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The Nanny Diaries by Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin
Usual Price- $17
Selling at- $8
Synopsis-

In between looking after 4 year old Grayer and running a thousand errands for Mrs X, his rich, uptight Manhattanite mother, Nan is trying to have a life. There's college, shopping, her friends, her cat George. And the gorgeous Harvard boy from the 6th floor...

But the X family's drama keep intruding- visits from Mr X's predatory mistress, catastrophic family outings and, as a final straw, the case of the marriage-destroying panties. As Divorce looms, Nan realizes how attached she's become to the X's underloved son- and how nannying has become more than a first job.

Funny, touching and true-to-life, The Nanny Diaries is a modern-day Mary Poppins story- with an attitude.



Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger the author of the Devil Wears Prada Usual Price- $17
Selling at- $8
Synopsis-

Bette gets paid to party and plan them, anyway. And she can hardly believe her luck. Running with celebs, gaining VIP access to Manhattan's hottest spots and meeting 'everyone worth knowing' is a million miles away from he rold banking job. Overnight, New York has become her sexy late-night playground.

But quicker than you can say Birkin bag, Bette turns up in the gossip columns as girlfriend to a notorious British playboy. It's news to her- but news that delights her publicity-hungry new boss. Her family and old friends, however, think its not very Bette. What happened to the girlthey know and love- who always had time for romantic novels, 80s music and junk food, not to mention them?

As her new and old worlds threaten to collide, can Bette say goodbye to glamour and the Guccci, the parties and the Prada, and step back into the real world- and find a prince who;s got a heart to match his charm?

Sassy, insightful and sooo Sex and the City, you'll be rushing to the bookshop for your copy like its half price Prada sale.



Weekend in Paris by Robyn Sisman Usual Price- $17
Selling at- $18
Synopsis-

One Friday, Molly Clearwater walks out of her job, smarting from her boss's taunt that she's just a 'stupid secretary'. 21, a bit of a bookworm, she feels nothing exciting has ever happened to her or ever will.

On impulse she boards the Eurostar to Paris and discovers a world of leafy boulevards, luscious foods and smoldering Frenchmen. Within hours, she's racing along beside the Seine on the back of the scooter, infiltrating a conference in a Cleopatra wig and sharing with a complete stranger her deepest, darkest secret.

As elegant as haute couture and warming as cafe au lait.. fabulously fun.



Such a Perfect Sister by Donna Hay Usual Price- $30
Selling at- $15
Synopsis-

Yet another of Phoebe Redmond's friends is getting married and once again, as a bridesmaid, she must suffer the mortification of a taffeta frock that does nothing for her figure. As if she didn't have enough problems, her job as sous chef at York's smart Bar Barato is like working in a war zone under the command of a psychopath chef. To cap it all, the man she loves is dating someone else, and it happens to be her dazzling sister, Alex. It's tough. It's even tougher because Phoebe suspects that Alex isn't really in love with Luke at all. The Alex rashly accepts Luke's proposal and her sister must don taffeta once more. But Phoebe is not the only one who's been let down in love. One evening, into the Bar Barato walks Will, all dressed up with nowhere to go He's come straight from a wedding- his own, where the bride jilted him at the altar.



Anyone but Him by Sheila O' Flanagan Usual Price- $30
Selling at- $15
Synopsis-

Andie Concoran and her sister Jin have never seen eye to eye. Andie doesn't envy Jin her luxury lifestyle and marriage to a wealthy businessman, while Jin can't believe Andie's happy with her quiet and man-free existence (if only she knew!).

But when their widowed mother Cora comes back from a Caribbean cruise with more than just a suntan, Andie and Jin are united in horror. Who is this gorgeous young man who's swept their mother of their feet? And what exactly doe she want? As if that's not enough, both sisters are about to face crises of their own.

Packed with action, romance and loads of characters to identify with.