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Do you want a lighthearted novel that just makes you feel GREAT? I know I do! Recently, I have been reading a lot of fiction that is more literary in quality. Sometimes you just want a good happy novel so here is one that fits the bill.

Go check out Sarah Strohmeyer’s Cinderella Pact. From Sarah’s website,.

NOLA DEVLIN HAS A SECRET IDENTITY.
By day she is an overweight, frumpy, and overlooked editor at Sass! (the “celebrity magazine with an edge!”), but by night she slips behind her keyboard and into her alter-ego: Belinda Apple. Belinda is thin, gorgeous, British and the author of a trendy advice column— she is, in effect, the latest Carrie Bradshaw. Not even her two best friends or her self-absorbed sister (who worships Belinda as the “sister she never had”) know her secret.

When “Belinda” jots off a column about how easy it is to lose weight, Nola is shocked when her best friends take her own lies to heart and urge her to follow Belinda’s weight loss program. Since Nola can’t reveal herself as the real Belinda Apple, she bites the bullet and joins her friends in making the “Cinderella Pact” — a last ditch attempt to lose weight (again!) and transform their lives for good.

But as the pounds come off, things don’t turn out the way the three friends expect. Their journey of self-discovery leads to the rediscovery of an old love and the unmasking of new problems. Meanwhile, Nola finds herself torn between two different men as she stomps out fires caused by her deception as Belinda Apple and falls in love with the man who just might be her prince — or the rat in coachman’s clothing.

It is a great fun fabulous book. I like happy people, or at least people who have GOOD things happen to them. This is the perfect book. Nola has to work to figure out what is real, what is fake, and what is worthwhile, and it is a great ride to take. It is available in paperback at your local independent bookshop. At my shop, look for it on the Staff pick shelf!

Tags: chick lit, cinderella, cinderella pact, fiction, light fiction, nola devlin, sarah strohmeyer, strohmeyer, weight loss

For this post, I am going to re-write the promotional letter we got from Bantam Dell Publishing. (You can see the letter to the side there!)

Millions turn to horoscopes for guidance in our personal lives, for advice on love, work and money- but what about our health? Now, for the first time, a fitness maverick and an acclaimed astrologer combine their expertise to create ZODIACTION, the utterly unique sign-by-sign guide that shows how the wisdom of the starts can help each one of us to achieve a heavenly body.

ZODIACTION integrates what the stars say about your personality and tendencies while outlining a real, achievable fitness goal. ZODIACTION features 12 customized diet and fitness regimens and 175 high-quality black-and-white phots, along with step by step instructions.

Learn:
-The top three foods Aries should stock up on
-Why a Taurus will get good mileage out of a treadmill
-Why a Gemini should steer clear of candy
-Why Cancer should stick to noncompetitive workout buddies
-What makes Leo queen of the gym
-What type of massage will send a Virgo straight to heaven
-How Libra can achieve inner peace
-The peak hours for Scorpio to exercise
-Why Sagittarius’s legs are her most important feature
-Why Capricorn is a cardio all-star
-What kind of personal trainer makes Aquarius jump for joy
-Why Pisces prefers swimming and self-defense

This summer let the stars help you get your mind and body in shape, and with the ZODIACTION DVD debuting six months after publication, sales are sure to ignite! Look for the book to go on sale in trade paperback in May 2007.

Honestly, I looked through the book. I like my Gemini workouts… I might just try it!

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