Meet Missy.A bit prickly.Very stubborn.Terribly lonelyAnd it’s all her fault….But does Missy deserve a second chance?-Saving Missy [ About the Book ] Missy Carmichael’s life has become small.Grieving for a family she has lost or lost touch with, she’s haunted by the echoes of her footsteps in her empty home; the sound of the radio…
‘It’s just my luck’ he said, ‘that when I finally find a soulmate, she’s fifteen years old’ – My Dark Vanessa [ About the Book ] 2000. Bright, ambitious, and yearning for adulthood, fifteen-year-old Vanessa Wye becomes entangled in an affair with Jacob Strane, her magnetic and guileful forty-two-year-old English teacher. 2017. Amid the rising wave…
Yesterday Lydia had a bookshopYesterday Lydia was married to a journalistYesterday she was with everyone she loved most in the worldToday, her eight-year-old son Luca is all she has left.For him, she will carry a machete strapped to her leg.For him, she will leap onto the roof of a high speed train.For him, she will…
Be prepared for emotional turmoil…Be prepared to be bereft… Isabelle in the Afternoon by Douglas Kennedy is about to be released into the world and it will completely capture your heart and soul. It is my final review of 2019, as I take a blogging break for the festive season, and what an incredible novel…
A DCI Frank Merlin Thriller – December 1941A Death in Mayfair A few weeks back I participated in the blog tour with Mark Ellis and Midas PR celebrating the recent publication of A Death in Mayfair with an extract, which you can read HERE. Today I am delighted to bring you all my review of…
‘An explosion of fat, guts, bones and blood filled his mouth. The sweet flesh and bitter entrails were sublime. The grease that coated the roof of his mouth was breathtaking. Sharp bones pierced his gums and his own blood seasoned the meat’– Black Summer Bet that got your attention? Black Summer by M.W. Craven is…
‘Friendships will be tested and loyalties torn. But can love win the day?‘– The Emerald Affair [ About the Book ] In Scotland in the aftermath of the First World War, nurse Esmie McBride meets handsome Captain Tom Lomax at her best friend Lydia’s home. Esmie is at first concerned for Tom’s shell shock, then…
Over two hundred years ago, Jane Austen started writing The Watsons but it was never completed…until now. Irish writer Rose Servitova made a decision to pick up where Jane Austen left off and has now published the novel complete ‘in a manner true to Austen’s style and wit.‘ Recently Rose wrote a piece entitled ‘Publication…
Today I am sharing my review of a very special book, a book featuring one of my favourite fictional characters. But today this post is much more than just my review. Caimh McDonnell is a comedian who has very successfully turned his hand to writing with the creation of the most lovable rogue, Bunny McGarry.…
Their relationship shocked London High Society and in Ireland was only spoken about in whispers – until now.Michael Collins – he was Ireland’s greatest hero.Lady Hazel Lavery – she was London’s most famous and beautiful socialite and the face on Irish banknotes for decades.– A Great Beauty [ About the Book ] A Great Beauty…