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Lovereading July featured titles

 

This Month’s Featured ‘Crime / Whodunit’ Books

The Last Exile

E V Seymour

July 2008 Debut of the Month.

An exciting new author in the mystery thriller market is EV Seymour. This debut novel is action packed page turning stuff. Each chapter wills you on to the next…

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The Cruellest Month

Louise Penny

An excellent read set in the lovely sleepy Canadian village of Three Pines, as were her previous special books. I get the feeling this is a magical, happy place with a close-knit protective community who cannot understand why it is…

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The Death List

Paul Johnston

July 2007 Book of the Month. Incredibly gripping and guaranteed to keep you guessing. If you are going to buy a crime book this month buy this!
 
 
Paul Johnston explores vengeance and retribution…

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Thriller : Stories to Keep You Up All Night

This is the first anthology of thriller short-stories ever written. Highly readable, if not down right spine chilling, this is the ideal book for dipping in and out of.
 
 
Edited by James Patterson who is one of the biggest selling novelists…

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This Month’s Featured ‘Literary / Contemporary’ Books

The Shack

William P. Young

A very well written novel about a father’s and a families grief after the murder of their youngest child. When Mack feels God has deserted him he receives a note, seemingly from God, and goes on a journey that helps…

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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Rebecca Miller

Due to be reviewed on Richard & Judy on Wednesday 30 July 2008.
 

Wise, inspiring and brilliantly compelling, this is an unforgettable debut novel that will pull on the heart strings. There’s a real quality about the writing, which is spare…

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The Camel Bookmobile

Masha Hamilton

An idealistic American girl is swept up in the passion of taking the written word to the African tribes of Kenya, and joins a mobile library scheme. We are introduced to each important character chapter by chapter. Simple stories unfold,…

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Trespass

Valerie Martin

Trespass is a beautifully written and complex tale of love, jealousy, transgression, forgiveness, identity, and war. Brendan and Chloe Dale are the epitome of upper middle-class America living a very comfortable life in rural upstate New York. All seems well…

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This Month’s Featured ‘Relationship Tales’ Books

Castle in the Clouds

Monica Janssens

Enter in to the world of Cloisters, the most famous rehab clinic in the land. Follow the lives of several characters as they all come to terms with the things in their lives that have put them in to rehab…

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Holly Would Dream

Karen Quinn

An excellent choice for a fun, madcap summer read. Holly is constantly wishing he life was like that of an old fashioned Hollywood movie star and it isn’t far off that until one day when everything in her life suddenly…

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Love and Other Infidelities

Helen Townsend

The story of Martin and Susan’s marriage and the friends and relations around them. Each character has their own voice which gives the reader a great perspective on how different people have such different views on the same situation. A…

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Drop Dead Beautiful

Jackie Collins

The Queen of Glitz comes up trumps – she brings Lucky Santangelo back with a fistful of problems, both emotional and lethal. Jackie Collins no longer produces just glitz-filled glamour of old but has dished up a tale with real…

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The Birds and the Bees

Milly Johnson

A warm, tender tale of love and betrayal from an author with a lovely touch and the ability to produce the unexpected, always with a twist of humour. I love her.Comparison: Jill Mansell, Carole Matthews,

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The Mother and Daughter Diaries

Clare Shaw

Written in alternating chapters, a mother and teenage daughter go through the anxiety and fear of anorexia while being helped by an interesting therapist. It is a very poignant portrait of the illness, of a mother-daughter relationship and a life’s…

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This Month’s Featured ‘Mystery / Thriller’ Books

Season of the Witch

Natasha Mostert

A creepy tale of passion, seduction and mind-reading. The known phenomenon of ‘remote viewing’ – a psychic talent allowing the perpetrator to ‘see’ things that are far separate from them, forms the basis of the story. Gabriel, our hero, uses…

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White Corridor

Christopher Fowler

Bryant and May, like Holmes and Watson or Poirot and Hastings, are both compelling characters in their own right, but together they form one of fiction’s most pleasing duos. All Fowler’s books are intelligent and well-written but in Bryant and…

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Promise Not To Tell

Jennifer Mcmahon

Haunting, arresting and truly unforgettable this is a story that will strike terror in your mind but it will also deliver the unexpected time and time again as the story unfolds. Cleverly linking a recent murder with one that happened…

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Sweetheart

Chelsea Cain

 
July 2008
Book of the Month.

