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Monthly Archives: August 2025

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#Extract from The Way Beauty Comes Apart by Christina Marrocco

ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne28th August 2025Leave a comment

The Way Beauty Comes Apart by Christina Marrocco has just been published August 25th and is described as ‘a transportive and magical, yet grittily real account of life told by the dead of Nefin, a close-knit, fictional community in North West Wales.’ In celebration of the publication of her novel, Christina is sharing an extract…

#Extract from #TheQuietist by Daniel David Gothard | @CI_Fictionbooks

ExtractBy Mairéad Hearne26th August 2025Leave a comment

‘Three people connected by trauma, haunted by the past, healed together.‘– The Quietist The Quietist by Daniel David Gothard publishes today August 26th with Roundfire Books and is described as ‘a gripping psychological thriller’. In celebration of publication day I have an extract to share with you all today which I hope you enjoy. […

#BookReview of #SuchAGoodCouple by Sophie White

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne25th August 20252 Comments

‘A sharply funny and heartfelt novel from the bestselling author of My Hot Friend ‘– Such a Good Couple [ About Such a Good Couple ] SIX FRIENDS. THREE COUPLES. ONE HOLIDAY THAT WILL RUIN EVERYTHING . . . MAGGIE’S LIFE HAS NEVER LOOKED BETTER.She has a superstar husband, a Hollywood mansion and a stylist on call.…

#BookReview of #TwoKindsOfStranger by Steve Cavanagh

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne21st August 20252 Comments

‘The award-winning, Sunday Times Top Five bestseller returns with a brand new thriller featuring the unforgettable Eddie Flynn.‘– Two Kinds Of Stranger [ About Two Kinds of Stranger ] SHE HELPED A PERFECT A STRANGER. SHE DIDN’T KNOW HE WAS THE PERFECT KILLER… Elly Parker had everything.Perfect husband. Perfect apartment. Perfect friends and the perfect job.As an…

#BookReview of #PaperHeart by Cecelia Ahern

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne19th August 20252 Comments

‘Pip’s world is small. But it’s about to become a whole lot bigger.‘ [ About Paper Heart ] For years she’s tucked away her dreams, shrinking herself into the space left behind – like the delicate origami she creates alone in her room. Then hope comes from an unlikely place: an astronomer from the local…

#BookReview of Love, Lies & Sticky Toffee Pudding by Karin Walker | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne14th August 20252 Comments

‘Happiness begins when you stop chasing Mr Perfect and start choosing yourself’– Love, Lies & Sticky Toffee Pudding [ About Love, Lies & Sticky Toffee Pudding ] Successful lawyer, Charlotte Bloom, has been dumped for the 100th time. She invites her ex-boyfriend on an all-expenses-paid holiday to Barbados, to help her understand why. She knows…

#GuestPost by Patricia Furstenberg Author of #WhenSecretsBloom | @PatFurstenberg

Guest PostBy Mairéad Hearne12th August 20252 Comments

‘The crocus on the book cover of When Secrets Bloom is no mere embellishment. It’s the novel’s pulse. Chosen with intention, it mirrors the quiet force of the women within: those who wait, who remember, who hold fast through the frost.‘– When Secrets Bloom Today I am delighted to welcome back Patricia Furstenberg, author of…

#BookReview of #FunAndGames by John Patrick McHugh

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne11th August 20252 Comments

‘A stunning debut novel following a teenage boy as he comes of age on the west coast of Ireland’– Fun and Games [ About Fun and Games ] Seventeen-year-old John Masterson has no idea what he wants. It’s his last summer on the small island where he has grown up and he should be enjoying…

#BookReview of #BitterSweet by Hattie Williams

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne8th August 20252 Comments

‘In my life, there are things that have happened to me, and things that I have done, that have proven to be moments that have a clear before and an after. One of those moments, perhaps in some ways the biggest, was the day that I met Richard Aveling for the first time.’– Bitter Sweet…

#BookReview of The Language of Remembering by Patrick Holloway | @hollowaywriter2 | @Epoque_Press

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne7th August 2025Leave a comment

‘You do not say anything but want to get up and run out of the house. The sitting room is the same as it was twenty years ago, you sit in the same armchair, your mother sits in the same place, the windows look out on the same houses, yet everything is different, and it…

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