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New and Upcoming Releases from Our Members

Chick Lit Writers of the World is pleased to promote the book releases of our chapter members. If you are a member of the chapter and would like your book listed here, please e-mail your name, title, publisher and release date to webdiva@chicklitwriters.com.

If you would like to know more about a particular author or her work, please click her name to be taken to her site (author page will open in new window).

May 2008 Releases

Marley Gibson

SORORITY 101: Zeta or Omega?

So far, college life at Latimer University has been everything Jenna, Roni, and Lora-Leigh expected. They've already made close friends, caught the eye of a few hot frosh boys, and participated in sorority recruitment. As if it were meant to be, all three found a home in the Zeta Zeta Tau sorority. Now Roni hopes to be the most perfect ZZT in history, while Lora-Leigh can barely believe how quickly she went from cynic to sorority new member! Jenna is just as excited to be in the sorority, but she also has classes to stuffy for, a nasty roommate to put up with, and a marching band scholarship to uphold. How's a girl supposed to appease everyone and everything--not to mention strike up a romance with an adorable fraternity boy--all the while keeping her diabetes hidden? Lora-Leigh and Roni are there for her, but ZZT initiation is on the horizon and Jenna must decide if she really trusts her new sisters enough to share her secret...

SORORITY 101: The New Sisters (from Puffin Books)

High school is already a distant memory for incoming Latimer University freshmen, Jenna, Roni, and Lora-Leigh. Jenna wants to meet cute college boys, Roni wants to get away from home, and Lora-Leigh...well, Lora-Leigh couldn't care less. She's going to LU and participating in sorority recruitment only to appease her mom. Sorority girls are pretty, rich, and snotty, and Lora-Leigh doesn't want to be one of those girls. So she's shocked to find herself actually connecting with the sisters of Zeta Zeta Tau. And her new friend Jenna can relate. She came to sorority recruitment only because her roommate begged her to, but now she can't decide which sorority to join; she likes them all! Roni knows which sorority she should join. The Tri Omegas are exactly the type of "it" girls she would usually befriend, but Roni came to LU to reinvent herself. As recruitment progresses and the girls prepare to make big decisions, they'll need to heed the best advice there is: follow your heart. But where will it lead?

June 2008 Releases

Jessica Brody

THE FIDELITY FILES

Working under the code name Ashlyn, Jennifer Hunter is hired by suspicious wives and girlfriends to conduct her infamous "fidelity inspection" on the men in their lives.

But Jen's double life starts to take its toll and her friends and family suspect that the reason she never dates is more complicated than the demands of her supposed "investment banking" career. And when a suspicious email surfaces with her picture on it warning men of her real motives, Jen fears that her secret identity is in danger of being uncovered. Just when it seems like nothing is going her way, Jen meets sexy, sophisticated Jamie Richards. She knows there's no room for real romance in her life, yet she finds herself drawn to him. But before she retires her secret agent self for the sake of true love, she takes on one last assignment - a job which will permanently alter her perceptions of trust, honesty, and love.

Alyson Noel

CRUEL SUMMER

Having recently discarded her dorky image--and the best friend that went with it--Colby Cavendish is looking forward to a long hot season of parties, beach BBQ's, and hopefully, more hook-ups with Levi Bonham, the hottest guy in school. But her world comes crashing down when her parents send her away to spend the summer in Greece with her "crazy" aunt Tally. Stranded on a boring island with no malls, no cell phone reception, and an aunt who talks to her plants, Colby finds herself worrying that her new friends have forgotten all about her. But when she meets Yannis, a cute Greek local, everything changes. She experiences something deeper and more intense than a summer fling, and it forces her to see herself, and the life she left behind, in a whole new way...

One summer changes everything in this poignant young adult novel about best friends, popularity, and an unforgettable summer romance.

Diana Peterfreund

RITES OF SPRING (BREAK)

For Amy, a week of R&R on her secret society's private island should be all fun in the sun - and an escape from an on-campus feud with a rival society that's turned disturbingly personal. But along with her SPF 30 and a bikini, Amy is bringing a suitcase full of issues to remote Cavador Key. Graduation from Eli University looms, not to mention buckets of unfinished business with a former flame and - most pressing of all - the sudden, startling transformation of a mysterious Rose & Grave patriarch from sheerly evil to utterly...appealing?

Just when Amy thinks Spring Break can't get any less relaxing, a wacky "accident" puts everyone on edge. And that's only the beginning, as Amy starts to suspect that someone has infiltrated the island. With some major Rose & Grave secrets to be exposed, and the potential fallout enough to take down one of America's most loathsome figureheads, what she can't know is that the party crasher is deadly serious about making sure "Bugaboo" doesn't get back to Eli alive....

July 2008 Releases

Renae Johnson

HEAVENLY BODIES (Part of a two-story anthology from Loose-Id)

Samantha Beasley never expected Saint Peter to be hot.

Well, to be fair, Sam wasn't sure if this guy was actually the Saint Peter, but the fact that he was standing outside the pearly gates greeting people made her think he could be Saint Peter. In all her imaginings, she'd never pictured him as a black-haired, chocolate-eyed epitome of masculinity. Her mouth became dry just looking at him.

She tapped her foot and tried to look away from his blinding beauty as she waited for her turn in front of the angel of hotness.

Unbidden, her gaze was drawn back to him. God, the man was beautiful. He smiled at a woman in line ahead of her and Sam thought she -- and the other woman -- would surely go up in flames at any moment. Was it suddenly hot up here, or was it just Saint Peter?

August 2008 Releases

List coming soon!