Meet Perci (Persephone, actually, but only her mother calls her that - more about her later!)... she's really quite lovely, but for some reason the universe isn't exactly stacking the odds in her favour lately. The story opens on New Year's Eve (well, the afternoon of it), and Perci finds herself at the dentist (yuk!).... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – The Lodger by Valerie Keogh
You know that saying, "No good deed goes unpunished"? This was a recurring thought in the back of my mind throughout this book, as one thing after another goes wrong for main character Leigh Simon after she kindly offers a room in her home to Gina, the barista at the coffee shop that she frequents... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – The Other Girlfriend by Alex Stone
Lizzie and Tom have been best friends since childhood. They grow up together with similar hopes and dreams for their future, until one day when they're not kids any more, Lizzie realizes that she'd like to be more than just 'friends'. Whether Tom notices that Lizzie's feelings towards him have changed is irrelevant, because he's... Continue Reading →
BOOKS ON TOUR – The Mother-in-Law by Karen King
Dana hasn't had the easiest life. Losing her parents at a very young age and being brought up by an aunt and uncle who always made it clear that by taking her in, they were just doing what was expected of them, not exactly what they wanted, has made her believe that she's unloveable and... Continue Reading →
BOOKS ON TOUR – Great Sexpectations by Kristen Bailey
Yay! I'm so excited to be here on Day One of the Great Sexpectations Books On Tour ... HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to you Kristen Bailey!! If you're ever looking for a great, uplifting, laugh-out-loud read then Kristen Bailey will never, ever disappoint! She's simply hilarious ... cringeworthy ... over the top ... no holds barred... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – By Her Own Design: A Novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register
Once in a while a truly special book comes along that is uniquely astounding in both the historical facts that it reveals and the way in which the story is told. Even though this is a fictionalised account of Ann Lowe's life, one cannot escape the fact that this remarkable woman's life deserves a fitting... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – One Last Day of Summer by Shari Low
I'm a complete sucker for a Shari Low book! She's always bound to put a smile on my face and this one certainly didn't disappoint. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Take four strangers and put them on a flight to St Lucia. It's almost as if fate brought them together, knowing that they needed to meet.... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – The Heart Warrior’s Mother by Marilyn Cohen De Villiers
It's always so exciting for me to be on a blog tour for a local South African author, especially when it's someone who I know! I'm here today, rounding up the tour for The Heart Warrior's Mother. There's an old Yiddish proverb that says: "We plan, God laughs." I'm sure that all of us can... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – Old Friends Reunited by Maggie Please
Bea Pinkerton is a bestselling author ... well, she was. Right now she's suffering from writer's block and she's way over her deadline (again!) Only this time, instead of her understanding, warm and friendly agent holding her hand and telling her that everything will be ok, she's been replaced by the no-nonsense, all-business Vesta who... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – The Double Life of Daisy Hemmings by Joanna Nadin
Told in alternate timelines between Cornwall in 1988 and London in 2018, this is a story about the masks we wear, how we go out of our way to change ourselves to please others and how no matter how far we run, and how hard we try to escape ... wherever we go, we take... Continue Reading →