Book Review: Love, Julie by Jamie Anderson #LoveJulie @jandersonwrites @rararesources

Synopsis Once, Julie dreamed of a life filled with love and laughter. Now, in her mid-forties, she faces a starkly different reality. She's single, lonely, and reeling from breaking her hard-earned sobriety in front of her family and friends. Opting for self-recovery over romance, Julie dives into planning her best friend Kate’s wedding. However, sharing…

Book Review: The Book Of Witty Women Introduced by Helen Lederer #TheBookOfWittyWomen @HelenLederer @CWIPprize @farragobooks @RandomTTours

Synopsis The Book of Witty Women showcases the very best in humorous short story writing, by outstanding contemporary women writers, including Kathy Lette, Sadia Azmat, Lucy Vine, Josie Long, Paula Lennon, and many more. It includes the winning and shortlisted stories from the Comedy Women in Print Short Story Prize. From tales of a narcoleptic biscuit…

Book Review: The Other Tenant by Lesley Kara #TheOtherTenant @LesleyKara @TransworldBooks @RandomTTours

Synopsis Marlow has always lived in unusual places. But when she accepts a position as a live-in property guardian, she finds herself moving somewhere she swore she’d never return to.Right from the start, she knows it’s a terrible mistake. The elegant Victorian school is due to be turned into luxury apartments, but its eerie, empty…

Monthly Wrap Up: April Reads 2024

Here are the books I read in April Nosy Neighbours by Freya Sampson Read my review here Maya’s Laws Of Love by Alina Khawaja Read my review here Dark Rooms by Lynda La Plante Read my review here Floored by Chrissie Harrison Read my review here The Trade Off by Sandie Jones Read my review…

Book Review: Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth #DarlingGirls @SallyHepworth @panmacmillan

Synopsis It’s not just secrets buried at Wild Meadows. For as long as they can remember, Jessica, Norah and Alicia have been told how lucky they are. Rescued from their own family tragedies, they were raised by a loving foster mother on an idyllic farming estate and given an elusive second chance for a happy…

Book Review: The Holiday Escape by Heidi Swain #TheHolidayEscape @Heidi_Swain @TeamBATC

Synopsis Her dream holiday is his everyday life. His dream holiday is her normal life. What happens when they collide? Ally and her dad, Geoff, run the family business, a creative retreat, from their home Hollyhock Cottage in picturesque Kittiwake Cove. They give their guests their dream break, but Ally hankers after glamourous city living, fancy…

Book Review: The Duke Wins A Bride by Nina Jarrett #TheDukeWinsABride @regencyscribe @rararesources

Synopsis Her betrothed cheated on her. The duke offers to save her. Can a marriage of convenience turn into true love?In this steamy historical romance, a sheltered baron’s daughter and a celebrated duke agree on a marriage of convenience, but he has a secret that may ruin it all. She is desperate to escape ……

Book Review: The Maiden Of Florence by Katherine Mezzacappa #TheMaidenOfFlorence @katmezzacappa @FairlightBooks @rararesources

Synopsis 'My defloration was talked about in all the courts of Europe. The Prince boasted of his prowess, even as preparations were being made for his wedding, as boldly as if he had ridden across that causeway with bloodstained sheet tied to his lance.' 1584, Italy: Twenty-year-old Giulia expects she will live and die incarcerated…

Monthly Wrap Up: March Reads 2024

Here are the books I read in March Unholy Murder by Lynda La Plante Read my review here A Bookshop Of One’s Own by Jane Cholmeley Read my review here It All Started With A Lie by Denise Brown Read my review here The Djinn’s Apple by Djamila Morani Read my review here The Secret…

Book Review: Looking For Lucie by Amanda Addison #LookingForLucie #TheWriteReads #UltimateBlogTour @AmandaAuthorArt @NeemTreePress @The_WriteReads @WriteReadsTours

Synopsis Looking for Lucie is a contemporary YA novel that explores identity, self-discovery, and newfound friendship as an 18-year-old girl sets out to uncover her ethnic heritage and family history. "Where are you really from?" It's a question every brown girl in a white-washed town is familiar with, and one that Lucie has never been…