Hot off the Press: Haunting Violet (Alyxandra Harvey) teaser + Trash (Andy Mulligan) Trailer!

Exciting news from Bloomsbury! Alyxandra Harvey will be coming to the UK in May to promote her  forthcoming book Haunting Violet! Keep checking the Facebook page, event details will be added soon: http://www.facebook.com/myloveliesbleeding

In the meantime here’s a little teaser about the new book from the author herself:

Dear Reader:

I love historical fantasy because I can lose myself in a world where Mr. Darcy might be just around the corner . . . or the ghost of a murdered girl out for revenge. It combines corsets and cravats with paranormal mysteries of every kind.

Haunting Violet takes place in Victorian England, during the 1870's, which was the pinnacle of the interest in mediums and séances. Talking to ghosts was all the rage in private parlours and public halls. The details of clothes and food and the popularity of séances are as accurate as I could make them to create a realistic backdrop for ghosts and spirit possession. But in the end people are people; we still just want to be happy. And 1870 or 2010, I love a girl who can kick butt . . . especially when wearing a corset.

I hope you'll enjoy meeting Violet as she struggles to come to terms with her new gift for communicating with the dead . . . and as she chooses between a traditional safe life and an Irish pickpocket with a wicked grin.

Alyxandra Harvey

Check out Alynxandra's site below for more news!
http://alyxandraharvey.com//http://www.alyxh.livejournal.com/ 

In other news, Andy Mulligan's superb book TRASH is out on paperback on the 31st March! This is a brilliant book which I recommend heartily. Check out the trailer below!



From the publishers who brought you THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS and THE
CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, comes another story that transcends reading ages and leaps literary fences. Three street boys take on the world in TRASH, a fast-paced, exciting, intensely moving story by Andy Mulligan.

Paperback is out 31st March 2011 - if you haven't read it on hardback yet, wait no longer! Trash will make you laugh, break your heart and will truly uplift your spirit. You can find my review HERE, in any case.