Review: When Harriet Came Home

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Title: 

When Harriet Came Home 
Author:

Coleen Kwan 
Release Date:

October 24, 2011 
Publisher:

Carina Press 
Word Count:

approx. 52,000 
Purchase Links: 

Carina Press

Amazon 

Barnes & Noble 
Author's Website:

www.coleenkwan.com

Description:  

After ten years of exile, Harriet Brown is back in town. Things have definitely changed, but so has she. Now the confident owner of a catering business, she's no longer the shy, overweight girl everyone—including her hot teenage crush—used to ignore. In fact, she's determined to make peace with Adam Blackstone for her part in exposing his father's secret affairs and corrupt behavior as mayor. 

But Adam has changed as well. No longer a pampered, rich pinup boy, he just wants to reestablish his family's good name. He reluctantly agrees to a truce with Harriet, and is surprised by how changed she is. He doesn't want to be drawn to her, but he can't seem to resist her allure. 

As Harriet struggles to come to terms with her past, her adolescent infatuation with Adam morphs into something more serious… Will she ever be accepted again? Or will ancient history ruin the chance of a future full of possibilities?

Deniz’s Review:

Review: Craving Perfect

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Title: 

Craving Perfect

Author: 

Liz Fichera

Release Date:

July 25, 2011

Publisher:

Carina Press

Word Count:

approx. 76,000

Purchase Links: 

Carina Press

Amazon

Author's Website:

http://www.lizfichera.com/

Description:  

Grace Mills craves being perfect almost as much as she craves raspberry scones. In fact, her life would be perfect if only she could lose ten more pounds, if only the pastry café she co-owns with her sister would turn a profit, if only the hottest guy at the gym would look her way... 

And then "if only" comes true. Grace is suddenly straddling two lives: an alternate reality where she's a size two, weathergirl celebrity and being chased by the hot guy. Only Mr. Gorgeous isn't very nice, and she doesn't get to eat...anything, much less bake!

In her other life, she's starting to realize her sister is less than happy running the family café, and hunky Carlos, the gym's janitor, seems to have a secret crush on her. Maybe there's more to him than meets the eye...

Grace is living two lives and it's beginning to cost her. Is there a way to pick one...that's perfect?

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