 
Chelsea Cain is back with the follow up to her brilliant first novel Heartsick. Psychotic serial killer Gretchen Lowell and the cop she captured, tortured and set…

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The Sonnet Lover

Carol Goodman

This has all the hallmarks of being a major success and it would come
as no surprise were it to be made into a film. Written in a deftly
assured manner it brings together passion and love, fantasy and legend
- just who…

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Bleedout

Joan Brady

A spellbinding psychological thriller set in a small American town in Illinois. This is very special indeed. It concerns the relationship between a 15-year old committed murderer, David Marion, and his lawyer, Hugh Freyl. After 15 years in jail, Freyl…

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This Month’s Featured ‘Historical Fiction’ Books

East of the Sun

Julia Gregson

Reviewed on Richard & Judy on Wednesday 9 July 2008.

 
 
This is an utterly captivating story of three young British women in search of freedom and love in 1920s India, but it also provides a wonderful insight into a now vanished…

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The Outcast

Sadie Jones

Reviewed on Richard & Judy on Wednesday 25 June 2008.

Shortlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2008.An incredibly moving story about a damaged son returning home from prison determined to make a better life for himself. However,…

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The Pirate’s Daughter

Margaret Cezair-thompson

 
Due to be reviewed on Richard & Judy on Wednesday 23 July 2008.
 
An adventure-cum-love story well balanced between narrative, description and comment with an intriguing tale bound round the history of Jamaica. It is about the illegitimate daughter of Errol…

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Dancing with Eva

Alan Judd

A reconstruction of the final days of Hitler’s life in the bunker and of his relationship with Eva Braun, seen through the eyes of two fictional characters, her secretary and a bunker guard, who meet sixty years later and piece…

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This Month’s Featured ‘Family Drama’ Books

Ursula’s Story

Sandra Howard

The story begins on the morning of Ursula’s ex-husband William’s new marriage with his three children excited that their father is marrying a Cabinet Minister and the Prime Minister will be among the guests. She, however, is bombarded by the…

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My Vintage Summer

Jane Elmor

 
June 2008 Debut of the Month.
 

Alternating in time between teenage ambition and married boredom, our narrator tells each tale in real-time, building tension and compulsion as she goes. You badly need to know what…

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The Forgotten Garden

Kate Morton

The second novel from the author of the highly absorbing The House at Riverton, the viewers’ favourite of the Richard and Judy titles of last summer. This is even better. Not quite as sad and covering over 100 years,…

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Ferney

James Long

April 2008 Book of the Month. I fell in love with this book when it was first published in 1997. It did moderately well but not as well as it should. I…

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This Month’s Featured ‘Romance / Sagas’ Books

It’s a Kind of Magic

Carole Matthews

Emma is getting fed up with boyfriend Leo and when he turns up at her birthday dinner, late, drunk and completely embarrassing her that is the final straw. She wishes she could wave a magic wand and turn him in…

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Twenty Wishes

Debbie Macomber

Debbie Macomber is getting better and better. In Twenty Wishes she brings in characters from her previous novel Wednesday’s at Four which gives a nice continuity to the books. Ann Marie has recently been widowed and joins a support group…

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An Offer You Can’t Refuse

Jill Mansell

Another funny, romantic novel from Jill Mansell to keep you company on the beach this summer. When Lola is offered £10,000 to break up with her boyfriend by his mum she has no intention of taking her up on the…

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The Lost Duke of Wyndham

Julia Quinn

Julia Quinn is back with a new book and new characters in another regency romance. These are light and fun books with plenty of romance and a great book for an early summer read. Pure escapism, humorous and romantic.

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This Month’s Featured ‘Horror / Fantasy / SciFi’ Books

Black Ships

Jo Graham

July 2008 Debut of the Month.
 

