New Releases by Wendy Holden

Sophie seems to have a perfect marriage. She lives with her author husband Mark & their daughter in a big house full of antiques. But, as Mark''s best-selling star rises, his best husband status is sliding out of the chart.

"[T]he amazing story of a woman who lived through one of the worst times in human history, losing family members to the Nazis but surviving with her spirit and integrity intact.” —Publishers Weekly Marthe Cohn was a young Jewish woman living just across the German border in France when Hitler rose to power. Her family sheltered Jews fleeing the Nazis, including Jewish children sent away by their terrified parents. But soon her homeland was also under Nazi rule. As the Nazi occupation escalated, Marthe’s sister was arrested and sent to Auschwitz and the rest of her family was forced to flee to the south of France. Always a fighter, Marthe joined the French Army and became a member of the intelligence service of the French First Army. Marthe, using her perfect German accent and blond hair to pose as a young German nurse who was desperately trying to obtain word of a fictional fiancé, would slip behind enemy lines to retrieve inside information about Nazi troop movements. By traveling throughout the countryside and approaching troops sympathetic to her plight--risking death every time she did so--she learned where they were going next and was able to alert Allied commanders. When, at the age of eighty, Marthe Cohn was awarded France’s highest military honor, the Médaille Militaire, not even her children knew to what extent this modest woman had helped defeat the Nazi empire. At its heart, this remarkable memoir is the tale of an ordinary human being who, under extraordinary circumstances, became the hero her country needed her to be.

As an emotionally fragile journalist recovers from war trauma, she immerses herself in the study of the history of handmade art paper and its influence on the artist J.M.W. Turner--a scholarly project that might prove the most dangerous minefield she''s ever encountered.

Deana Martin''s captivating, heartfelt memoir of her father, Dean Martin Charming, debonair, and impeccably attired in a black tuxedo, Dean Martin was coolness incarnate. His music provided the soundtrack of romance, and his image captivated movie and television audiences for more than fifty years. His daughter Deana was among his most devoted fans, but she also knew a side of him that few others ever glimpsed. In this heartfelt memoir, Deana recalls the constantly changing blended family that marked her youth, along with the unexpected moments of silliness and tenderness that this unusual Hollywood family shared. She candidly reveals the impact of Dean’s fame and characteristic aloofness, but delights in sharing wonderful, never-before-told stories about her father and his pallies known as the Rat Pack. This enchanting account of life as the daughter of one of Hollywood’s sexiest icons will leave you entertained, delighted, and nostalgic for a time gone by.

From the bestselling author of Azur Like it and Farm Fatale comes a domestic comedy set in the world of coupledom and new parenthood. Bath, England – the swanky town once home to ancient Roman spas and Jane Austen heroines – is the setting for Wendy Holden’s brilliant novel. Birthing class brings together two sets of expectant parents who couldn’t be more different. Huge and his spoiled wife Amanda plan to throw money at the problem of parenthood, making use of private hospitals and nurses, while environmentally friendly Jake and Alice have arranged a home delivery complete with birthing pool and whale music. But even after their babies are born, these seemingly disparate couples can’t escape each other. When Amanda decides she’s not cut out for motherhood and Huge must look elsewhere for a sympathetic ear, the couples are inextricably drawn together once again, resulting in hilarious social comedy, as only Wendy Holden can write it. "Wendy Holden is [a] superstar." -- Evening Standard (London)

A personal look at moments both private and powerful and the ways these moments have helped carry her through life.

Packed with rich anecdotes and never before published information, ''Memories Are Made of This'' is an intimate biography of a rediscovered star who represents an era.

A witty, winning escapade through the south of France is offered by the internationally bestselling author of "Gossip Hound" and "Farm Fatale." 352 00.

Fame Fatale is the bitingly witty new novel from the number one bestselling author of Simply Divine, Bad Heir Day and Pastures Nouveaux.

A memoir of the only woman to ever serve in the French Foreign Legion, the unique story of Susan Travers is told against the backdrop of war-torn France. Photos.

Artist Rosie dreams of a peaceful country cottage. Meanwhile, a fantastically nosy postman, a ferret-racing former Bond girl, a ghost with a knife in its back & handsome but hermit-like rock star conspire to ensure that life and love are never the same again.

In this whimsical and satirical novel that''s already a smash hit in England, a writer for a glossy women''s magazine lands the nightmare assignment of ghostwriting for the town''s latest bedazzling socialite.

Set in Southern Ireland in the tiny coastal village ot Tulaigh Morh, Waking Ned is the comic tale of Jackie O''Shea and Michael O''Sullivan and a lottery scam that changes the lives of their community for ever.

This is the story of the launching of a male striptease act by a group of out-of-work steelworkers who are down on their luck and strapped for cash. Through the process of rehearsing the show, they form new friendships and find a new purpose in life.