Little Black Dress was an imprint of Headline Publishing and specialized in chick lit(ish) books. Little, cute one’s. Some years ago I challenged myself to read all of their back catalog. Problem was, they released new books in the series faster than I could read them so I got sidetracked. I recently came across another…
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Review – The Queen’s Promise by Lyn Andrews
Kindle: 496 pagesPublisher: HeadlinePublication date: 28 Feb 2013 ASIN : 075538671X Alluring Anne Boleyn knows she is required to use her charm to her advantage – and secure the status of her family at the Tudor court. She easily captivates the noblemen, most notably Henry Percy, future Earl of Northumberland and, hopeful of her father’s approval,…
Review – Unbelievable by Jennifer Pickup
Kindle: 320 pagesPublisher: UnboundPublication date: 05 April 2012ASIN: B00WDP9IP8 Neona White is rather extraordinary. The thing is, while she knows that she’s very different from other teenagers, she doesn’t know quite how different…yet. A traumatic incident leaves Neona without the desire to keep living and a fear that she’s not entirely human, and her mother…
Review – The Greatest Love Story of All Time by Lucy Robinson
Paperback: 496 pagesPublisher: Penguin Publication date: 12 April 2012 ISBN-13 : 978-0241952986 It’s Fran’s thirtieth birthday and things are good . . . She’s bluffed her way into a Very Posh Job and her outlandishly handsome and talented boyfriend Michael is escorting her to the Ritz with a bulge the shape of a ring box in his…
Review – The Three by Sarah Lotz
Kindle: 480 pages Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Publication date: 22 May 2014 ISBN: 978-1444770360 First Line – “Come on, come on, come on…” They’re here … The boy. The boy watch the boy watch the dead people oh Lordy there’s so many … They’re coming for me now. We’re all going soon. All of us….
Review – Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Corgi childrens ISBN: 978-0552546126 First Line – “Her laugh turned to a moan at the first ripple in her bones.” Vivian, at 16, is a beautiful young werewolf with all the young wolves in her pack howling for her. But then she falls in love with a human. If she reveals…
Review – Mrs Sinclairs Suitcase by Louise Walters
Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Hodder paperbacks Publication date: 14 Augst 2014 ISBN: 9781444777451 First Line – “My Dear Dorothea” Forgive me, Dorothea, for I cannot forgive you. What you do, to this child, to this child’s mother, it is wrong… Roberta likes to collect the letters and postcards she finds in second-hand books. When her…
Review – Blood Red by Jason Bovberg
Kindle: 276 pages Publisher: Permuted Press Publication date: 07 April 2014 ASIN: B00JK1UW4E First Line – “Rachel!” Rachel is 19. She doesn’t know how to handle her new stepmother, let alone the end of the world. But after finding her stepmother dead, Rachel is suddenly racing against time—and terrifying, unnatural forces—to survive a gruesome apocalyptic…
Review – Earthfall by Mark Walden
Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury Childrens Publication date: 07 July 2012 ISBN: 9781408815663 First Line – “The boy ran down the rain-soaked street, weaving between abandoned cars.” Sam wakes to see strange vessels gathered in the skies around London. As he stares up, people stream past, walking silently towards the enormous ships which emit a…
Review – Midnight in Havana by Peggy Blair
paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Polygon Publication date: 01 July 2013 ISBN-9781846972348 First Line – “Ricky Ramirez’s parents stood on the other side of the door, speaking in hushed tones with the doctors.” “In beautiful, crumbling Old Havana, Canadian detective Mike Ellis hopes the sun and sand will help save his troubled marriage. He doesn’t yet…