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 →
Ooooooh ... a new Samantha Hayes book! And it's as much of a roller-coaster ride as you'd expect from the Thriller Queen! Leah is finally free of her manipulative, controlling husband Craig. She's moved into her new home with her two children, Zoey and Harry (Sprat), and her priority now is to keep them secure,... Continue Reading →
A desperate late night 911 call. An elderly woman in distress. The sound of gunshots ... and the line goes dead! The police immediately rush to investigate and discover a scene of chaos. They try to piece together what could have happened and they thought it must be pretty straightforward ... but there's no body!... Continue Reading →
When a story opens with a body in the pool and everyone clustered around in various degrees of hysteria, speculation, panic and anxiety, you know you'd better strap in for a wild ride! I was not disappointed. Holly is getting married to lovely Aaron. Although she's spent most of the past two decades mourning the... Continue Reading →
I'm so often astounded at how brilliant debut books can be, and this one by Jessica Payne rates really high on my list of reads from debut authors! It ticks every box on the "Wow Factor" list! Noelle is finally living her dream. She's met gorgeous doctor, Daniel Ashcroft at the hospital where she works... Continue Reading →
It truly fascinates me (if you read my reviews, you'll know I've said this before) that no matter how many Holocaust stories are written (many of them based on fact - yes, all of them find their basis in the facts of the Holocaust, but I mean that many are based on actual stories that... Continue Reading →
It's Day One of the Blog Tour for The First Time We Met by Jo Lovett! Yay! What happens if you meet 'The One', only to discover that it's actually his wedding day?! That's what happens to Izzy when she first lays eyes on the lovely Sam. He walks into the horrible greasy spoon where... Continue Reading →
Happy publication day to Emma Davies! And it's day 1 of the blog tour for The Wife's Choice. Alys is at that point in her life where she realises that her dreams will probably remain forever unfulfilled, and she's wondering where, in fact, her life disappeared to? Married to second husband, Hugh and with her... Continue Reading →
My initial description of this would be 'well, it's a bit of a quirky one'. The characters are all a little bit off the wall. But then I got to thinking ... aren't we all, in our own way? Drew Davies has created a cast of characters who are all a little bit broken, and... Continue Reading →
Readers will identify with main character Jess - because who can't help liking the authenticity of a protagonist who just doesn't quite manage to achieve the dream that so many books will have you believe is the reality we're meant to be striving for! Jess is an aspiring (sounds better than struggling) artist. She's never... Continue Reading →
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