I have two fabulous book packs to giveaway. The books are all Advance Reader Copies that I haven't had the time to read. Some have been on my shelf for years.
The books are listed below. Enter for the pack that interests you or both packs if you wish.
Entry is via the form below.
Pack 1:
Mussolini's Island by Sarah Day Francesco has a memory of his father from early
childhood, a night when life for his family changed: their name, their
story, their living place. From that night, he has vowed to protect his
mother and to follow the words of his father: Non mollare. Never give
up.
When Francesco is rounded up with a group of young men and
herded into a camp on the island of San Domino, he realises that someone
has handed a list of names to the fascist police; everyone is
suspicious of one another. His former lover Emilio is constantly
agitating for revolution. His old friend Gio jealously watches their
relationship rekindle. Locked in spartan dormitories, resentment and
bitterness between the men grows each day.
Elena, a young and
illiterate island girl on the cusp of womanhood, is drawn to the
handsome Francesco yet fails to understand why her family try to keep
her away from him. By day, she makes and floats her paper birds, willing
them to fly from the island, just as she wants to herself. Sometimes,
she is given a message to pass on. She's not sure who they are from; she
knows simply that Francesco is hiding something. When Elena discovers
the truth about the group of prisoners, the fine line between love and
hate pulls her towards an act that can only have terrible consequences
for all.
The Good Children by Roopa Farooki Leaving home is one thing. Surviving is another.
1940s
Lahore, the Punjab. Two brothers and their two younger sisters are
brought up to be 'good children', who do what they're told. Beaten and
browbeaten by their manipulative mother, to study, honour and obey.
Sully, damaged and brilliant, Jakie, irreverent and passionate. Cynical
Mae and soft-hearted Lana, outshone and too easily dismissed.
The
boys escape their repressive home to study medicine abroad, abandoning
their sisters to their mother and marriages. Sully falls in love with an
unsuitable Indian girl in the States; Jakie with an unsuitable white
man in London. Their sisters in Pakistan refuse to remain trophy wives,
and disgrace the family while they strike out to build their own lives.
As
they raise their own families, and return to bury the dead, Sully and
Jakie, Mae and Lana, face the consequences of their decisions, and learn
that leaving home doesn't mean it will ever leave them.
The Flower Arrangement by Ella Griffin Golden peonies bowing their heads beneath blue
delphinium bells. Delicate pink anemones threaded between freckled green
orchids. Soft apricot roses woven together with velvety purple irises.
Every bouquet tells a story. And every story begins at Blossom &
Grow, a tiny jewel-like flower shop in the heart of Dublin. Here, among
the buckets of fragrant blooms, beneath the flickering candles and
lanterns, Lara works her magic. Translating feelings into flower
arrangements that change hearts and lives. But what about her own heart?
Has she really healed since she lost her chance to be a mother? What
will happen when her own story takes a sudden turn? Can the flowers that
heal the customers work their magic on the florist? Drawing together a
delightful cast of characters, Ella Griffin brings her warmth, wit and
wisdom to a captivating tale woven around a Dublin florist.
Arctic Zoo by Robert Muchamore From London . . .
Georgia gets
straight As at school, writes essays for fun, has been placed first in
twenty-six drone races and has a serious addiction to buying Japanese
stationery. She plans to follow her older sister Sophie and become a
doctor, but her worldview is shattered when Sophie commits suicide.
To Lagos . . .
Julius
lives in Ondo, a Nigerian state where half the population lives on less
than a dollar a day. But he isn't one of them. His uncle has been
governor of Ondo for more than a decade and his mother is the power
behind that throne. He finds refuge in a derelict zoo with best friend
Duke, but as the two of them grow close, the world outside becomes more
and more hostile.
Jane in Love by Rachel Givney At age twenty-eight, Jane Austen should be
seeking a suitable husband, but all she wants to do is write. She is
forced to take extreme measures in her quest to find true love - which
lands her in the most extraordinary of circumstances.
Magically,
she finds herself in modern-day England, where horseless steel
carriages line the streets and people wear very little clothing. She
forms a new best friend in fading film star Sofia Wentworth, and a
genuine love interest in Sofia's brother Fred, who has the audacity to
be handsome, clever and kind-hearted.
She is also delighted to
discover that she is now a famous writer, a published author of six
novels and beloved around the globe. But as Jane's romance with Fred
blossoms, her presence in the literary world starts to waver. She must
find a way to stop herself disappearing from history before it's too
late.
