Twenties Girl - Sophie Kinsella        
Synopsis: Lara Lington has always had an overactive imagination, now she’s wondering if she’s going totally crazy. Her great-aunt Sadie whom to be honest, she has never actually met as she just passed away. Lara is then visited by her Aunt Sadie’s ghost in the form of a twenties flapper girl whose on a mission to get back a long-lost necklace, Sadie is adamant that she can’t rest without it. An excellent read for fans of Sophie Kinsella’s other books including the all-popular series Confessions of a Shopaholic (now a movie featuring Hugh Dancy and Isla Fisher), The Undomestic Goddess and Can you keep a Secret?
Guest Reviewed By Paula Phillips
Gloss Rating: 4/5
Title: Twenties Girl
Published by: Bantam Press
RRP: $38.99

Beautiful People – Wendy Holden
Synopsis: A hilarious tale from Sunday Times Number 1 bestselling author Wendy Holden Elegant, educated and beautiful, Darcy comes from a line of British acting royalty. She's doing badly paid Shakespeare when The Call comes. A hot-shotHollywood director. A blockbuster movie. Fame and wealth beyond her wildest dreams. It seems an impossible piece of luck. Is it? Belle is blond, size zero and was hotter than the earth's core a year ago. But now her film career's in freefall. Yet Belle's prepared to do anything -- anything -- to get back into the Tinseltown big time. And woe betide anyone in her way. Nanny Emma has landed the job from heaven -- looking after a superstar's baby. Cue glamour, luxury and the inside track on fame. And a hell of a lot else besides. Celebrity. Some have it. Some want it. Some work for it.Want a sneak peek into the world of acting then this is the book for you. Funny and sad at the same time even on the same page on more than one occasion.  Well written supposed fiction that I bet mirrors the real acting world quite well.
Gloss Rating: 3/5
Published by: Hachette

Mama Mia: A Memoir of Mistakes, Magazines and Motherhood – Mia Freedman
Synopsis: Mia Freedman was always in a hurry to kick her big life goals. And when she became editor of Cosmopolitan at 24 and had a baby a few months later, she thought she was right on track. But when things unexpectedly fell apart, she was forced to face a few uncomfortable truths about who she was and what she wanted to do with her life. Over the next decade, she would experience some dazzling career highs and some devastating personal lows. She would leave the glamorous world of magazines for a high-profile new job that exploded in her face. She would lose all her confidence and then -- eventually -- find it again in an unexpected place. She would make mistakes at work and at home, and she would learn some surprising lessons about what made her happy.As an aspiring magazine editor, I long followed Mia Freedman’s career path, so this was a fascinating, honest and often laugh-out-loud funny take on her experiences in the magazine world and as a mum chasing her career dreams while juggling everything else. I gorged on this and read it in a day. Love!

Gloss Rating: 4 out of 5
RRP: $29.95
Published by: Harper Collins

Siren – Tara Moss
Synopsis: Mak Vanderwall is the beautiful, street-wise daughter of a cop, graduate in forensic psychology, and now PI. In Siren, she is hired by a widowed mother
to track down her missing nineteen-year-old son. Has he come to harm? Or has he run off with a bizarre troupe of shady French cabaret artists sweeping through Australia? Meanwhile, Mak becomes increasingly obsessed with the powerful Cavanagh family, one of Australia's richest and most ruthless families, whom she believes has got away with murder. And it seems their security advisor Mr White, and his hitman, Luther Hand, may not have forgotten about Mak either ...

Tara Moss really knows her crime thrillers and even indulges in gritty hands on research in order to better write her books – like being set on fire by a special effects stunt team. Wow! Anyway, Tara does it again with this novel; it’s engaging and a quick read for those that want a thrilling page-turner.

Gloss Rating: 4 out of 5
RRP: $34.99
Published by: Harper Collins