Name: Love ... From Both Sides
Author: Nick Spalding
Format: paperback
Pages: 320 pages
Release date: 21st August 2014
Publisher: Coronet
Teaser
Sometimes, the hardest part of finding love is keeping a straight face...
For
Jamie Newman, being a single guy isn't proving to be much fun,
especially when confronted with a sexually belligerent divorcee and a
goddess so far out of his league she might as well be a different
species.
Mind you, being a girl in search of love isn't a bowl of
cherries either. Just ask Laura McIntyre, who's recently contended with
a horny estate agent on a quest for light relief and a rabid mountain
bike enthusiast with a penchant for lycra that leaves little to the
imagination.
When Jamie and Laura bump into one another (quite
literally) it looks like their luck may have changed - but sometimes
finding the right person is only the start of your problems...
Name: Maggie Does Meribel (Girls On Tour Book 3)
Author: Nicola Doherty
Format: ebook
Pages: 96 pages
Release date: 4th December 2014
Publisher: Headline
Teaser
Maggie can't wait for
her first ever skiing holiday. New Year's Eve in the French Alps with
her boyfriend Leo and two other couples: what could be more romantic?
She's picturing hot chocolate, romantic snowball fights and evenings
snuggled together in front of the log fire. What she didn't picture is
near-death experiences on the mountains, falling out with Leo and
sharing a chalet with the unbearable Jenny.
When she meets Sylvain, a
gorgeous ski instructor, the line between harmless flirting and full-on
misbehaviour becomes ... well, blurry. Will Maggie stay on the nursery
slopes, or go seriously off-piste?
Today I am welcoming, Lena Mikado, author of My Journey to the Ocean, which is out today. Happy publication day to you. All the best of success with your debut novel!
Elena knows what she wants from life. Her whole picture-perfect existence is planned out and allows for no deviation. She is engaged to be married and intends to be happy. Along with three of her girlfriends, she takes a summer trip across the ocean, to St. Simons Island, Georgia, United States. Pool parties, vodka watermelons and the eternal question - to shag or not to shag. Her whole world is about to be rock-n-rolled, and she will have to face a pretty hard choice. It all sounds like a setup for a summer-fling novel, but is it really like that in actuality, or does Miss Real Life have something more conniving under her sleeve? Are there happy endings in real life?
This book is a love
story. It's about love in all possible representations, forms and masks
it can wear. It's a love story of a girl in her 20s, looked back on by a
woman in her 30s, who is also trying to take a peek into the future.
It's an ageless book, it's a borderless book, it’s a book that focuses
on and laughs at our cultural differences, yet sweeps away all man-made
boundaries on its way. But I made it sound too complex. It's first and
foremost a story about a summer away from home, it's a story about
falling in and out of love - it's a story about My Journey to the Ocean.
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Name: The Chateau
Author: Karen Aldous
Format: ebook
Pages: xx pages
Release date: 21st August 2014
Publisher: Carina UK
Teaser
Can young hearts ease a restless spirit?
On
the shores of stunning Lake Geneva, Gina Remy is celebrating her
brother’s wedding – when the figure of a woman appears hovering above
the water, beckoning to her. Ghostly visitations do not happen to Gina -
a self-confessed control freak with her own successful property
business, she prides herself on being level-headed. But as she is
tormented by dreams and visions, her perfect life begins to unravel, and
she knows she needs to help this ghost find peace if she’s to get any
of her own!
Enter Ollie Martin, an Anglo-Swiss property developer
who’s sexy as hell and knows it. His arrogance annoys Gina, but he’s
the only one who will take her seriously… and the closer they come to
understanding the quest the ghost has set for them, the closer they get
to one another…
Name: Surviving The Rachel
Author: Aven Ellis
Format: ebook
Pages: 262 pages
Release date: 19th December 2014
Publisher: self-published
Teaser
Life after college graduation is not at all what twenty-one-year-old Bree Logan expected. Unable to find a professional communications job, dumped by the guy who was THE ONE, and stuck with a pricey city apartment she can’t afford, Bree ends up moving back home with her parents in the suburbs and working as a cocktail server at a posh Chicago hotel.
In a desperate attempt to get a fresh start, Bree goes to a hip salon and requests that the first available stylist chop off her long dark hair. Alarmed when the stylist suggests “The Rachel,” after the famous haircut from the show Friends, Bree is hesitant, but decides to go for it when she is assured it will be a “fresh, modern adaptation” of the infamous 90’s cut. Unfortunately for Bree, it turns out to be exactly the same cut, but with horrific heavy bangs added to it. Hideous doesn’t even begin to describe it.
Bree is convinced nothing will ever go right when she meets neighbor Jack Chelten, a twenty-five-year-old German translator. Not that Bree is looking to date anyone, but there's something quirky and intriguing about his freckle-splashed face and blue eyes. And suddenly Bree finds herself seeking out different opportunities and challenges . . . as well as the boy next door.
In her new adult life, Bree learns that sometimes you have to go through crises to get to where you need to be. And if you can survive The Rachel, you can survive anything, right?
Name: The Man Who Can't Be Moved
Author: Tilly Tennant
Format: ebook
Pages: 255 pages
Release date: 19th December 2014
Publisher: self-published
Teaser
Fledgling journalist Ellie Newton is keen to prove herself when she lands a hard-won job at the Millrise Echo. So when reports come in of a man camped on the corner of a local street, refusing to move until the girl who has jilted him takes him back, Ellie is on a mission to get the scoop.
She arrives to meet Ben Kelly, a man she is instantly attracted to. But she has a job to do and an incredible story to write and has soon pledged to help him win back the girl of his dreams. With Ellie’s help, Ben’s plight captures the hearts and imaginations of the public. And when a TV film crew appears to make a feature on the most romantic gesture the town of Millrise has ever seen, Ellie’s mission gets its happy ending...
But while Ellie has been busy fixing the lives of her wayward parents, providing shoulders for heartbroken friends to cry on, and worrying about her terminally-ill aunt, she hasn’t noticed that she has also been falling quietly in love – with the very man she has now ensured is hopelessly out of her reach.
Ellie must choose between doing the right thing, and the thing that feels right. And whatever choice she makes, someone will get their heart broken.
Hi everyone, welcome to a new feature on Dreaming With Open Eyes. I thought I’d
share a selection of the posts I’ve loved each month in a regular
feature called Monthly Favourites! This idea is inspired by Lifestyle blogs who are sharing their favourite products every month. I absolutely adore that idea. This is the perfect opportunity to me to give my blog a personal touch. I'm looking forward to share more personal things with you that have kept me happy this month. If you have any improvement suggestions for the categories or anything else, I'd be happy to hear from you.
Books I read in January
Love From Both Sides by Nick Spalding (will be reviewed)
The Man Who Can't Be Moved by Tilly Tennant (find my review
here)
New Year at the Ritz by Nikki More (find my review
here)
Kate & Alf by Carrie Stone (find my review
here)
A Place in her Heart by Trish Milburn (will be reviewed)
Maggie Does Meribel by Nicola Doherty (will be reviewed)
Currently reading
The Chateau by Karen Aldous (will be reviewed)