Name: Room For Love
Author: Sophie Pembroke
Format: kindle edition
Pages: x pages
Release date: 15th May 2014
Publisher: Carina UK
Teaser
When wedding planner
Carrie Archer inherits the crumbling Avalon Inn where she spent her
childhood summers, she knows she’ll do whatever it takes to make it
home. With no money for renovations, that means finding investors if she
ever hopes to turn the Avalon into a dream wedding venue.
But
Carrie has been left more than the inn—she’s also inherited its
occupants, including three senior citizens, a single-father chef with
childcare issues, a panicky receptionist, and one very gorgeous
gardener.
So when her cousin Ruth declares her intention to get
married at the Avalon on Christmas Eve, Carrie finds herself juggling
decorating with dance nights, budgeting with bridge games...and sabotage
with seduction.
Today I'm welcoming A.L. Michael on my blog. It's her pub date of 'The Last Word' with Carina UK. Her novel is waiting on my kindle for me. I can't wait to read it! I really love the sound of this book. My review of this book will be up there in the next couple of weeks.
Tabby Riley’s
online life was a roaring success. Her blog had hundreds of followers, and
legions of young fans ardently awaited her every Tweet. Her real life was a bit
more of a disappointment. Living in a shared flat in North London, scratching a
living writing magazine articles on ‘How To Please Your Man in Bed’ wasn’t
where she thought she’d be at twenty-six – especially when there was a serious
lack of action in her own bedroom.
Although that
might all be about to change when she’s offered a position at online newspaper
The Type as a real journalist – and gains a sexy new editor, Harry Shulman, to
work with. Harry’s confident, smooth
talking, and completely aware that he drives Tabby mad. Which is fine, because
Tabby’s dated an editor before, and it’s never happening again. Ever. But as
her reputation at the paper grows, Tabby has to wonder: is it time to get out
from behind the screen and live her life in the real world?
More information about this book:
Amazon.co.uk /
Goodreads
Name: The Geography of You and Me
Author: Jennifer E. Smith
Format: paperback
Pages: 352 pages
Release date: 10th April 2014
Publisher: Headline
Teaser
Owen lives in the basement. Lucy lives on the 24th floor. But when the power goes out in the midst of a New York heatwave, they find themselves together for the first time: stuck in a lift between the 10th and 11th floors. As they await help, they start talking...
The brief time they spend together leaves a mark. And as their lives take them to Edinburgh and San Francisco, to Prague and to Portland they can't shake the memory of the time they shared. Postcards cross the globe when they themselves can't, as Owen and Lucy experience the joy - and pain - of first love.
And as they make their separate journeys in search of home, they discover that sometimes it is a person rather than a place that anchors you most in the world.
I'm very happy to welcome T.S. Krupa on Dreaming With Open Eyes today. She was so kind and anwered a bunch of my questions. Thank you very much for taking your time. It's a pleasure to have you on my blog. I recently reviewed her wonderful debut novel Safe & Sound. Read my review
here
Hello T.S. Krupa. I am very happy to welcome you on my blog. Can you please introduce yourself to my readers?
I sure can! Hello everyone! I want to first thank you all for reading and being big supporters of reading and this genre. I would not be able to do what I do without readers and passionate people like you. So a little bit about me, I live in North Carolina with my husband and Beagle puppy dog, Chase. I was born and raised in Connecticut and have also lived in New Hampshire and Texas. I just graduated with my doctorate degree from North Carolina State University (Go Wolfpack!). In my free time, I coach a club field hockey team for High Point University. Safe & Sound is my debut novel and I am super excited about this new journey!
Safe & Sound is your debut novel. For those who haven’t been lucky enough to read it yet, can you tell us a little bit about it?
Safe & Sound is story about Jill Greenfield. A fairly newly married bride who finds herself facing a terribly tragic situation when her husband suddenly dies. Jill must face challenges and situations she thought she had a lifetime to figure out. But Jill is not alone, she has her two best friends from childhood, Stella and Lanie to help her through this difficult process. Along the way Jill realizes her husband had several secrets he was hiding from her. Her journey takes her from Greensboro, North Carolina to the beaches of Oak Island, North Carolina where she makes an unexpected connection. Safe & Sound is best described as a journey of hope, friendship and love.
