By Luke DevenishISBN13: 9781925750218Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia Polly Hartford has only ever known her aunt Marjorie from the letters she has been sending over the years. Aunt Marjorie’s life sounds glamorous, wonderful and so exciting. When Polly turns 16 and her father dies, she is sent across the seas from Australia to France and into the care of Aunt … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: The Arrangement
By Robyn HardingISBN: 978 1 760850463Publisher: Simon and Schuster (2019) “The Arrangement” is both a thriller and a character study, and is compelling on both levels. Once you start reading, there’s every chance you won’t stop until you’ve reached the end. Natalie is an art student in New York, and like many students, she’s struggling to pay her bills. A fellow student … [Read more...]
Book Review: Hopeless
Author: Colleen Hoover ISBN: 978-1-4767-4355-4 RRP: $17.99 Hopeless is one of those books that started near the end and then skipped back in time, a hook I have never been particularly fond of because it gives you the end and then you have to work your way up to it. In Hopeless it absolutely hooked me because the further I got into the book the more I began to wonder how … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: With All My Love
Author: Patricia Scanlan ISBN: 978-1-47111-077-1 RRP: $24.99 Patricia Scanlan is the author of many Number One bestsellers and this one is sure to join them in that list. I was not familiar with the author or her work before picking up With All My Love and I must say that I'm glad we have had this introduction. I laughed, I smiled, I cried and I choked back the tears. I … [Read more...]
Simon and Schuster deal for Jamie McGuire
Bestselling self-published author Jamie McGuire has recently scored a global two book deal with Simon & Schuster, negotiated by Atria editor Amy Tanenbaum with Rebecca Watson of Valerie Hoskins Associates Ltd. If that agency seems to be familiar it could be because of all the recent publicity surrounding Fifty Shades of Grey, yes this is the agency that represents author EL … [Read more...]
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