This is a slightly difficult one to categorise as it seems to encompass several genres, part historical fiction, part supernatural, part romance this is a novel of…

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Spellbound

Margit Sandemo

This is the first in the Legend of the Ice People series. Margit Sandemo has sold over 39 million copies of her books across Scandinavia and Eastern Europe and is now printed in English for the first time. This seems…

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Blood Bound

Patricia Briggs

The second of the Mercedes Thompson series follows our heroine as she gets herself mixed up in mysteries and murder. Owing Stephan, the vampire, a favour means she finds herself caught up in a dangerous world but she is a…

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Heart-Shaped Box

Joe Hill

A pacy and frightening story of revenge from beyond the grave. Ozzie-like rock star Jude, buys a ghost over the internet, and a heap of trouble along with it. What starts as a quirky haunting quickly grows into a terrifying…

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This Month’s Featured ‘The Real World’ Books

Match Wits with the Kids

Jonathan Green

A fun and enjoyable way to catch up on your learning, relive your schooldays and gen up on the topics kids are learning. Packed full of fun facts and tests for all the family, it’s a great way to hone…

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Wogan’s Twelve

Terry Wogan

After writing two highly successful autobiographies Terry is back to take us through a year in his life including radio, TV, charity events and the wonderful Eurovision Song Contest. Full of great anecdotes and experiences this is a warm and…

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Keep Smiling

Charlotte Church

She may only be 21 but as she was “discovered” at the age of 11 she’s had several years to pack in some fascinating and funny experiences. If you want a light fun, read then Charlotte does have an interesting…

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Coconut Chaos

Diana Souhami

Escape to the remote island of Pitcairn and let the author weave a story of life there now and life when the first settlers from The Bounty landed there over 200 years ago. Rich in description, you can imagine yourself…

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This Month’s Featured ”new gen’ – Great Fiction for Teens and Young Adults’ Books

The Meaning Of Life

Joanna Nadin

Laugh out loud funny from the first page, The Meaning of Life, will be devoured by teenagers and adults in equal measure just as the Diaries of Adrian Mole hit the spot for a different generation. A spot-on teenage voice…

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Love Struck

Rachael Wing

A story for teenagers by a teenager. Love Stuck is a thoroughly modern romance by the author of Star-crossed, her debut novel that was published to huge acclaim in 2007. Love-struck is a brilliant summer read for it touches…

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Cathy’s Key

Jordan Weisman, Sean Stewart

A brilliantly unique, action-packed and interactive novel for teens. It
comes complete with evidence pack, providing that all important help to
you the reader, alongside the linked online activity at www.cathyskey.co.uk to help solve the homicide investigation that Cathy, the protagonist…

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Generation Dead

Daniel Waters

A deeply compelling, sparklingly original supernatural romance about
discrimination, prejudice, the power of love and of life and death. A
brilliant debut and yet the quality of the writing, both sharp and
quirky and the original plot line makes it hard to believe…

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Blood Ties

Sophie Mckenzie

Terrifically paced, this thriller links two teenagers who must work
fast to unravel the past and discover the dangerous secret that unites
them. Theo and Rachel have a lot at stake as they foil the plot of a
group of extremists and get…

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Eclipse

Stephenie Meyer

This is one of the newly popular vampire romances that are flooding over from America. It is the third in a series and one of the best. It is aimed mainly at a teenage reader but if you want a…

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Waves

Sharon Dogar

This is an incredibly thought-provoking, lyrically written debut,
which astounded me time after time with each new page. Sharon has
cleverly intertwined two strands to the novel, past and present, into
what I can best describe as unputdownable and original. The characters
are superbly…

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Before I Die

Jenny Downham

Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2008 for debut novel. This is a haunting yet truly amazing read but don’t read it too young. Definitely not for someone less than 14 years old. If you knew you were going to…

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Lovereading mid July newsletter

Welcome to the Lovereading mid month newsletter with the latest news and reviews from the book world. Scroll down to find our selections of books from your favourite categories. You can find out more of click to download the free Opening Extract. First this month’s highlights.

New Crime series – just £2.99 per book, what a steal!

