CHIC-LIT

CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? – SOPHIE KINSELLA

SYNOPSIS

Meet Emma Corrigan, a young woman with a huge heart, an irrepressible spirit, and a few little secrets:

Secrets from her boyfriend:

I’ve always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken.

Secrets from her mother:

I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom with Danny Nussbaum while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben-Hur.

Secrets she wouldn’t share with anyone in the world:

I have no idea what NATO stands for. Or even what it is.

Until she spills them all to a handsome stranger on a plane. At least, she thought he was a stranger… Until Emma comes face-to-face with Jack Harper, the company’s elusive CEO, a man who knows every single humiliating detail about her…

 

REVIEWS

A delightful new novel… Kinsella has another irresistible hit on her hands – Booklist

Kinsella’s timing is so perfect, her instincts so spot-on, that it’s easy to… devour the book like the guilty pleasure it is – Miami Herald

 

Pages: 374

Rental Code: 0-001-001

Rental Rate: RM 0.25 per day

Purchase Price: RM 15.00

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CHASING HARRY WINSTON – LAUREN WEISBERGER

SYNOPSIS

Emmy is newly single, and not by choice.

Leigh, a young star in the publishing business, is within striking distance of landing her dream job as senior editor and marrying her dream guy.

Adriana is the drop-dead gorgeous daughter of a famous supermodel.

Three very different girls have been best friends for a decade in the greatest city on earth. As they near thirty, they’re looking toward their future… but despite all they’ve earned – first-class travel, career promotions, invites to all the right parties, and luxuries small and large – they’re not quite sure they like what they see…

One Saturday night at the Waverly Inn, the girls make a pact; within a single year, each will drastically change her life. Their friendship is forever, but everything else is on the table. Three best friends. Two resolutions. One year to pull it off. Let the games begin.

 

REVIEWS

Ever dream about swapping your humdrum office gig for a thrilling new career? Then don’t miss this spirited novel by The Devil Wears Prada author Lauren Weisberger – Marie Claire

Back with a remarkably good second novel – she is a natural – Weisberger has swung her laser focus on the world of the super-cool Manhattan young – The Times (London).

 

Pages: 370

Rental Code: 0-002-001

Rental Rate: RM0.25 per day

Purchase Price: RM 15.00

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EVERYONE WORTH KNOWING  –  LAUREN WEISBERGER

SYNOPSIS

Bette gets paid to party… And she can hardly believe her luck. Running with celebs, gaining VIP access to Manhattan’s hottest clubs and meeting ‘everyone worth knowing’ is a million miles away from her old banking job.

When she turns up in the gossip columns with a notorious British playboy, it delights her publicity-mad new boss. But her family and her friends want to know what happened to the girl who loved bad novels, 80s music and always had time for them.

Can Bette say goodbye to the glamour and the Gucci and step back into the real world? And where will she find her own prince charming?

 

REVIEWS

‘A giddying read, like watching an entire episode of Sex and the City on fast-forward.’ Marie Claire

‘The perfect read for girly fashion lovers.’ Sunday Express

 

Pages: 367

Rental Code: 0-002-002

Rental Rate: RM 0.25 per day

Purchase Price: RM 25.00

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LOVE BUG – ZOE BARNES

SYNOPSIS

If love is a bug then Laurel Page is immune. Been there. Done that. Got over it. All she wants now is a quiet life. And while running a dating agency may not seem like the logical career path for a woman who has fervently sworn off romance, for Laurel it’s perfect. There’s something deliciously safe about other people’s romantic problems. Laurel’s had enough drama in her relationships to last two lifetimes.

And then Gabriel Jouet walks into her office. Tall, dark and oozing with Gallic charm, he’s an unlikely client and almost enough to make even Laurel contemplate abandoning her vow of singledom. Almost… But Laurel’s scars run deep: Cupid really would have to be stupid to pick on her again…

 

REVIEWS

Lively and compulsive – Mirror

Bloody good read – New Woman

Top-Ten Book… Feel-Good Escapism – Heat

 

Pages: 373

Rental Code: 0-003-001

Rental Rate: RM 0.25 per day

Purchase Price: RM 15.00

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 SHOPAHOLIC & BABY – SOPHIE KINSELLA

SYNOPSIS

Becky’s life is blooming. She’s working at London’s newest fashion store, The Look, house-hunting with husband Luke (her secret wish is a Shoe Room)… and she’s pregnant! She couldn’t be more overjoyed – especially since discovering that shopping cures morning sickness. Everything has got to be perfect for her baby: from the designer mursery… to the latest, coolest pram… to the celebrity, must-have obstetrician.

But when the celebrity obstetrician turns out to be her husband Luke’s glamorous, intellectual ex-girlfriend, Becky’s perfect world starts to crumble.

