New Look, New Beginnings

Well, ladies and (the odd) gents, the time has finally come for me to stop shamelessly plugging my debut novel Fashionably Late, and transition from “debut novelist” to “proper novelist”.

Hizzah!

Cutting Loose, a very loosely-based spin-off of Fashionably Late (which is to say, don’t worry if you haven’t read my first novel, though you no longer have an excuse not to, now that it’s available in mass paperback, graced with a spiffy, makes-you-feel-like-you’re-in-Cancun new cover) will be hitting a bookstore near you on October 1st, 2008.

“Engrossing”

- Publishers Weekly

“Dajani spins a tale of three women and their individual journeys to find happiness. Through strong writing and distinctive characters, readers are drawn into their lives, their loves, and their internal struggles. Dajani wraps it up nicely in the end, leaving us with a delectable tale that is hard to put down.”

- Romantic Times

The Cast of Cutting Loose…

Meet three women who are as different as could be – at least that’s what they think – and the men who’ve turned their lives upside down, as their paths collide in sizzling, sexy Miami…

Ranya is a modern-day Princess: brought up behind the gilded walls of Saudi Arabian high society and winner of the dream husband sweepstakes… that is, until said husband turns out to be more partial to Paolo, interior-decorator-cum-underwear-model, than to his virginal new wife.

And then there’s Zahra. Smart, independent, but painfully shy, she’s managed to escape her impoverished Palestinian roots to carve out a life of comfort. But she can’t reveal the secrets that haunt her to the man she adores from afar, or shake off the feeling that if she holds on to anything – or anyone – too closely, they’ll be taken away in the blink of a khol-lined eye.

Like Zahra, Rio has risen above the slums of her native Honduras – not to mention the jeers of her non-too-supportive family – to become editor-in-chief of Suéltate magazine, the hottest Latina-targeted glossy in town, and this in spite of Georges Mallouk, her hunky yet clueless boss, and her affair with his delicious but utterly despicable brother, Joe.

In a city of fast cars, sleek clubs, and unapologetic superficiality, Ranya, Zahra, and Rio wrestle with the ties that bind them to their difficult pasts, and the feeling that it might just be time for them to cut loose.

Up Next from Nadine…

I’m hard at work on “untiled 3″ (I’ll spare you the actual working title) which should be released in Summer ‘10 - at least that’s what my editor thinks… (shhh….)

In the meantime, please stop by my blog for semi-regular updates, the socio-political rant du jour, and other miscellany.