A modern-day reimagining of the life of one of the world's
most celebrated writers, this wonderfully witty romantic comedy offers a
new side to Jane's story, which sees her having to choose between true
love in the present and her career as a writer in the past.
Inappropriation by Lexi Freiman A search for belonging in Sydney's Eastern
Suburbs turns into a riotous satire of identity politics in this wildly
irreverent coming-of-age story.
Starting at a prestigious
private Australian girls' school, fifteen-year-old Ziggy Klein is
confronted with an alienating social hierarchy that hurls her into the
arms of her grade's most radical feminists. Tormented by a burgeoning
collection of dark, sexual fantasies, and a biological essentialist
mother, Ziggy sets off on a journey of self-discovery that moves from
the Sydney drag scene to the extremist underbelly of the Internet.
As
PC culture collides with her friends' morphing ideology and her
parents' kinky sex life, Ziggy's understanding of gender, race, and
class begins to warp. Ostracized at school, she seeks refuge in Donna
Haraway's seminal feminist text, A Cyborg Manifesto, and discovers an
indisputable alternative identity. Or so she thinks. A controversial
Indian guru, a transgender drag queen, and her own Holocaust-surviving
grandmother propel Ziggy through a series of misidentifications,
culminating in a date-rape revenge plot so confused, it just might work.
Pack 2:
The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld Surging out of the sea, the Bass Rock has for
centuries watched over the lives that pass under its shadow on the
Scottish mainland. And across the centuries the fates of three women are
linked: to this place, to each other.
In the early 1700s, Sarah, accused of being a witch, flees for her life.
In
the aftermath of the Second World War, Ruth navigates a new house, a
new husband and the strange waters of the local community.
Six
decades later, the house stands empty. Viv, mourning the death of her
father, catalogues Ruth’s belongings and discovers her place in the past
– and perhaps a way forward.
Each woman’s choices are
circumscribed, in ways big and small, by the men in their lives. But in
sisterhood there is the hope of survival and new life. Intricately
crafted and compulsively readable, The Bass Rock burns bright with anger
and love.
Ace hacker, former sex worker and vigilante Lexi
Winter is now a cop and not keen to revisit her criminal past. But when
old friends invoke the wrath of a local motorcycle club - the same club
Lexi herself used to work for - she races to help them the only way she
undercover.
If Lexi is to save a child's life, she is going to
have to go back - back to a life she thought she had outrun. Back to the
person she used to be. But her timing isn't great. Former club
president Arthur Cronin has finished his long prison sentence and is out
for revenge for the death of his wife and child. As he launches a
series of bomb attacks on the club members who set him up and the cops
who took him down, Lexi is caught in the middle.
Torn between old
loyalties and new responsibilities, she must decide once and for all
which side she's on, but even if she does decide to break free, are her
old criminal friends ready to let her go?
The Bone Labyrinth by James Rollins A war is coming, a battle that will stretch from
the prehistoric forests of the ancient past to the cutting-edge
research labs of today, all to reveal a true mystery buried deep within
our DNA, a mystery that will leave readers changed forever . . .
In this groundbreaking masterpiece of ingenuity and intrigue that spans 50,000 years in human history, New York Times bestselling author James Rollins takes us to mankind’s next great leap.
But will it mark a new chapter in our development . . . or our extinction?
Watch Over Me by Claire Corbett The foggy northern city of Port Angelsund, gateway to an immense energy reserve under the Arctic Sea, has been subdued and is occupied by soldiers of Garrison.
Sylvie, a young woman just trying to survive, is working in a dockside cafe with her mother and little brother. Unknown to them, she has been contacted by her older brother, whose planned act of terrorism will throw the city in chaos.
When Sylvie is singled out for punishment at a checpoint, she is rescued from torture by a Garrison Lieutenant. She begins to fall in love.
Watched by Garrison's vast machinery of surveillance, Sylvie discovers she is also now under the protective and suspicious gaze of her lover.
Stay With Me by Maureen McCarthy Tess is in trouble. Stuck on a farm outside
Byron Bay, cut off from family and friends, Tess knows she must find a
way to escape her violent partner to save her life and the life of her
child ...
A chance meeting offers a way out - but can she ever
trust again? Tess embarks on a desperate road trip back to the heart of
her past. But what will be waiting for her at home? Will her family
forgive her - and can she forgive them?
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