Everyone dreams of escaping the rat-race of the city to sunny bliss in foreign climes - but what happens when you make the dream a reality?
A number 1 e-book hit: a fresh take on the eternal quest for happiness.
CC is trapped by a job she no longer loves in an unfriendly city. So when her new boyfriend decides it's time to sell up and move to the South of France, she decides in seconds to change her life. After all, who wouldn't pick an azure sea, aperitifs and sunshine over a dreary commute and a rainy climate?
She hadn't expected a tumbledown farmhouse in the middle of nowhere. Or a motley assortment of surly builders, eccentric farmers and a resentful, terrifying neighbour - who happens to be her boyfriend's aunt.
Suddenly, CC's dream of a place in the sun is looking more like a nightmare. Does she have the courage to stick it out, and make a home of her French house?
From the reviews of The Case of the Missing Boyfriend:
“Alexander has written a hugely loveable book, endearingly funny, bang up to date and spot on the truth.” Red magazine
NICK ALEXANDER was born in Margate. He has travelled widely and lived and worked in the UK, the USA and France. As well as contributing to short story anthologies and magazines, Nick is the author of the 6-part '50 Reasons' series, as well as a standalone novel, 13:55 Eastern Standard Time. The Case Missing Boyfriend (published by Corvus) was an Amazon e-book hit, netting 50,000 downloads in April 2011. Edited manuscript available: September 2012 Extent: 320pp
Publication: April 2013
Editor: Maddie West
Rights: World
Previous publishers: Italy: Sonzogno
ALL THAT GLITTERS
Aita Ighodaro
Isabel doesn’t want a tycoon. She wants to be one.
Isabel Suarez-Octavio is ravishing, intelligent, and fiercely ambitious. But unlike most of her friends, she’s not planning to use her looks to seduce a billionaire and become someone’s trophy wife. She’s just arrived at Oxford University, and she is determined to make her mark on her world.
In the city of dreaming spires, Isabel’s own dreams are realised. The picnics are riotous, the parties thrilling, and the people are the power brokers of tomorrow. Before long, Isabel is prowling the corridors of Westminster by day, partying in Miami by night: a rising star pursuing good times and a glittering career.
Until a yacht trip along Italy’s glamorous Amalfi Coast goes horribly wrong. Suddenly, Isabel is in the frame for murder, standing utterly alone against some of the world’s most powerful men. After years of looking after her future, she must finally confront the secrets of her past and face her biggest challenge yet.
From the reviews of Sin Tropez:
“A satisfyingly guilty read.” Independent
“Thrilling and scandalous” Closer Magazine
AITA IGHODARO took a year out to work as a fashion model in Europe, while studying at Oxford University. Since graduating, she has worked for a leading documentary film distributor and producer and also written for a number of publications including The Independent and The Sunday Express. Her first novel, Sin Tropez, was also published by Corvus.
Proofs available
Publication: December 2012
Extent: 416pp
Editor: Sara O’Keeffe
Rights: Translation
US: Watson, Little
Previous publishers: Serbia: Mono I Manjana
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