 

REVIEWS

Happily it’s just like catching up with an old friend… our favourite shopaholic is as entertaining as ever – Heat

A delicious addition to the Shopaholic series – Marie Claire

Hilarious – again – OK

A page-turner every bit as charming and absorbing as her previous Shopaholic instalments – Daily Telegraph

 

Pages: 447

Rental Code: 0-001-002

Rental Rate: RM 0.20 per day

Purchase Price: RM 15.00

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SHOPAHOLIC TIES THE KNOT – SOPHIE KINSELLA

SYNOPSIS

Life has been good for Becky Bloomwood: She’s become the best personal shopper at Barney’s, she and her successful entrepreneurial boyfriend, Luke, are living happily in Manhattan’s West Village, and her new next-door neighbor is a fashion designer! But with her bestfriend, Suze, engaged, how can Becky fail to notice that her own ring finger is bare? Not that she’s been thinking of marriage (or diamonds) or anything…

Then Luke proposes! Bridal registries dance in Becky’s head.  Problem is, two other people are planning her wedding: Becky’s overjoyed mother has been waiting forever to host a backyard wedding, with the bride resplendent in Mum’s frilly old gown. While Luke’s high-society mother is insisting on a glamorous, all-expenses-paid affair at the Plaza. Both weddings for the same day. And Becky can’t seem to turn down either one. Can everyone’s favorite shopaholic tie the knot before everything unravels?

 

REVIEWS

A hilarious tale… hijinks worthy of classic I Love Lucy episodes… too good to pass up – USA Today

Kinsella’s Bloomwood is plucky and funny… you won’t have to shop around to find a more winning protagonist – People

(Sophie Kinsella) gives chick-lit lovers a reason to stay home from the mall – Entertainment Weekly

Don’t wait for a sale to buy this hilarious book – Us Weekly

Perfect for anyone wishing that bank statements came in more colours than just black and red ­– Mirror (London)

If a crème brulee could be transmogrified into a book, it would be Confessions of a Shopaholic – Newark Star-Ledger

Kinsella’s heroine is blessed with the resilience of ten women, and her damage-limitation brain waves are always good for a giggle – Glamour (UK)

A have-your-cake-and-eat-it romp, done with brio and not a syllable of moralizing… Kinsella has a light touch and puckish humor – Kirkus Reviews

For anyone with a love-hate relationship with their flexible friend – Company (UK)

This book is an indulgence that’s definitely worth every penny – New Woman (UK)

Never has so much been bought by one woman as by shopaholic Rebecca – Hello! (UK)

 

Pages: 406

Rental Code: 0-001-003

Rental Rate: RM 0.20 per day

Purchase Price: RM 15.00

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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA – LAUREN WEISBERGER

SYNOPSIS

When Andrea first sets foot in the plush Manhattan offices of Runway she knows nothing. She’s never heard of the world’s most fashionable magazine, or its feared and fawned-over editor, Miranda Priestly.

Soon she knows way too much.

She knows it’s a sacking offence to wear less than a three-inch heel to work – but there’s always a fresh pair of Manolos in the accessories cupboard.

She knows that eight stone is fat. That you can change anything – cars, manicures, clothes – to the Runway account, but you must never leave your desk, or let Miranda’s coffee get cold. That at 3am, when your boyfriend’s dumping you because you’re always working and your best friend’s just been arrested, if Miranda phones with her latest unreasonable demand, you jump.

Most of all, Andrea knows that Miranda is a monster boss who makes Cruella de Vil look like a fluffy bunny. But this is her big break, and it’s all going to be worth it in the end.

Isn’t it?

 

REVIEWS

‘Sassy, insightful and sooo Sex and the City, you’ll be rushing to the bookshop for your copy like it’s a half-price Prada sale.’ Company

 

Pages: 391

Rental Code: 0-002-003

Rental Rate: RM 0.25 per day

Purchase Price: RM 18.00

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TALL, DARK & HANDSOME – NISHA MINHAS

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SYNOPSIS

Forever unlucky in love, Saffron Harris has vowed never to fall for a good-looking rogue again. From now on, she’ll only date plain men; men who’ll appreciate her; men who won’t cheat on her; men who won’t break her heart.

So when she meets the gorgeous Cory Roswell, Saffron decides he’s not her type at all. Too tall, too dark and way too handsome.

Multi-millionaire Cory, on the other hand, has tired of women after only one thing: his wallet. All he desires is a woman who’ll love him for himself rather than his bank balance. He’s therefore decided to be less than honest about his past.

Despite this unpromising start, romance begins to blossom. But does a relationship based on lies ever stand a chance? It’s only a matter of time before the mismatched lovers’ secrets come bursting into the open – with surprising, and often hilarious results.

 

Pages: 515

Rental Code: 0-004-001

Rental Rate: RM 0.20 per day

Purchase Price: RM 20.00

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