NEW RELEASE
Sister Pact - Ali Ahearn and Ros Baxter (2012)
Sisters Joni and Frankie have been estranged for the past seven years. But when their beloved grandmother, G, dies, she leaves them a million pounds each. But it comes with a condition -they must go on reality TV show Endurance Island as a team. Joni, who works at an animal shelter, is running from debt collectors. And Frankie, who is married to the wealthy Edward, desperately wants the money but isn't admitting why. So off to the island the feuding heiresses go where they face off against the other contestants including sorority sisters who want the prize money for cosmetic surgery; the outback exes who want to save the farm; two Irish boys who are up for some craic; and Japanese game show samurais who will go all out to preserve their honour. The sisters know that although their antagonistic relationship will top the ratings, if they are going to survive this ordeal, then they have to find a way to work together. If you are looking for an escapist read and harbour a reality TV addiction, this is the book for you.
Sister Pact, by Brisbane-based sisters Ali Ahearn and Ros Baxter, is about two estranged sisters who have to survive a reality TV challenge together. The summary says: "Two very different sisters. Once inseparable, they have long been estranged after an unimaginable betrayal. Organised and uptight Frances married the only man she'd ever slept with. But no one told her that seven years later she'd be having sexual fantasies about everyone from the pizza delivery guy to Denis Thatcher. Scatterbrained animal-lover Joni never knew she was so attached to her kneecaps until she thought she might have to say goodbye to them forever. After their beloved grandmother - a game-show addict - dies, they discover that they have each been left one million pounds in her will. The kicker is that they can only inherit if they participate as a team in a gruelling reality TV program, Endurance Island. They can survive the jungle. They can survive the humiliating challenges. But can they survive each other?" Sister Pact is out in May.