Black Start CrimeLaunching in August – but exclusively previewed on Lovereading – are the first 5 titles in the new imprint from MIRA – Black Star Crime. From cosy to heart-racing these crime books are perfect little stories to enjoy whilst commuting, sunbathing or last thing at night in bed. If you like them then you will be able to get a regular fix as there will be 4 – 5 new titles every two months – all just £2.99 each, only on Lovereading.

Richard & Judy Summer reads – which is your favourite?

Summer ReadsThis year is the last that Richard and Judy will grace Channel4 with their Summer Reads, and you can find all 8 books here on Lovereading. There’s an eclectic mix to transport you all around the world and back through the ages this summer. We have free Opening Extracts of them all and you can vote for your favourite.

Brand new website for independent authors

PublishedIf you have written a book, always thought you had one in you or know someone who has then please visit our newest website www.Lovewriting.co.uk, created to help independently published authors find new readers. Readers should also visit the site as you will be able to discover a wealth of new writing and who Lovewritingknows you might possibly be the first to discover the next Ian McEwan or J K Rowling. As with Lovereading all the books featured have a free Opening Extract for you to download and if you like the book you can buy it on the site as well. Find out more today.

Other site highlights

Debut of the Month - Black Ships Summer Reading - category Debut of the Month - The Last Exile By E V Seymour
Book of the month - Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain Are you a member of a reading club - see our monthly choices Author of the Month - Michael Connelly

 

Top 10 Opening Extracts for last 7 days

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Hearts and Minds Hearts and Minds
Rosy Thornton
Rosy Thornton is a clever and thoughtful writer who comes up with engaging and interesting scenarios for her novels. This one is set in an all female Cambridge college where tradition has been broken with and a man has been …
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The Outcast The Outcast
Sadie Jones
Reviewed on Richard & Judy on Wednesday 25 June 2008.       

Shortlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2008.An incredibly moving story about a damaged son returning home from prison determined to make a better life for himself. However, some …
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East of the Sun East of the Sun
Julia Gregson
Reviewed on Richard & Judy on Wednesday 9 July 2008.       

 
 
This is an utterly captivating story of three young British women in search of freedom and love in 1920s India, but it also provides a wonderful insight into a now vanished …
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4
No Time for Goodbye No Time for Goodbye
Linwood Barclay
Reviewed on Richard & Judy on Wednesday 2 July 2008.
 
 
Lovereading view to appear soon. …
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Tale Of Love And Darkness Tale Of Love And Darkness
Amos Oz
Winner of the Jewish Quarterly Wingate Literary Prize for Non-Fiction. Internationally acclaimed Israeli author of some eighteen books gives us the story of his childhood, the birth of a nation, the portrait of a family and one of the most …
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Ferney Ferney
James Long
April 2008 Book of the Month. I fell in love with this book when it was first published in 1997. It did moderately well but not as well as it should. I think one of the problems was that up …
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It's a Kind of Magic It’s a Kind of Magic
Carole Matthews
Emma is getting fed up with boyfriend Leo and when he turns up at her birthday dinner, late, drunk and completely embarrassing her that is the final straw. She wishes she could wave a magic wand and turn him in …
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The Drowned Book The Drowned Book
Sean O’brien
Winner of the T S Eliot Prize for Poetry 2007.The poet Peter Porter, who chaired the judging panel of WN Herbert and Sujata Bhatt, called O’Brien “a major artist” and described The Drowned Book as “fierce, funny and deeply melancholy”. …
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The Forgotten Garden The Forgotten Garden
Kate Morton
The second novel from the author of the highly absorbing The House at Riverton, the viewers’ favourite of the Richard and Judy titles of last summer. This is even better. Not quite as sad and covering over 100 years, …
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The Birds and the Bees The Birds and the Bees
Milly Johnson
A warm, tender tale of love and betrayal from an author with a lovely touch and the ability to produce the unexpected, always with a twist of humour. I love her.Comparison: Jill Mansell, Carole Matthews, Carmen Reid. …
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KIDS SITE TOP 10

  1. Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer
  2. Jiggy McCue: Kid Swap by Michael Lawrence
  3. Captain Flinn and The Pirate Dinosaurs: Missing Treasure! by Giles Andreae
  4. The Vampire of Croglin by Terry Deary
  5. Amazing! by Hilary Mckay
  6. Before I Die by Jenny Downham
  7. Charlie Small: Charlie and the Underworld by Charlie Small
  8. Young Wizards by Michael Lawrence
  9. Secrets at St Judes’: New Girl by Carmen Reid
  10. Two Words by Tanya Landman

