Extract: Eleanor For as long as Eleanor can remember, she has snuck a look at the end of a book before reading it. In her head, it was rather like when you go swimming and you want to know exactly how deep the water is before you get in. She was embarrassed by her need... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – Sunshine and Second Chances by Kim Nash
It's a hat-trick for Kim Nash! This is her third book, and it's another fabulous, feel-good read that will leave you with a huge smile on your face, and with the feeling that anything and everything is achievable! Take one look at the beautiful cover ... don't you want to just be right there?? Sunshine... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – The Book of Us by Andrea Michael
Thrilled to be kicking off the blog tour today for The Book of Us by Andrea Michael! Lauren (Loll) and Cassidy were best friends at university but have since drifted - well, actually 'life' got in the way, and there's a big rift between them. But now Lauren's husband has left her - at Christmas-time,... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – Gina’s Therapy by Silvia Sbaraini
A riot of a book with a circus-parade of characters romping their way through the pages! Gina's life is a bit of a haphazard, hodge-podge of a mess ... and that's before her cancer diagnosis. She seems to have a knack of surrounding herself with a bunch of misfits and oddities. There's her new neighbour,... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – Time Out by Emma Murray
Happy publication day to Emma Murray! And happy Day 1 of the Blog Tour for Time Out! I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's a brutally honest book about motherhood, told through the eyes of Saoirse (that's Seersha, not Searcy, if you don't mind!), mother to horrendous toddler Anna, and wife to increasingly distant David. She... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – The Lazarus Charter by Tony Bassett
Bob Shaw is waiting on the platform of an Underground station when he sees his friend Professor Gus Morley getting off the train that he himself is about to get onto. He quickly abandons his plans to rush after Gus, but unfortunately loses him in the crowd. And why is this all so strange? Why... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – The Carer by Deborah Moggach
Before I talk about the actual book, I just need to mention the beautiful, eye-catching cover because I do love gorgeous book covers, and I'm a firm believer that regardless of what 'they' say ... books are most certainly judged by their covers! Robert and Phoebe are siblings who are both in their early sixties.... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – Scenes From a Country Bookshop (The Book Lovers #4) by Victoria Connelly
Well this is the final book in The Book Lovers series, although I'm told there is a novella entitled Christmas with The Book Lovers, which I'll definitely be on the lookout for! But this is the last one in the blog tour series. Once again, we return to the Suffolk village of Castle Clare and... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – Natural Born Readers (The Book Lovers #3) by Victoria Connelly
Returning to Castle Clare for the third in Victoria Connelly's Book Lovers series is like getting together with your closest friends again, and enjoying a long, languid afternoon in a beautiful setting, complete with the finest cream tea! After having met the Nightingale family who are based in the Suffolk countryside, in the first two... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – Sisters of Berlin by Juliet Conlin
This is an emotional and intense read that explores the complexities of family relationships, grief, loss and trauma, and our expectations of others - especially those who are closest to us, and those who represent certain societal roles. Nina's sister Marie has been savagely attacked in her apartment, and left for dead. In having to... Continue Reading →