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#Extract from Beatrice’s Fate by Camilla Galbiati

ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne20th May 2024Leave a comment

Beatrice’s Fate is the debut novel by Sligo based author, Camilla Galbiati, which published April 26th and is described as ‘a gripping historical romance set in 17th century Italy’. I am delighted to share an extract with you all today so I do hope you enjoy. [ About Beatrice’s Fate ] 1614, Italy. Nine-year-old Beatrice Locatelli is…

#BookReview of #TheHoneymoonAffair by @sheilaoflanagan

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne17th May 20242 Comments

‘The irresistible, utterly satisfying new contemporary novel from beloved bestseller, Sheila O’Flanagan’– The Honeymoon Affair [ About The Honeymoon Affair ] Izzy is in the Caribbean on the honeymoon-that-isn’t after her fiancé broke her heart. She’s not looking for someone new. But when she meets Charles Miller, a successful writer holidaying alone, the electricity is…

#BookReview of #YouAreHere by David Nicholls

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne15th May 20242 Comments

‘A new love story by beloved bestseller David Nicholls, You Are Here is a novel of first encounters, second chances and finding the way home.‘ [ About You Are Here ] Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way Marnie is stuck.Stuck working alone in her London flat, stuck battling the long afternoons and a…

#Spotlight on #ASongOfSilence by @Steve_N_Lee | #PublicationDay

Book SpotlightBy Mairéad Hearne14th May 2024Leave a comment

Discover what it means to be human. Discover A Song of Silence. A Song of Silence by Steve N. Lee is released today, May 14th and is described as ‘a gripping Holocaust novel inspired by a heartbreaking true story‘. In celebration of publication day I am shining a spotlight here today with details about the…

#Bookreview of #TheDyingTime by Anthony Carragher

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne10th May 2024Leave a comment

‘Follows a successful architect whose carefully constructed life is turned on its head when a malevolent stranger arrives unexpectedly at her lighthouse home’– The Dying Time [ About The Dying Time ] Architect Kate O’Connor appears to have it all. A lighthouse home, a successful politician husband and an eight-year-old daughter. Yet everything is not…

#Extract from #TheFabergéGirl by @Ina_Christova| @FMcMAssociates

Blog Tour, ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne9th May 2024Leave a comment

The Fabergé Girl by Ina Christova publishes May 16th. It is based on a true story, inspired by Alma Pihl, the only female jewellery designer at the iconic House of Fabergé. I am delighted to be joining the blog tour today with an extract to share with you all, so I do hope you enjoy.…

#BookReview of #TheTrial by Jo Spain | @QuercusBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne8th May 2024Leave a comment

‘He vanished ten years ago. Only they know the truth.’– The Trial [ About The Trial ] 2014, Dublin: at St Edmunds, an elite college on the outskirts of the city, twenty-year-old medical student Theo gets up one morning, leaving behind his sleeping girlfriend, Dani, and his studies – never to be seen again. With…

#BookReview & #GuestPost – #TheMidnightMan by Julie Anderson | @jjulieanderson | @HobeckBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne7th May 20241 Comment

‘Capturing the spirit of the place and the challenges and threats it faced, some from the predominantly male establishment of the time, was very important to me. It was a unique and special place. I wanted it to live again, even if only in a crime fiction book.’– Julie Anderson, author of The Midnight Man…

#BookReview of #SpiritLevel by @RichyCraven | @eriu_books

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne24th April 20242 Comments

‘Would this be his life from now on, falling asleep in a semi-drunken haze as the spirit of his best friend watched telly in the next room? Waking up hungover every morning and grimly consuming spirits? How long could he keep that up?’– Spirit Level [ About Spirit Level ] Danny Hook is a directionless…

#Extract from #TheComingStorm by Greg Mosse | @moonflowerbooks

Blog TourBy Mairéad Hearne23rd April 2024Leave a comment

‘He may have prevented the world from falling into ruin, but Alex knows his work is not done yet.’– The Coming Storm Greg Mosse’s debut novel The Coming Darkness, was a Sunday Times Thriller of 2022, and a Waterstones Thriller of the Month 2022. Mosse’s second novel The Coming Storm, sees the return of his anti-hero the French special…

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