‘The funny and uplifting novel from Sunday Times bestseller Beth O’ Leary’– The Switch [ About the Book ] Leena is too young to feel stuck.Eileen is too old to start over.Maybe it’s time for The Switch…Ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, Leena escapes to her grandmother Eileen’s…
‘On a platform in occupied Paris, a mother whispers goodbye.It is the end. But also the beginning…‘– While Paris Slept [ About the Book ] Santa Cruz 1953Jean-Luc thought he had left it all behind. The scar on his face a small price to pay for surviving the horrors of Nazi Occupation. Now, he has a new…
‘Picnic at Hanging Rock + The Blair Witch Project x lesbians =Plain Bad Heroines‘ [ About the Book ] Our story begins in 1902, at the Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To…
‘A story about love, loss and what it is to be human’~ Dog Days [ About the Book ] George is very angry. His wife has upped and died on him, and all he wants to do is sit in his underpants and shout at the cricket. The last thing he needs is his cake-baking neighbour…
In a web of lies, who can you trust?– Blinding Lies [ About the Book ] Ten years ago, Anna Clarke’s parents disappeared. The mystery haunts her, and she hopes her job in a busy city Garda Station will one day help her find answers. The case of a man shot dead crosses her desk…
Achieving balance and wellness in a changing world– A Whole New Plan for Living [ About the Book ] We will all experience times in our lives when our health is challenged. As we navigate an uncertain world, stressors such as financial worries, illness, loss, isolation and loneliness can turn into distress, anxiety and depression.…
‘Life before Gatsby as narrator Nick Carraway steps out of the shadow and moves into the spotlight‘– NICK It is an absolute delight to be involved with the blog tour today for NICK, the latest novel from Michael Farris Smith, so I really do hope you enjoy my review below. I have also included a…
‘The Thelma and Louise of the seventeenth century: two mis-matched heroines, two grittily textured lives, an outrageous plot (true!), sex, politics, and a gut-wrenching ending’ Lawrence Norfolk on A Net For Small Fishes [ About the Book ] Frances Howard has beauty and a powerful family – and is the most unhappy creature in the…
‘They’re dead.They’re all dead.It’s my faultI killed them…’Who Took Eden Mulligan? [ About the Book ] ‘They’re dead. They’re all dead.It’s my fault. I killed them…’ Those are the words of Iona Gardener, who stands bloodied and staring as she confesses to the murder of four people in a run-down cottage outside of Belfast. Outside…
What leaves you with the fewest wounds?Making peace with the past?Or making war with it?– Healer Of My Heart I am delighted to welcome Irish author Sheila Turner Johnston to my blog today. Sheila is here to tell us a little about her latest novel, Healer of My Heart, one that is described as ‘lyrical,…