Friday, April 1, 2011

April Releases

Benita Brown MEMORIES OF YOU
Headline
14 April 2011
£5.99 Paperback
£4.99 Kindle

As the thirties lead into the Second World War, four siblings face an uncertain future in this novel of love, loss and the enduring strength of family.

Look inside and read an extract: http://tinyurl.com/4os77fn




Lesley Cookman MURDER TO MUSIC
Accent Press
April 11th
£6.99 paper

The eighth in the Libby Sarjeant series.










Anna Jacobs MOVING ON
Severn House
28 April

Molly Peel lacks confidence after years of put-downs by her husband. But when she's ignored at her own daughter's wedding and no one visits her in hospital, she finds the courage to make a new start.


Dilly Court A MOTHER’S SECRET
Arrow Books
14 April 2011
£5.99 paperback

Convinced that the man she had hoped to marry has been killed in battle, Belinda is forced into an arranged marriage and made to give her precious baby to a foster mother.







June Davies OVER THE HILLS
Dales Large Print
1 April 2011
£11.99 (soft cover)

World War II is over and Ellen about to marry her sweetheart when an alarming telegram sends her racing home to the faraway Dow Hills, where she faces a choice that could break her heart . . . 



Karen Abbott HOLD ON TO YOUR DREAMS
F. A. Thorpe
April 2011
Paperback price - £8.99

Forced to work as a servant after her father's financial ruin, Emily's dream of marrying her sweetheart was destroyed - until a chance meeting with a friend from her schooldays brings hope of a future.






Karen Abbott A MOST REBELLIOUS DEBUTANTE
Thorpe Large Print
April 2011
£18.99 hardback

Exiled from Society after a shocking experience with a rebuffed suitor, Lucy encounters the notorious Lord Rockhaven - but why is he in hiding? Should she run whilst she can - or stay to help him?






Mary Nichols THE KIRRILOV STAR
Allison and Busby
Hardback £19.99

Nov 1920, Russia is in the grip of Civil War. Four-year-old Lydia Kirillova is separated from her family and the only clue to her identity is the opulent jewel concealed in her petticoat. Struck by her plight, diplomat, Sir Edward Stoneleigh takes her to England and adopts her. But can her past be put behind her?





Kate Hardy ST PIRAN’S: THE FIREMAN AND NURSE LOVEDAY
Mills & Boon
1 April 2011
£3.30, paperback

Can shy nurse Flora help fireman Tom bond with his orphaned nephew? And can Tom awaken the passion that Flora tries to hide?






Charlie Cochrane LESSONS IN TRUST
Samhain
5th April 2011
£8.65 paper

When Jonty Stewart and Orlando Coppersmith witness the suspicious death of a young man at the White City exhibition in London, they’re keen to investigate - especially after the cause of death proves to be murder.






Freda Lightfoot HOUSE OF ANGELS
Allison & Busby
12 April 2011
£4.79 ebook

The Lake District, 1908. It seems as though Livia, Ella and Maggie Angel lead a charmed life on a large country estate. But since the death of their mother, their family home has been far from a quiet haven as their bullying father is determined
to marry off the girls to his greatest advantage.





Freda Lightfoot STORM CLOUDS OVER BROOMBANK
W. F. Howes
£19.50 Large Print

Meg Turner is at last doing the job she loves. But life as a sheep farmer - unusual for a woman even in war time - proves tougher at times than she expected.

(Second in the Luckpenny Land series.)





Annie Burrows CAPTAIN CORCORAN’S HOYDEN BRIDE
Mills & Boon
1st April 2011
Paperback: £3.99

Craving respectability, Aimee Peters applies for a job as a governess. But she soon discovers men can be as devious and dangerous in the wilds of Yorkshire as they were in London's seedy underworld.





Fenella J Miller LADY ELEANOR’S SECRET
$4.99  e-book
15th April 2011
ISBN tba

Will Lady Eleanor's happiness survive the revelation of her secret?









Nell Dixon DANGEROUS TO KNOW
12th April
ebook -price to be confirmed

Jerome Mayer is tall, dark and dangerous to know. Normally Gemma would run a mile, but with a freshly broken heart maybe it’s time for this good girl to take a walk on the wild side.







Victoria Connelly THE PERFECT HERO
Avon, HarperCollins
21 April
Paperback: £6.99

When a new version of Jane Austen's 'Persuasion' is being filmed in Lyme Regis, Kay Ashton can't help but fall in love with the actor playing Captain Wentworth. But is the really her perfect hero?










Kate Lord Brown THE BEAUTY CHORUS
Corvus, Atlantic
1st April 2011
Hardback: £16.99
Perfect Paperback: £12.99
Kindle: £7.99

Romance, glamour and adventure in the skies: an enthralling debut inspired by female pilots in World War Two.  166 women signed up to fly Spitfires and bombers from factories to airfields across the country. It was an adventure that would cost many their lives.  To the fighter pilots, they are ‘the beauty chorus’.









Short Stories:

Victoria Connelly PARIS IN APRIL
My Weekly
16th April

Will a holiday in Paris mean a long-awaited proposal?


JL Merrow BLAZING JUNE
Lesbian Cops Anthology
Cleis Press
1 April 2011
RRP £10.99

Single mum Carla calls the police to help out her elderly neighbour - and ends up making a connection she hadn't expected with the WPC who comes to her aid.


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