Throughout May we will be celebrating UK publishers and their books. There will be posts from editors and publicists revealing some of their upcoming titles for 2012 as well as giving us a glimpse into their working lives. Of course there will also be lots of fabulous giveaways! So I’m staring at my blank word doc thinking about how to describe my daily life. To give you some visuals, my desk is by a big window with the sun blazing through, next to me is a wall of our latest…
Title: One Wicked Sin (Scandalous Women of the Ton #2) Author: Nicola Cornick Publisher: Mira (UK) | Harlequin (US) Publication Date: July 2011 (UK) | Oct 2010 (US) Paperback: 360 pages Genre: Historical Romance Source: Review copy from publisher Reviewed by: Carolyn RATING: 7/10 – very good SUMMARY: Once the toast of the ton, Lottie Cummings is now notorious for being divorced. Shunned by society, the destitute beauty is lured to become a Covent Garden courtesan. Until a dangerous rake saves her with a scandalous offer. The illegitimate son of…
Title: Whisper of Scandal (Scandalous Women of the Ton #1) Author: Nicola Cornick Publisher: Mira (UK) | Harlequin (US) Publication Date: June 2011 (UK) | Sept 2010 (US) Paperback: 362 pages Genre: Historical Romance Source: Review Copy Reviewed by: Carolyn RATING: 8/10 – brilliant, couldn’t put it down SUMMARY: One whisper of scandal and a reputation dies…London, May 1811. Widow Lady Joanna Ware has no desire to wed again but that doesn’t stop the flurry of suitors knocking on her door. Desperate to thwart another proposal, Joanna brazenly kisses…
Title: The Iron King (Iron Fey #1) Author: Julie Kagawa Publisher: Mira Ink (UK) | Harlequin Teen (US) Publication Date: Feb 2010 Paperback: 363 Pages Genre: Fantasy Young Adult Source: Review Copy Guest Review by Jo RATING: 8/10 – Very good, would definitely recommend GOODREADS SUMMARY: Meghan Chase has a secret destiny—one she could never have imagined… Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan’s life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school…or at home. When a…
ANGELS IN THE SNOW by Sarah Morgan PUBLISHER: Mills & Boon RELEASE DATE: Oct 2010 FORMAT: Paperback, 376 pages GENRE: Contemporary Romance Have yourself a very magical Christmas, full of romance and sparkles! Stella Martin has come back home to the Lake District for Christmas. But is she brave enough to face the man who proposed, then immediately dumped her two Christmas Eve’s before? Daniel Buchannan is not looking forward to Christmas – and even less when Stella reappears in the village. But this year will be different! Patrick Buchannan…
Title: Confessions of a Duchess (The Brides of Fortune #1) Author: Nicola Cornick Publisher: Mira (UK) | Harlequin (US) PublicationDate: June 2010 | June 2009 Paperback: 369 pages Genre: Historical Romance Source: Review Copy Reviewed by: Carolyn RATING: 6/10 – Good SUMMARY: When an ancient tax law is invoked requiring all unmarried ladies to either wed or surrender half their wealth, the quiet village of Fortune’s Folly is overrun by a swarm of fortune-hunting bachelors. Marry again? Never! Not after what Laura, the dowager duchess, was forced to endure the…
