This year, Madmoizelle has the honor of being among the partners of the Readers’ Award 2023 of the Hauteville editionsan award in which six authors are awarded, all at the origin of a novel in the running to win the title.
Every year since 2014, the Readers Award takes place to reward the novel published by Hauteville editions which was the highest rated the previous year. Last year is the author Kimberly McCreight who won the prize thanks to his novel You don’t tell me everything.
New this year : the winner of the prize will have her novel published in pocket Edition.
The Hauteville publishing house, which is part of the Bragelonne group, has always wanted to place women at the center of its history, both within it and among the works it publishes. By creating Readers Award Five years ago, Hauteville editions positioned itself as a true feminist house, with the desire to bring the word, and above all the words, of talented female authors.
If you haven’t been following the Readers’ Choice announcements 2023, don’t worry, Madmoizelle has it all planned.
The six novels competing for the 2023 Readers’ Prize
A Veronica Speedwell Investigation, Volume 1: A Strange Prelude, by Deanna Raybourn
We are in London, at the end of the eighteenth century. Veronica Speedwell has just buried her aunt and sets out to resume her scientific pursuit by embarking on the adventure of a lifetime. But fate decides otherwise and Veronica finds herself the victim of a… attempted kidnapping.
With the help of a mysterious German baron, Veronica breaks free. About Her Asks one of her friends to watch over her, a certain Stoker. A perilous quest ensues in which the newly formed duo attempt to unravel the mystery and understand the plot of which Veronica is a victim.
A shocking duo, an original historical background and a story whose mysteries are deftly revealed, this is the inimitable style of Deanna Raybourn. This new series starts with a bang!
Library journal
Nobody needs to know about Claire McGowan
Alison, mother of two and married to a business lawyer named Mike, decides to throw a party to reunite some old Oxford classmates. She lives the life she dreamed of, she lives happy days in Kent and … intend to make it clear during these meetings.
The joyous celebration suddenly turns tragic when Karen, Alison’s best friend, shows up in shock, claiming Mike raped her. Mike, meanwhile, swears he’s innocent. Who to trust?
This painful episode will unearth old university secrets that are still well buried, and some are ready to kill to bury them again.
Breathtaking suspense.
Sunday mirror
Impossible, by Sarah Lotz
On one side we have Nick, whose marriage is as failed as his writing career. On the other Bee, seamstress-stylist and passionate about Tinder. When an email address mistake brings them together, it’s love at first sight.
It’s the meeting we’ve been waiting for a lifetime, the one with which it all will begin, the one that will mark the beginning of the most beautiful love story. Nick buys a costume before hopping on the first train, Bee sets out to find it. Unless…
A pure pleasure! Funny, gripping, and with real emotional depth, this is the novel we all need right now!
Sarah Pinborough
No one will forget about Caroline Corcoran
After a dream motherhood in the countryside, of which her blog has been flooded with photos, Scarlett returns to London. But back in the office, she feels that something has changed. Her colleagues stare at her strangely, her atmosphere is cold. She quickly discovers that an unknown person has been sending everyone around her a sulfur video of her appearing. Only three of her friends did not receive the video and they will become her only source of comfort.
Who could send this video? What purpose? Are the answers to these questions buried in her past or much closer to her than you think?
Captivating and full of twists.
The sun
The Gypsies, by Jasmin Darznik
Dorothea Lange, a reckless twenty-year-old photographer, arrives full of dreams in San Francisco. Quickly, she befriends Caroline Lee, a Chinese-American who will introduce her to the Monkey block, a community of artists, and let them discover the bohemian heart of the city. She is then offered a life of freedom, dating, art and love.
Dorothea and Caroline build a thriving studio together, but a betrayal will interrupt the course of their life. The photographer will then live the painful experience of disenchantment. He embarks on an unfiltered quest to capture the upheavals of society. His photos of him transcribe the changes of the time in which he lives: the great Depression.
A dazzling novel about one of America’s most famous photographers.
Jasmin Darznik invites her reader behind Dorothea Lange’s lens to discover this woman whose unforgettable photographs changed the course of history.
Susan Meissner
You Were Not There, by Mary Torjussen
Ruby, to his greatest misfortune, has been in a relationship with Tom for years. She the latter humiliates and denigrates her every time. She desperately tries to leave him, but Tom always finds the right words from her to convince her to stay.
One day she meets Harry, her new boss, and that’s it love at first sight. After spending a few clandestine nights in a hotel room, they decide to leave their spouses and embark on a new adventure together.
Against all odds, when they find themselves in their usual hotel room to finally see each other again, Harry no longer gives any sign of life. Overnight, Ruby’s life becomes hell. But who is after her?
Mary Torjussen has not finished surprising us: a book that we devour to the last page.
Library journal
To your votes!
The little extra : if you vote for a novel, you automatically enter a competition that allows you to win the selection of books nominated for the prize. In the end, everyone is a winner.
Now you have six great novels to devour as fast as possible to vote for the one that will excite you the most. The awards ceremony will take place on May 2, 2023.
On your signs, get ready, vote !
Photo credits: Christina Morillo – RODNAE / Pexels productions
Source: Madmoizelle
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