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BEFORE THEY WERE GUILTY, THEY WERE RUTHLESS... Read the bestselling first instalment in the Falcon Bay novels! Now with an exclusive preview chapter of the brand new book, Guilty Women 'The new Queen of the blockbuster' The Times 'Glitz, glamour and ambition... Perfect' Woman & Home 'Sexy, shocking and utterly unputdownable' Daily Express AMBITION CAN BE DEADLY On a beautiful private island off the coast of the UK, the cast and crew of glamorous TV show Falcon Bay are at breaking point. Ratings are falling, and their new boss is inventing ever more dramatic – and impossible – storylines to get Falcon Bay back into the number 1 slot. Director Farrah, lead actress Catherine and producer Amanda are the passionate, ambitious women holding the show together. With so much at stake, they will stop at nothing to stay in the jobs they love and on the island they call home. Can these women team up to bring down their rivals? Or will scandal, betrayal and ambition tear them apart? ______ WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT RUTHLESS WOMEN: 'A page-turning blockbuster so gloriously sexy, funny and gripping, it's sending the showbiz elite WILD!' New 'Revenge, betrayal, murder and some of the hottest scenes you'll ever read' Sunday Express 'Buckle up, you're in for a raunchy ride... So addictive we couldn't put it down' Sunday Mirror 'A twist so shocking you'll be talking about it for years... This is the book of 2021' Daily Mirror 'Does for TV what The Devil Wears Prada did for fashion... The must-read novel of the year' OK! 'Everything Fifty Shades should have been' Heat 'The sauciest, most riveting read of the year – so gloriously sexy, funny and page turning, we devoured it in just two days' Daily Record 'A story of revenge, treachery, and lust... A shockingly good read' The Sun 'I'm obsessed with this book... Makes Fifty Shades of Grey look like Snow White... Ruthless Women blew my mind' Coleen Nolan 'A brilliantly plotted story with characters that jump off the page... Will have you gripped to the last page' Bella 'Think Sex and the City 20 years on... Suspense soaked in glamour' My Weekly 'This year's must-read' Notebook Magazine

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'More suspense than Big Little Lies and bitchier than The Devil Wears Prada ... The must-read novel of the year' OK! 'Shocking, sexy and utterly unputdownable' Daily Express. 'A glamorous, revenge-filled thriller ... Ruthless Women will have you hooked' Sunday Mirror. 'An erotic thriller with a twist so shocking you'll be talking about it for years ... This is the book of 2021 Daily Mirror.

'Melanie Blake has spent over two decades working behind the scenes in showbiz and has based her new novel Ruthless Women on what really goes on behind the scenes on the set of a UK TV drama when the cameras stop rolling' * Magic FM * 'The best book of the year so far, Ruthless Women is the perfect antidote to lockdown, a high-octane escapist binge-read that will have you up all night!' * Take A Break * 'Melanie Blake is to the UK TV industry what Jackie Collins was to Hollywood. Both using insider industry knowledge to write authentic stories, and both challenging the double standards faced by women in the entertainment industry' * TV Choice * 'More glamour, divas and bitch-fights than an episode of Ru Paul's Drag Race - what's not to love!' * Absolute Radio * 'It had us rooting for its irrepressible, beautiful, ambitious cast of women - each completely unstoppable in their fight against injustice' * Yours * 'If there's one book you're going to read in 2021, make it Ruthless Women. Utterly addictive from its opening chapters, the technically fictional novel (which draws on author Melanie Blake's real-life experience as an agent to the stars) is unpredictable, unputdownable and unique to anything I have ever read. I've read a lot of books in my 28 years! It's clearer to me than ever when an author has put their heart and soul into a project. This is exactly what Blake has achieved and for that reason alone, this book deserves all the success in the world' * Female First * 'This thrilling novel is written by soap queen Melanie Blake, who is one of the most successful soap star agents of all time, and the woman behind some of soap's biggest comebacks. Now, for the first time ever, she's writing about her experience behind the camera' * Inside Soap * 'Ruthless Women is this year's must-read' * Notebook Magazine * 'A brilliantly plotted story with characters that jump off the page, Ruthless Women will have you gripped to the last page, while also making you laugh' * Bella * 'Shocking and utterly unputdownable' * Daily Express * 'With women who are beautiful, shrewd and determined and a story of revenge, treachery and lust - Ruthless Women is a shockingly good read' * The Sun * 'An addictive page-turner you will shamelessly devour in one sitting, Ruthless Women reworks the classic 1980s formular of sex, sleaze, trash, glamour, and high society for the 2020s ... Jackie Collins would be bursting with pride at the effect she has had on this woman. In this best possible way. The Bitch is back and it's brilliant!' * Writer's News * 'More shocking than Jackie Collins, sexier than 50 Shades, and with more laughs than Jilly Cooper, Ruthless Women sees bestselling author Melanie Blake return to her unstoppable best' * That's Life * 'It's the sauciest, most riveting read of the year - a bonkbuster so gloriously sexy, funny and page-turning, we devoured it in just two days' * Daily Record * 'Think Sex and the City 20 years on, injected with a career-hungry cast. Suspense soaked in glamour. Beautifully written, a nod to the old genre of career women having it all, revved up for 2021 with romps, rivals and ruthless ambition to die for' * My Weekly * 'Everything Fifty Shades should have been' * Heat * 'The bonkbuster is back with a bang! Ruthless Women is the read of 2021' * Woman's Own * 'Does for TV what The Devil Wears Prada did for fashion; shows the rotten truth hidden behind the golden facade. The must-read novel of the year; unmissable' * OK! * 'A twist so shocking, you'll be talking about it for years ... This is the book of 2021' * Daily Mirror * 'So addictive we couldn't put it down! Revenge, betrayal, murder and some of the hottest scenes you'll ever read ... Ruthless Women has got it all' * Sunday Express * 'Buckle up you're in for a raunchy ride! So addictive we couldn't put it down - it's a real roller coaster of a ride' * Sunday Mirror * 'A page-turning bonkbuster so gloriously sexy, funny and gripping, it's sending the showbiz elite WILD!' * New Magazine * 'Glitz, glamour and ambition - it's all there! A truly addictive page-turner. Melanie Blake's Ruthless Women is the binge read we all need right now' * Woman & Home * 'All rise for the new Queen of the bonkbuster ... Glamorous women, hunky men, mendacious producers, insecure actors and people stabbing each other in the front, back and side' * The Times *

'More suspense than Big Little Lies and bitchier than The Devil Wears Prada ... The must-read novel of the year' * OK! * 'Shocking, sexy and utterly unputdownable' * Daily Express * 'A glamorous, revenge-filled thriller ... Ruthless Women will have you hooked' * Sunday Mirror * 'An erotic thriller with a twist so shocking you'll be talking about it for years ... This is the book of 2021' * Daily Mirror *

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Melanie Blake is the bestselling author of Ruthless Women, which became a Number 4 Sunday Times hardback bestseller and an ebook bestseller in 2021, selling over 100,000 copies. Melanie has her own Rags to Riches story, just like that of her characters – at 15, she was told by her school career advisors that her decision to work at a record shop was an 'a clear example that she wouldn't go far in her career'. They were wrong. By 21 she was working at the BBC's iconic Top of the Pops show and by 27 she had built a reputation as one of the UK's leading music and entertainment managers. She also built up an acting agency which became the most successful independent boutique agency in the UK. Melanie still represents a high profile stable of actresses, but is also now enjoying success in her own right as a producer, author and playwright. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @MelanieBlakeUK

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