Summer Reads and New exciting website for authors

Summer is here, and with it the chance to spend some glorious hours outside with a book. We’ve already slapped on our sun cream and, more importantly for you, put together a whole list of brilliant summery reads. Whether you’re on a beach in Bali or a bench in Bromley, these stories are fantastically enjoyable…

Summer ReadsOur Lovereading Summer Reads are in six different categories, grouped from Fun and Feel Good to Emotional and Absorbing. There’s something for everyone, so why not download a free Opening Extract make your choice then allow your Summer holiday to glide by. Scroll down to see the full list of books…….

 

Brand new website for independent authors

LovewritingHave you written a book – or always thought you had one in you? If so you definitely need to visit our newly launched site www.Lovewriting.co.uk, created especially to help independently published authors find readers for their books. We can help guide you through the process and help you promote your book as well. And please do tell any of your would-be-author friends about this exciting new website.

 

PublishedBut, it’s also a site for readers as you will be able to discover a wealth of new writing and who knows you might possibly be the first to discover the next Ian McEwan or J K Rowling. As with Lovereading, it’s sister site, you will find the books conveniently grouped by category and with the ability to download free opening extracts. Even at this early stage we have dozens and dozens of books already available and more being added every day. Find out more today.

 

AUTHOR OF THE MONTHAuthor of the Month
Michael Connelly

Body SurfingMichael ConnellyAuthor of the Month is the Michael Connelly, whose new book The Overlook sees LAPD’s Harry Bosch in a race against time to solve a terrorist plot. We also have 6 of his backlist titles for you to discover, including the utterly brilliant The Poet, the book that launched Connelly into the big time.

 

 

 

Richard and Judy Summer Reads

Summer ReadsThis year is the last time Richard and Judy will grace Channel4 with their Summer Reads, and you can find all 8 books here on Lovereading. There’s an eclectic mix to transport you all over the world and back through the ages this summer and we have free Opening Extracts of them all.

More Featured Books

sweet heart by chelsea cainBook of the Month for July is Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain. It’s the follow up to her brilliant debut Heartsick. Psychotic serial killer Gretchen Lowell and the cop she captured, tortured and set free at her own expense, Archie Sheridan, are back pitting wills against each other. Wonderfully gruesome and totally chilling ….

 

Summer ReadsWe have two debuts of the month.  The Last Exile by E V Seymour is the first in a new series of razor-sharp British thrillers about an ex-firearms officer. Download an Opening Extract and jump straight in to the action.

 

black ships by Jo GrahamBlack Ships by Jo Graham. It’s a haunting and moving debut – part historical fiction, part supernatural and part romance. Gul is an oracle, she has visions and she must lead Prince Aeneas to his destiny…. 

 

SpellboundSpellbound is the first novel to be translated into English by Margit Sandemo, a Scandinavian whose books have sold 39 million copies in 9 countries. It’s a powerful, supernatural story that spans 4 centuries of legends and romances.

 

Summer ReadsPromise Not To Tell is a spooky debut novel from Jennifer McMahon, who critics are touting as a cross between Stephen King and Harlan Coben. Due to be published 7 Aug. Try it out now if you dare!

 

ursulas storyUrsula’s Story is the second tasty family drama from Sandra Howard, and sees the main character’s daughter go missing, causing scandals to appear from every angle.

 

 

 

New Series. Black Star Crime from MIRA – only £2.99 each!

Summer ReadsAnd finally, we have have some wonderfully thrilling (and excitingly cheap) Pre-Publication stories from Black Star Crime, the new crime imprint from MIRA. It kicks off this August with five short novels, and they cost just £2.99 each with our exclusive 25% discount!

Please download some free Opening Extracts of these great books and find something to relax in the sun with. You can buy them all on Lovereading with a 25% discount on the RRP, so make sure you leave a bit of room in your suitcase for the all-important holiday reads.

 

Happy Reading.