If you're a Murder She Wrote fan and are missing Jessica Fletcher and Cabot Cove, and if you're eagerly awaiting the movie with Jamie Lee Curtis, then I have the perfect way for you to pass the time until it's here ... Julia Bird of Berrywick is the answer! Cozy mystery is even better at... Continue Reading →
BOOK REVIEW – Break Room by Miye Lee (Translated by Sandy Joosun Lee)
Regardless of your opinion on reality TV, it's impossible to deny that it has a magnetic, often hypnotic pull on those who follow it with an almost religious zeal. There's heated debate on whether it truly is as 'real' as producers would have us believe, or if every single thing we see on our screens... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – Scoop Dreams: Fernleigh Bay by Jessica Hale
Because sometimes you need to take a break from psychological thrillers, police procedurals, true-crime documentaries and the general chaos of everyday life! Blurb: Fernleigh Bay wasn’t ready for pastel-pink ice cream van Scoops or it’s owner, Melody. Following in her Grandmothers footsteps, Melody wants to bring ice cream to the community she visited as a... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – One Snowy Day by Shari Low
A brand new Shari Low book is always something to celebrate! This one is like opening an early Christmas gift in August, as we return to the Scottish village of Weirbridge in early December. There's already an early, heavy snowfall and as the day begins and we meet up with old and new friends, nobody... Continue Reading →
SPOTLIGHT: My Husband’s Lies by Maryann Webb
How well do you really know the people closest to you? Aria Miller used to think she had the perfect life, but now that the honeymoon phase is all but a distant memory, she can't shake the feeling her perfect life is a sandcastle waiting to collapse. Recently she's felt a prickle of anxiety when... Continue Reading →
BOOKS-ON-TOUR: Did You See Evie by Miranda Smith
Blurb: I blink awake to the sound of whispering, and look around. Automatically, I do a count. And then I am upright, my heart racing. I count again. “Girls,” I say, trying to sound calm. “Did you see Evie?” It was meant to be a celebration. A team sleepover in the school gymnasium: movies, pizza,... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – The Strange Case of Jane O by Karen Thompson Walker
Sometimes a book comes along that just doesn't fit into a box. It defies all description, and can't be defined by genre. And yet it's so compelling and intriguing that it stays with you long after you've finished it. The Strange Case of Jane O is one of these books. Blurb: WHAT IF YOU COULD... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – The Grapevine by Kate Kemp
Sometimes a debut novel comes along that leaves you just a little bit in awe that it's the author's debut! The Grapevine by Kate Kemp is one of those. It has such a perfect sense of place and time, and the moodiness of it just jumped right off the page (well, ok, off the Kindle!),... Continue Reading →
BOOKS ON TOUR – A Village Theatre Murder (Julia Bird Mysteries #7) by Katie Gayle
Happy Publication Day! Congratulations to Katie Gayle - Kate Sidley and Gail Schimmel - on this, number seven in the Julia Bird Mystery series. Once again, we return to the Cotswold village of Berrywick, where Julia Bird thought she would retire peacefully and live a quiet country life, away from the bright lights and stresses... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – One Day and Forever by Shari Low
Once again, Shari Low brings together familiar characters whose lives intercept and take dramatic, unforeseen turns over a 24-hour time-frame. Blurb: As dawn breaks, four people are planning journeys that could change their lives forever… Kara McIntyre is supposed to be jetting off to her destination wedding in Hawaii. However, a last-minute hitch appears to... Continue Reading →