinary delights. Kept is her first novel, which will be followed by Geli Voyante’s Hot or Not later this year. THE BOOK RELEASE DATE: 22nd April 2013 | PUBLISHER: Self-Published GENRE: Contemporary Romance Life hasn’t quite worked out how Arielle Lockley planned. Becoming the next Coco Chanel, not shopping at Chanel,…
After the Kiss (The Stiletto #1) Genre: Contemporary Romance | Publisher: Loveswept | Release Date: Aug 2013 In the first book of a delightful new series from Lauren Layne, the star columnist of Stiletto magazine will do anything for a story. Anything… except fall in love. Julie Greene loves flings. Loves steamy first dates, sizzling first kisses, and every now and then, that first sexy romp between the sheets. Comfy pants, sleepy Sundays, movie nights on the couch? Shudder. But when Julie gets assigned the hardest story of her career—a first-person account…
STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS (2013) DIRECTOR: J. J. Abrams STARRING: Chris Pine, Zachery Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch, Simon Pegg, Zoe Salanda GENRE: Sci-Fi, Action CERT: 12A The second movie out of the gate, in the coveted Summer Movie Season, is the sequel to 2009’s reboot of the popular Sci-Fi series Star Trek. Rather than do a complete remake of the original series of films, Abrams has decided to go down the alternative timeline route, which allows him and his writers to pick which elements they want to re-use and develop it…
On Dublin Street by Samantha Young (On Dublin Street #1) Penguin (January 2013) Paperback, 407 Pages Erotic Contemporary Romance On Dublin Street is part of a collection of books I own called, “The publishers claim it’s hotter, darker, sexier, edgier than 50 Shades of Grey”. Anyone who has read any of my reviews on erotic romance knows how much I didn’t like 50 Shades to the point I only managed to read 10%. So again, I picked up this book, waiting to see what On Dublin Street had in store…
Brid Enright – International Sales I am a member of the international sales department at Headline Publishing Group. Our role is to sell Headline’s books to territories all over the world. It is a varied and challenging role but it does have some pretty sweet benefits. The main one being that we get to travel to lots of different places. I now look after our Australian and New Zealand territories. This involves liaising with our sister companies in Australia and New Zealand so that we can publish our books to…
The Silver Rose by Rowena May O’Sullivan (Greenwood Witches #1) Crimson Romance (Nov 2012) Ebook, 320 pages Paranormal Romance When the Bells of Marylebone toll, a witch has one month to bind her magic with a magical mate or give up her powers. Rosa is unprepared when she hears the bells toll for her, as there is no warlock in town powerful enough to help her. Aden is sent to Rosa’s town to help her find her mate and ensure she fulfills her destiny. He just doesn’t realize it is with him. The Silver Rose is…
NEW SERIES ALERT THE SERIES: Reviver BOOK #1: Reviver | GENRE: Supernatural Thriller PUBLISHER: Tor Books | RELEASE DATE: 18th June 2013 Revivers. Able to wake the recently dead, and let them bear witness to their own demise. Twelve years after the first reviver came to light, they have become accepted by an uneasy public. The testimony of the dead is permitted in courtrooms across the world. Forensic revival is a routine part of police investigation. In the United States, that responsibility falls to the Forensic Revival Service. Despite his…
