In My Mailbox: Week of July 4th
Title: Scandalous
Author: Tilly Bagshawe
Received: Charlotte Allen- HarperFiction Publicity
Synopsis: Sasha Miller comes to Cambridge with a dream and leaves on a mission. After falling for the lies and charms of her Director of Studies ‘Theo Dexter’ she finds herself betrayed, humiliated and nursing a bundle of broken dreams. Heading to the US she is determined to rebuild her life. Years later, Sasha emerges from Harvard Business School with one thing on her mind, the downfall of the now famous Professor Theo Dexter. Meanwhile Theo’s long-suffering wife Theresa also finds herself betrayed and cast aside for a younger and prettier model. Unable to cope she returns to Cambridge a broken woman and tries to rebuild her life away from the scheming Theo Dexter. One night Sasha turns up at Theresa’s door, she wants revenge at any cost, will Theresa help her? From the deepest betrayal comes a shocking alliance. Two vengeful women, one very unlucky man…
Title: I Heart Paris
Author: Lindsey Kelk
Received: Charlotte Allen- HarperFiction Publicity
Synopsis: Angela is in the City of Love – but her own love life is heading for trouble…Angela Clark is a British girl living the dream in fabulous New York. But she’s never been to the romantic capital of the world – Paris. So when her lead singer boyfriend Alex suggests a trip there and she is asked to write insider’s guide to the hip city – she jumps at the chance! Meandering along charming streets, perusing Paris’s hot destinations – all in the name of research – Angela decides she could get used to the joie de vivre of Paris. But there’s something awry, Angela soon realises that evil forces are at work, conspiring to sabotage her big break! And when she spots Alex having a tete-a-tete with his ex in a Paris bar – without best friend Jenny to counsel her – Angela begins to crumble. With London and her old life only a train journey away – now is the time to decide if she should stay and face the music or return to the safety of home.
Title: I Remember You
Author: Harriet Evans
Received: Charlotte Allen- HarperFiction Publicity
Synopsis: The perfect book to curl up with on a long winter’s evening. Rich, witty and moving I Remember You is for anyone who likes to dream about a new life — and for anyone who still remembers their first love. Heartbroken Tess Tennant is leaving London and moving back to her picture-perfect home town to take up a teaching job. It’s time for a fresh start, one with warm stone cottages, friendly locals in oak-beamed pubs and of course Adam, her best friend since childhood. But something isn’t right in the town: Adam is preoccupied with a new girlfriend and the past is looming large again. So by the time she has to take her class on a trip to Rome, Tess is feeling reckless. Swept off her feet by a mysterious stranger, she finds herself falling in love. But her magical Roman Holiday is about to turn into a nightmare! Back in Langford, as autumn creeps towards Christmas, Adam is gone and everything has changed.Tess has to decide, once and for all, where she belongs and who with.
Title: Nancy’s Theory of Style
Author: Grace Coopersmith
Received: From Grace Coopersmith
Synopsis: Lively young socialite Nancy Carrington-Chambers has always believed an excellent sense of style and strict attention to detail are what it takes to succeed, but her own husband Todd is showing symptoms of incurable tackiness, so Nancy flees their McMansion for her posh San Francisco apartment. She knows her event planning company, Froth, is a real winner, but she must prove herself by reinventing the turgid Barbary Coast Historical Museum fundraiser. Luckily, Nancy now has the perfect assistant. Derek Cathcart is British, impeccably dressed, gorgeous, and clearly gay—so why does Nancy find him so attractive? Before Nancy can unravel her feelings, her irresponsible cousin Birdie abandons her little daughter with Nancy and takes off. Nancy, Derek, and Eugenia make an unlikely “family,” but strangely it seems incredibly right. Now Nancy’s parents are pressuring her to return to Todd, and she still has to pull off a spectacular party. For someone who’s always known exactly where she’s going, Nancy is in dangerously uncharted waters.
Title: A Vintage Affair
Author: Isabel Wolff
Received: From Isabel Wolff
Synopsis: Do fairytale dresses bring fairytale endings? Every dress has a history, so does Phoebe! Phoebe always dreamt of opening her own vintage dress shop. She imagined every detail, from the Vivienne Westwood bustiers hanging next to satin gowns, to sequinned cupcake dresses adorning the walls. At the launch of Village Vintage, Phoebe feels the tingle of excitement as customers snap up the fairytale dresses. Her dream has come true, but a secret from her past is casting a shadow over her new venture. Then one day she meets Therese, an elderly Frenchwoman with a collection to sell, apart from one piece that she won’t part with ! As Therese tells the story of the little blue coat, Phoebe feels a profound connection with her own life, one that will help her heal the pain of her past and allow her to love again.
July 4, 2010
