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| LISA DAILY | JULIE K.L DAM | KAVITA DASWANI |
| LUCY DAWSON | ANNE DAYTON and MAY VANDERBILT |
ZOEY DEAN |
| HOLLY DENHAM | HILARY DE VRIES | LUCY DIAMOND |
| SUSAN DONOVAN | CLARE DOWLING | SARAH DUNN |
LISA DAILY
Fifteen Minutes of Shame (2008)
Dating expert Darcy Vaughn may have had her suspicions about her husband, Will. But she hardly expected that her appearance on the Today show to promote her latest book would turn into her most humiliating experience to date. Questioned about Will's reconciliation with his celebrity ex-wife, Gigi, Darcy is so shocked she responds by throwing up into the nearest floral display. How will her blossoming empire based on relationship advice survive her being dumped by a cheater? Dating tips are interspersed with the story of how Darcy resurrects her career - and her love life.
7/10
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JULIE K.L DAM
Some Like It Haute (2006)
Style writer Alex Simons, a woman who keeps track of her designer label outfits by spreadsheet, is in Paris to report on Fashion Week. But she herself is catapulted into the tabloids after a humiliating tangle with a model on the Chanel catwalk. Cornered by the paparazzi, she is then thrown together with another person making trouble at the shows - American Nick Snow. Can Alex resurrect her reputation with a story about a reclusive designer amid some romance?
7/10
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KAVITA DASWANI
Salaam, Paris (2006)
Tanaya Shah has always been captivated by Paris - ever since watching Audrey Hepburn in the movie Sabrina. So when her grandfather decrees she will marry the grandson of one of his friends - a man living in Paris - Tanaya seizes the opportunity to leave her traditional Muslim family and head to France. But when she meets her intended, Tariq, she makes it clear that she does not want an arranged marriage. After refusing to return to India, she is disowned by her family. Tanaya soon finds her way in her new world, becoming a successful model. But when she meets up with Tariq again, Tanaya begins to wonder about the life she walked away from.
5/10
The Village Bride of Beverly Hills (2004)
Priya moves from New Delhi to Los Angeles after an arranged marriage to Sanjay. She moves into her in-laws' home, where she is expected to be the domestic help and hold down a job until she falls pregnant. But the job she lands isn't the sort of work her in-laws had in mind for a traditional Indian wife. Can she keep her media job and her Western clothes a secret and will Sanjay's loyalties lie with his family or his new bride?
6/10
Also by author:
For Matrimonial Purposes
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LUCY DAWSON
His Other Lover (2008)
When Mia trips over her live-in boyfriend Pete's mobile on the way to the bathroom one night, she reads a text message that makes her world fall apart. The message from Liz is far too intimate to be from a work colleague. Is Pete really capable of having an affair? Mia doesn't have much time for cheaters - she no longer sees her best friend Katie because she couldn't be trusted around her boyfriends. So Mia calls in sick to work and starts on a quest to uncover the truth. With the evidence indicating that Pete is indeed having an affair with an actress called Liz, Mia decides to start playing dirty to get rid of the other lover. If she's not going to walk out, then she sure is going to fight back. A captivating debut that will have readers cheering on Mia and her underhand tactics. The only negative was an inconclusive ending which left me wondering if the last few pages were missing.
8/10
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ANNE DAYTON and MAY VANDERBILT
Consider Lily (2006)
Lily Traywich works in the children's wear section of her parents' department store. She's Christian, goes to Super Single Sundays, has never had a boyfriend and writes a fashion victim's blog. After a bad press report about a store fashion parade that she organised, Lily allows best friend and fashionista Reagan to make her over. Soon Lily is dressing in the latest fashions and is even dating. But is her new way of life causing her to lose hold of everything that matters?
6/10
Emily Ever After (2004)
Emily Hilton wants out of her small hometown and she gets the perfect opportunity when she lands a job as an editorial assistant at a New York publisher. She thinks she's found the perfect man in Bennett - he's from a rich family and only dates Christians. But as she struggles over a controversial book and a flirtation with a boy from back home, maybe Emily was better off back where she belonged.
5/10
Also by authors:
The Book of Jane
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ZOEY DEAN
Zoey Dean is also the author of many young adult titles, including the best-selling A-List series.
