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As of this post, I’m officially caught up. YAY!! The Season readers voted Julia Quinn’s<\/em><\/a> <\/span>WHAT HAPPENED IN LONDON <\/strong><\/span>as their June Top Pick. Congrats Julia!! If you somehow managed to miss the book with the rose on the cover, I’m giving a copy away to a lucky commenter. As WHAT HAPPENED IN LONDON<\/strong><\/span> hit the New York Times <\/em>bestseller’s list, there might be very few of you readers out there. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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\"JQ_publicityphoto\"<\/a>Julia Quinn<\/em><\/span><\/a> obtained a degree in Art History form Harvard, later she decided to attend medical school. She started writing her first book, SPLENDID<\/strong><\/span>, one month after finishing college and she postponed medical school for two years while she wrote two more novels. After only a few short months of studying medicine in Yale University, however, she realized that she would much preferred writing to dissections. She left medical school and devoted herself full-time to her writing.
\nJulia says she chose the pen name Julia Quinn<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a> so her Regency romances would be on bookshelves next to those of the successful romance writer Amanda Quick<\/em><\/span>. She won the Romance Writers of America RITA Award in 2007 for On the Way to the Wedding <\/strong><\/span>and in 2008 for The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever<\/strong><\/span>. In 2003, she enjoyed the rare honor of being profiled in Time Magazine,<\/em> an accomplishment few romance novelists have achieved. Julia was a contestant on The Weakest Link<\/em><\/span> and her books have appeared on the New York Times<\/em> Bestseller List ten times. Look for Julia’s next book, Ten Things I Love About You,<\/strong><\/span> in early summer of 2010.<\/p>\n

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\"london_350\"What Happens In London<\/strong><\/span>
\nAuthor: Julia Quinn
\nPublisher: Avon
\nPub. Date: June 30, 2009
\nISBN-13: 978-0061491887
\n384 pages<\/span><\/p>\n

When Olivia Bevelstoke<\/strong> is told that her new neighbor may have killed his fianc\u00e9e, she doesn’t believe it for a second, but still, how can she help spying on him, just to be sure? So she stakes out a spot near her bedroom window, cleverly concealed by curtains, watches, and waits… and discovers a most intriguing man, who is definitely up to something.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Sir Harry Valentine<\/strong> works for the boring branch of the War Office, translating documents vital to national security. He’s not a spy, but he’s had all the training, and when a gorgeous blonde begins to watch him from her window, he is instantly suspicious. But just when he decides that she’s nothing more than a nosy debutante, he discovers that she might be engaged to a foreign prince, who might be plotting against England. And when Harry is roped into spying on Olivia, he discovers that he might be falling for her himself…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nI adored the book trailer for this. Did you know it’s Julia’s cousin, Talia Gottlieb<\/span>, <\/em>a theatre major, who plays Olivia here? I do see the family resemblance, don’t you?<\/p>\n

Comment to win a copy of the book. And what’s your favourite Julia Quinn book?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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