This is a gentle, sensitive story about tragedy, loss, healing and hope. It will warm your heart despite being incredibly sad and is a stark reminder that life is for the living. Luke adores his young wife Helen, and when she is tragically taken from him in a freak accident, he has no idea how... Continue Reading →
What is it that 'they' say ... "old age isn't for the faint-hearted"? Well that's certainly true in some cases but for those who embrace it and make the most of it, it can be just as good, if not better, than being young! Barbara is in her late 70's and after a bit of... Continue Reading →
Well if this gorgeous cover doesn't want to make you grab this book and dive right into everything that it has to offer, then I don't know what will! It's Agnetha (Aggs) McMaster's 45th birthday and she's promised herself that from today she's taking back her life. After devoting far too much time to others,... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
This is the perfect book to give you an escape from everything that's happening in the world today: Corona, isolation, social distancing, panic, and all the emotions that we're going through every day right now! Fern and Aiden have been married for seven years, and although Fern realises that something definitely seems to be bother... Continue Reading →
Trevor Moore has decided to take a three-month break from his life and has rented a rambling farmhouse in Fuerteventura, in the Canary Islands. He arrives there, miserable and partially depressed after the breakdown of his marriage, his wife having left him for another woman. His work as a ghost-writer, although generally plentiful enough has... Continue Reading →
When I started reading this, I wasn't so sure I was going to be able to continue. I was doubtful about my ability to deal with two mature (?) adults - one of which had left his wife and teenage daughter - who constantly craved each other's bodies and behaved like sex-starved prisoners who'd been... Continue Reading →
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