How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls
Yale graduate Megan Smith takes a job at a trashy tabloid, waiting for her big break into serious journalism. But her inability to come up with juicy story ideas for Scoop sees her fired. But her boss recommends her for another job - as tutor to two Palm Beach heiresses, the Fabulous Baker Twins - Sage and Rose. Their grandmother Laurel Limoges, a cosmetics queen, reveals the scholastically challenged girls will only receive their $84 million inheritance if they get into Duke University; Megan will get her college debts paid out if they succeed. Megan also decides to use her time in Florida to kick-start her career, by writing an expose of the shallow Palm Beach society. The twins have no intention of dragging themselves away from the pool to study and enjoy tormenting dowdy Megan until she realises that she has to transform her appearance to win them over. Meanwhile Megan finds herself thinking less about her boyfriend from home, and more about Will, the boy-next-door.
8/10
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HOLLY DENHAM
Holly's Inbox (2007)
Holly Denham begins work as a receptionist at a London investment bank, and since she lied about her front-of-house experience, she's struggling just a bit. But luckily, the other receptionist Trish takes her under her wing and an old school “friend” Jennie who works upstairs extends a welcoming arm. Told in email format, Holly navigates her new job and a new romance - with one of the company's vice presidents, James. Her work day is punctuated with daily emails to and from her best friends, Jason and Aisha, and her family, including her brother Charlie who's opening a nightclub, her parents who have moved to Spain and her granny who loves signing her up for online groups. But some secrets from Holly's past are about to be revealed. Be warned - this book based on the website www.hollysinbox.com is very addictive. Just don't let your boss catch you reading it.
8/10
Holly's Inbox: Scandal in the City
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HILARY DE VRIES
Hilary De Vries is an entertainment journalist who has covered Hollywood for more than a decade.
So 5 Minutes Ago (2004)
Being a celebrity publicist at a Los Angeles PR firm isn't the glamour job Alex Davidson thought it would be. When her firm is bought out by a rival agency wanting to chase bigger clients, it looks like her boss and many of the staff will be forced out. But Alex can't seem to fall out of favour with the new boss, Doug Graydon, known as G. Something just doesn't add up. As Alex handles an actor just out of rehab and romantic interest from a New York-based colleague, can she keep her wits about her and find out what G is up to.
4/10
The Gift Bag Chronicles (2005)
The sequel to So 5 Minutes Ago, Alex Davidson is now head of publicity for one of LA's top publicity firms. But the rift in her relationship with colleague and boyfriend Charles, who lives in New York, is growing wider and she's got a big magazine party to organise but she just can't see eye-to-eye with its editorial director. Maybe time out with her family is what she needs. But her holiday back home keeps getting interrupted by calls from a TV star about her wedding gift bags. Will Alex, and her gift bags, measure up?
6/10
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LUCY DIAMOND
Lucy Diamond is the adult pen name for British children's author Sue Mongredien.
Any Way You Want Me (2007)
Stay-at-home mother Sadie feels that her life needs to be more interesting. She wants to enjoy nights out on the town without being forced home by leaking breasts. She wants to flirt and feel like a sex kitten. So she invents a fictitious online identity for herself and makes contact with a former boyfriend, Danny. But the real threat to her relationship with partner Alex comes when she falls for his boss' husband. She did say she wanted a different life . . .
6/10
To come:Over You
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SUSAN DONOVAN
He Loves Lucy (2005)
Marketing exec Lucy Cunningham has got round-the-clock access to a gorgeous personal trainer for a whole year. But first she's gotta give up chocolate before it literally kills her. She's become the guinea pig in a marketing pitch for Palm Club Gym, where trainer Theo Redmond will take her fitness-challenged, overweight body and turn it into lean machine - all in front of a Miami TV audience. And for every pound she loses, she and Theo will each earn $1000. With Lucy intending to use her payout for dropping 100 pounds to flee her psychotic boss and open the doors to her own agency, she is willing to sweat. But she never expected things to heat up between her and Theo.
6/10
Also by author:
The Kept Woman; Public Displays of Affection; Take a Chance of Me; Knock Me Off My Feet
To come:
Girl Most Likely To
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CLARE DOWLING
No Strings Attached (2007)
Judy's fiancé Barry goes AWOL the night before their wedding and his best man Lenny has to break the news of his disappearance. Then to add insult to injury, activity on their credit card suggests Barry is living it up in France. Lenny, king of the short-term relationship, stays on as Judy deals with the humiliation. Maybe a fling with no strings attached is just what she needs.
7/10
Also by author:
My Fabulous Divorce; Amazing Grace; Expecting Emily; Fast Forward
To come:
Going It Alone
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SARAH DUNN
Sarah Dunn was the executive story editor for TV program Spin City.
The Big Love (2004)
Newspaper columnist Alison Hopkins thought she and Tom were a happy couple until he went out for mustard just before a dinner party and didn't come back. Instead he rings to say he is in love with his college girlfriend. Alison then loses her job and a fling starts dating her arch-enemy. Will she ever find romantic and professional fulfilment?
5/10