If you want the more official synopsis, you can find it on my website at
www.tskrupa.com.
Where did Jill’s story come from? Is it entirely fictional? Did you have to do lots of research for the novel?
Name: Ivy Lane
Author: Cathy Bramley
Format: kindle edition
Pages: 87 pages
Release date: 3rd April 2014
Publisher: Transworld Digital
Teaser
Friendship blossoms at Ivy Lane...
Tilly Parker needs a fresh start, fresh air and a fresh attitude if she is ever to leave the past behind and move on with her life. As she settles in to a new town seeking peace and solitude, taking on her own plot at Ivy Lane allotments seems like the perfect solution. But the vibrant, friendly Ivy Lane community has other ideas and endeavour to entice Tilly into seedling swaps and Easter egg hunts. Can Tilly let new friends into her life, or will she stay a wallflower for good?
Ivy Lane is a serialized novel told in four parts - taking you from spring to summer, autumn to winter - which tell a charming, light-hearted and moving story you won't want to put down.
Name: Safe & Sound: A Novel
Author: T.S. Krupa
Format: kindle edition
Pages: 312 pages
Release date: 1st January 2014
Publisher: Advantage Media Group
Teaser
When Jill met Jay
Greenfield she knew she had found her forever love. She was a
kindergarten teacher, he was a high-powered attorney and their lives
were perfect. But when a tragic accident takes Jay’s life, this young
bride is left to pick up the pieces.
Jill finds herself a young
widow facing multiple decisions she thought she had a lifetime to
decide. With support from her childhood best friends, Lanie and Stella,
Jill attempts to piece her life back together. With nightmares plaguing
her dreams and the struggles of constant grief over Jay’s passing,
Stella and Lanie keep near constant vigilance over her.
In the
process of settling the estate, Jill learns that her husband was not
quite the man she thought he was. She finds herself transported to the
small beach town of Oak Island, North Carolina. But the fairy tale
ending she envisioned no longer exists. She must face the reality that
Jay is gone as she finds herself having a chance at love one more time.
Name: The Heart of Bali
Author: Rebecca Raisin
Format: kindle edition
Pages: 43 pages
Release date: 1st March 2014
Publisher: Escape Publishing
Teaser
What happens when your break from real life shows you exactly how empty it actually is?
Focused
and driven, Aurora has built her PR and event management company into a
thriving success. But, it’s come at a cost. Her relationships suffer,
and she has virtually no social life. When her boyfriend suggests a
holiday to mend the bridges, it seems like a good idea to rekindle their
attraction and make some new life choices. Instead, she finds herself
in the tropical paradise of Bali, heartbroken and alone.
When
Marcel, the hotelier, offers to show her the real Bali, she doesn’t
hesitate — he might be just the pick-me-up she needs. Pinning Marcel as a
Casanova, Aurora decides to have fun and not overthink things.
Exploring her more sensual side brings a newfound confidence, and she
finds herself falling for the French hotelier and the Bali he shows
her...until an unexpected visitor arrives at the hotel.
As her holiday draws to a close, will Aurora choose to leave with good memories, or follow her heart?
Name: The Best Thing That Never Happened To Me
Author: Laura Tait and Jimmy Rice
Format: kindle edition
Pages: 368
Release date:10th April (ebook) 3rd July (paperback)
Publisher: Random House UK, Transworld Publishers
Teaser
One boy + one girl = two sides to this love story...
Everyone remembers their first love.
Holly has learnt that life isn't about seizing the moment. She might have harboured dreams about travelling the world as a teenager, but she let go of those - just as she let go of Alex.
But what if the feelings never really went away?
Alex wants to make every moment of his new job count. It's a fresh start in a new city, and he knows that moving to London has nothing to do with Holly. Well, probably.
How do you know if it was meant to be. or never meant to happen at all?
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TheBookJazz.
I was tagged by the lovely Simona, Maryline and Alba. Thanks a lot girls!
Do you have a certain place at home for reading?
Yes, I do. My favourite place to read is in my bed. I love to curl up in the sheets and get lost in a good book. In summer time I like to read on the balcony and enjoy the sun while I'm reading.
Bookmark or random piece of paper?
I acually love bookmarks but I don't own so many of them and rarly use them. I can't tell you why. Usually I use everything which is near around me. A post-it, a postcard, a random piece of paper.