Just over five years ago, I embarked on an adventure when I began blogging. I have loved every minute of it but it is time to call it a day. I have arthritis and it is affecting my hands more; on top of that I’ve had a few falls recently, each one taking longer to recover from than the last and I now need to … Continue reading September 2022
The poignant prequel to Matilda Windsor Is Coming Home is a tragic yet tender story of a woman robbed of her future who summons the strength to survive. All she has left is her sanity. Will the asylum take that from her too? In 1939, Matilda is admitted to Ghyllside hospital, cut off from family and friends. Not quite twenty, and forced to give up her baby … Continue reading Stolen Summers by Anne Goodwin #BookReview #MatildaWindsor #Prequel#Annecdotal Press #IndieAuthor #5*
London, 1988. Royal fever sweeps the nation as Britain falls in love with the ‘people’s princess’. Which means for Scotland Yard, the focus is on the elite Royalty Protection Command, and its commanding officer. Entrusted with protecting the most famous family on earth, they quite simply have to be the best. A weak link could spell disaster. Detective Chief Inspector William Warwick and his Scotland … Continue reading Next in Line by Jeffrey Archer #BookReview #WilliamWarwick5 #HarperCollins #NetGalley #5*
Meet Lilly Tweed. Former Agony Aunt. Purveyor of Fine Teas. Accidental Sleuth. Politics can be Murder! It’s election time in Plumpton Mallet and for the first time in years, the mayor has a rival. Lilly and Abigail are hired to provide a luxury high tea for a council fundraising event to benefit the town. It’s a triumph. But at the end of the night, all … Continue reading High Tea Low Opinions by J. New #BookReview #Tea&Sympathy8 #Phantom Press #5*
Sometimes hot cocoa just isn’t enough to keep you warm in the snow… Eloise is too busy juggling the chaos of three kids, an ever present ex-husband and a demanding boss to even remember the last time dating crossed her mind. But as soft snow falls silently all around, romance twinkles with the flakes. After being single for so long, Eloise suddenly has a lot … Continue reading Snowday by B. R. Maycock #BookReview #Riverside1 #IndieAuthor #5*
A sixteen-year-old girl, Olivia, who feels guilty about her younger brother’s death. Her mother, Evelyn, a glamorous artist. Travis, the charismatic owner of the Pink Fancy Hotel. A mysterious Czechoslovakian widow, Sofiya. A sojourn on St. Croix, a tropical island. Two love affairs. Secrets. Nazis. Concentration camp. Conflict, jealousy, kindness, tenderness. A rescue and a resurrection. All woven together in a haunting work of literary … Continue reading Once, Upon an Island by Laury A. Egan #BookReview #HeliotropeBooks #5*
A gorgeous new festive read from the Kindle #1 bestselling author of The Ladies’ Midnight Swimming Club This Christmas, everything will change… When Liv Latimer says goodbye to her fellow nurses and finishes work for the holidays, she’s looking forward to a Christmas to remember with her boyfriend Eddie. But as she leaves the hospital, tragedy strikes and Liv is faced with a choice. Will she … Continue reading On the First Day of Christmas by Faith Hogan #BookReview #Aria #NetGalley #4*
He changed his identity. He moved to Hong Kong.He changed his life.But can he change who he really is? Charles Balcombe, sophisticated, risk-taking lothario was a special investigator. He thinks that taking a PI job to find a missing boy will distract him from his killer instinct. But once a killer… A Powerful Read! Given the opportunity to read a new novel by Murray Bailey, … Continue reading Once A Killer by Murray Bailey #BookReview #BlackJack1 #HeritageBooks #5*
A worried Rock Band manager asks for help when his band members appear to be being murdered one by one. Palmer is sceptical until the manager himself is killed. The trail leads the team into the band’s past and the many people who could harbour a long held grudge. It’s a needle in a haystack job checking them all until the killer shows himself on … Continue reading I’m With the Band by B. L. Faulkner #BookReview #DCSPalmer&SerialMurderSquad6 #BSAPublishing #IndieAuthor #5*
Max, Janie and Ross return in the third gripping novel in this explosive Scottish crime series. He’ll watch you. A lawyer is found dead at sunrise on a lonely clifftop at Dunnet Head on the northernmost tip of Scotland. It was supposed to be his honeymoon, but now his wife will never see him again. He’ll hunt you.The case is linked to several mysterious deaths, … Continue reading The Night Watch by Neil Lancaster #BookReview #DSMaxCraigie3 #HQDigital #NetGalley #5*
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