The picturesque holiday town of Morannez is about to get busy for the holiday season. Mila is living there temporarily while looking after her niece, Ani, whose parents were tragically killed in a boating accident. Ani's mother Simone was Mila's step-sister and they had been extremely close. While Mila bides her time in Morannez, waiting... Continue Reading →
BOOKS ON TOUR – The Houseshare by Carla Kovach
Libby is finally free of her abusive relationship with Gary. She's found an apartment in a house called Canal House and it's perfect for her. It's small, but most of all it's affordable. As she moves in, she's sure this is the fresh, new start that she and her cat, Einstein need. If only Gary... 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 →
BLOG TOUR – The Apartment Upstairs by Lesley Kara
We all have those authors whose books we'll read without even reading a blurb or description of what they're about; sometimes not even bothering to look at the title! Well, Lesley Kara is definitely one of the authors who fits into this category for me! So much so that when I started reading this, it... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – The Lost by Simon Beckett (Jonah Colley #1)
Jonah Colley is a police sergeant working for the Met's firearms unit. He's not the happiest soul - as one too often finds with many of the police procedural books currently being written. But then, he doesn't have much in his life to be happy about. He's merely been existing day to day for the... Continue Reading →
BLOG TOUR – Say Goodbye (Sacramento #3) by Karen Rose
It's the first day of the blog tour for Say Goodbye, which is being published by Headline on 5 August. So ... I started reading this and was a few chapters in and floundering a bit. I loved the premise - I don't know what it is about cults, but there's just something about them... Continue Reading →
BOOKS-ON-TOUR – Trust Me by Sheryl Browne
I sometimes think it might be nice to live in a small little village, where everyone knows each other, and there's no hustle and bustle; where there's a sense of comfort and kinship; where everyone looks out for their neighbour. But then again, at the same time as looking out for you, they might also... Continue Reading →
BOOKS-ON-TOUR – The Housewarming by S.E. Lynes
If there's one thing that Susie Lynes does really well, it's domestic noir, and with her latest offering, The Housewarming, she just proves that she's getting better and better at it! The morning that Ava Atkins straps two-year-old Abi into her stroller, parking her at the bottom of the stairs before running upstairs to gather... Continue Reading →