NEW RELEASE
One Minute To Midnight - Amy Silver (2011)
Nicole Blake and her first crush-slash-best gay friend Julian Symonds have a tradition to make resolutions every New Year's Eve regardless of how far they are away from each other. Little did she know that he has a drop-dead gorgeous cousin Aidan who will make her fall head over heels. Nicole's friend, Alex, doesn't like Aidan but Nicole is deeply and madly in love with him. Then one day he ends up breaking Nicole's heart. Years have now passed and once again New Year's Eve is round the corner but things have changed - Nicole is now married to Dom, she doesn't talk to Alex, Jules is not there by her side and Aidan is a past obsession which keeps on threatening her marriage. This is a brilliantly written novel and Amy Silver has done an incredible job of telling stories from past and present without missing a beat. (SS)
Amy Silver's heroine in One Minute to Midnight revisits some old friends. The summary says: "For many years, beginning when she was 13, Nicole Blake spent every new year with her three friends: Julian, her first love, Alex, her best friend, and Aidan, her obsession. Together the four had partied hard, supported each other, and fallen in love. But then tragedy and betrayal tore the friends apart, and Nicole settled down to married life with Dom in London. But in the week running up to New Year's Eve 2011, Nicole and Dom are preparing for a trip to New York to meet up with Aidan and Alex for the first time in years. But with so much left unsaid and unresolved between them all, can they really return to their old friendship? And if they do, Nicole isn't sure she'll ever want to come home again." One Minute to Midnight is out in November.