Rowan Coleman, Author . HarperTempest $15.99 (223p) ISBN 978-0-06-077628-2
A thin layer of show-biz dazzle lends some sparkle to this comfortably predictable coming-of-age tale. Every year since she was six, Ruby, now 13, has appeared in the wildly popular (and fictional) English soap opera Kensington Heights.
She also...
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Rowan Coleman, Author . Pocket $15 (394p) ISBN 978-1-4165-8302-8
Coleman explores in her underwhelming second novel (after The Accidental Mother
) the long-term repercussions of rash, romantic and destructive decisions made in mercurial youth. Growing up, outgoing, attractive Alison James and introverted beauty-wh
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Rowan Coleman, Simon & Schuster/Gallery, $15 paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-4391-5685-8
For the past year, ever since Ellen Wood lost her husband in a car accident, she's been afraid to leave the house. She struggles to keep her head above water and care for her adolescent son, Charlie, which becomes that much more difficult when she...
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Rowan Coleman, Author Pocket Books $14 (392p) ISBN 978-1-4165-3270-5
Coleman makes her U.S. debut with a disarmingly sweet tale of motherhood and reluctant love. London party planner Sophie Mills becomes the improbable guardian of sisters 6-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Izzy after their single mom, Sophie's childhood
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Rowan Coleman. Simon & Schuster, $15 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-4516-0641-6
Magical shoes inspire a total life makeover in Coleman’s sixth novel (after The Home for Broken Hearts). Though her friends count her as “always up for a good night out,” Willow Briars actually finds little in life worth laughing about these days....
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Edited by Jonathan Strahan. Solaris, $18.99 trade paper (420p) ISBN 978-1-78618-509-9
The 16 stories in this star-studded anthology, all but two original to this volume, inventively explore the science fictional possibilities of the time-travel romance. Strahan (The Book of Dragons) assembles a stellar lineup of talents who work...
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