Sunday, December 27, 2009

A Prisoner of Birth

Publisher: Pan Books
Author: Jeffrey Archer
Number of Pages: 616
Price: RM20
Synopsis:
If Danny Cartwright had proposed to Beth Wilson the day before or the day after, he would not have been arrested and charged with the murder of his best friend.

And when the four prosecution witnesses are a barrister, a popular actor, an aristocrat and the youngest partner in an established firm's history, who is going to believe his side of the story?

Danny is sentenced to twenty-two years and is sent to Belmarsh prison, the highest security jail in the land, from where no inmate has ever escaped.

But everyone has underestimated Danny's determination to seek revenge and Beth's relentless quest to win justice...

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Sidney Sheldon's Master of the Game & Mistress of the Game



Publisher: Harper Collins
Author: Sidney Sheldon (Master of the Game) & Tilly Bagshawe (Mistress of the Game)
Number of pages: 673( Master of the Game) & 519 (Mistress of the Game)
Price: RM40 for both
Synopsis:
Master of the Game
The Blackwell family had it all; Kruger-Brent, a multi-billion pound company, property across the globe, and lifestyles more glamorous than any Hollywood star. But their empire was born of naked ambition, death and betrayal.
The handsome and talented Tony Blackwell longs to be an artist but his mother has other plans. She needs an heir, and she always get what she wants.
Eve and Alexandra, the stunningly beautiful Blackwell twins, one as pure and gentle as a new born, the other a twisted, evil schemer who will stop at nothing in her quest to inherit Kruger-Brent.
Watching over them is one of the most powerful women in the world, Kate Blackwell. For years she built up an unbreakable empire, sacrificing everything for the sake of her one true love - her company. She is, and always will be... Master of the Game.
Mistress of the Game
The Blackwell family were an enigma, rich and powerful beyond compare. Kate, Tony, Eve and Alexandra had a life of dreams, but their dreams were born of greed, ambition and murder.

Now that tainted legacy passes to the next generation. Lexi Templeton, kidnapped and abused by her captors - will her terrifying past force her to bring down the very empire that created her? Robbie Templeton, Lexi's older brother, once despised by his father and confused about who he really is. Max Webster, the only child of scheming Eve... one day the Blackwell billions will be his. Only Lexi Templeton stands in his way.

Past Secrets

Publisher: Harper Collins
Author: Cathy Kelly
Number of pages: 473
Price: RM 18
Synopsis:
Behind the shining windows and rose-decked gardens of Summer Street, single mother Faye, hides a secret from her teenage daughter Amber. Whilst thirty-three year old Maggie, hides one from herself.

When fiery Amber decides to throw away her future for love, and Maggie finds herself back home looking after her sick mother, secrets begin to bubble over.

The only person on Summer Street who appears to know all the answers is Christie Devlin. Wise and kind, she can see into other people's hearts to solve their problems. Except that this time, she has secrets of her own to face...

Sunday, October 25, 2009

The Love Of Her Life

Publisher: Harper Collins
Author: Harriet Evans
Number of pages: 487
Price: RM17
Synopsis:
Like every woman, Kate thought she'd never meet the love of her life... Until she did. But are they destined to be together?

Kate Miller has lived in New York for three long years. Now, with her father ill, it's time to come home and face everything she left behind:

Her friends: Zoe and Francesca, bound to her forever as a result of one day when life changed for them all.

Her family: Her adored father and his much younger wife.

The job she abandoned on a glossy women's magazine.

And the man she thought was the love of her life, whose heart she has broken.

What really happened before Kate left London? And can she pick up the pieces and allow herself to love life again?

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The Time Traveler's Wife

Publisher : Vintage
Author : Audrey Niffenegger
Number of pages : 615
Price : RM17
Synopsis:
This is the extraordinary love story of Clare and Henry who met when Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty. Impossible but true, because Henry suffers from a rare condition where his genetic clock periodically resets and he finds himself pulled suddenly into his past or future. In the face if this force they can neither prevent nor control, Henry and Clare's struggle to lead normal lives is both intensely moving and entirely unforgettable.

Monday, September 28, 2009

P.S. I Love You & If You Could See Me Now

Publisher : Harper Collins
Author : Cecilia Ahern
Number of pages : 506 (P.S. I Love You) and 410 (If You Could See Me Now)
Price: RM25
Synopsis:
P.S. I Love You
Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mates. But not Holly and Gerry.

They were childhood sweethearts - no one could imagine Holly and Gerry without each other.

Until the unthinkable happens. Gerry's death devastates Holly. But as her 30th birthday looms Holly discovers that Gerry has left her a bundle of notes, gently guiding her into her new life without him, eash signed 'PS, I Love You'.

With some help from her friends, and her noisy and loving family, Holly finds herself laughing, crying, singing, dancing - and being braver than ever before.

Life is for living, she realises - but it always helps if there's an angel watching over you.

If You Could See Me Now
What if love was right there in front of you - you just couldn't see it?

Elizabeth Egan is too busy for friends. As a reluctant mother to her sister Saoirse's young son, Luke, and with her own business to run, every precious moment is made to count.

But with Saoirse crashing in and out of their lives, leaving them both reeling, Luke and Elizabeth are desperately in need of some magic.

Enter Ivan. Wild, spontaneous and always looking for adventure, Ivan changes Elizabeth in ways she could never have imagined. With her newly open eyes and heart, Elizabeth sees what she's been missing all along.

As for Ivan, he thought he was there to help Luke, not Elizabeth - or himself.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

The Boleyn Inheritance

Publisher: Harper Collins
Author: Philippa Gregory
Number of pages: 518
Price: RM18
Synopsis:
Three women, one prize: the crown of England.

The year is 1539. Henry VIII must take another wife and the dangerous prize of the crown of England is won by Anne of Cleves. Although she is fascinated by the glamour of her new surroundings, she can sense a trap closing around her.

Katherine Howard, meanwhile, is to flirt her way to the throne. But her kinswoman Jane Boleyn is haunted by the past and the Boleyn inheritance of suspicion, betrayal and death. In this time of upheaval and uncertainty, these three young women must try to survive the most volatile court in Europe.