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Review: Weave of Love, a tale of post-apocalyptic choices and consequences from Rachel J. Bonner

27 Sunday Oct 2019

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In a futuristic world, ripped apart by a devastating war, Leonie hovers on the brink of death after harnessing her extra-ordinary mental powers to save the victims of a horrible explosion.

Husband Perry, a former monk, who showed Leonie how to harness those powers, is wracked with guilt.

And, though, he knows she is receiving the best possible care from his former brothers at the monastery of the House of St Peter, he is tortured with thoughts of ‘what if?’

Meanwhile, his mentor, and Leonie’s adopted Continue reading →

Read an extract: Birthday blog tour bash for The Summer Springsteen’s Songs Saved Me by Barbara Quinn

24 Thursday Oct 2019

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Confession time: I fell in love with The Summer Springsteen’s Songs Saved Me by Barbara Quinn when it first came out two years ago.

You can read my thoughts on this stunning tale of love and loss, loyalty and new beginnings and affirmation that there’s more to America and Americans than President Trump here.

In the meantime, as part of a birthday blog tour bash, you’ll find an extract below to whet your appetite for more…

First though a little about the book:

Coming home to catch her husband with his face between the long, silky legs of another woman is the last thing Sofia expects—and on today of all days. Continue reading →

Review: A Cornish Affair, romance driven drama by Jo Lambert, is satisfyingly tasty

23 Tuesday Jul 2019

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How do you like your scones? The Devonshire way? Jam on top. Or do you go down the Cornwall route and spread the jam first and top with clotted cream?

I only ask because in some ways Jo Lambert’s romance driven drama A Cornish Affair reminds me of a particularly tasty Cornish scone – with the seaside setting a perfect showcase for a rich cast of characters and a plot with a surprising depth.

Am I stretching the metaphor a bit here?

Perhaps…

The clue though is in that word ‘surprising’. Continue reading →

Review: Rosebrook Chronicles (The Hidden Stories) from Helen J Christmas reminds us why the past needs to remain another country

18 Thursday Jul 2019

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One of my pet hates is people who complain things were better in the old days.

Because they weren’t.

When I was a child Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were abducting, abusing and murdering children.

Spare the rod and spoil the child was still a widely held belief and, though I was incredibly lucky to have a safe and secure home life, lots of other kids didn’t.

And Rosebrook Chronicles (The Hidden Stories), a tense psychological series of Continue reading →

Review: The secrets of How Not to Write Female Characters from Lucy V. Hay

07 Sunday Jul 2019

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Forget stereotypes and box ticking: from Kick-ass Hotties to Mom Warriors, tarts with hearts and Crying WAGS – it’s all about the writing.

Or, as Lucy V. Hay puts it in her punchy, concise e-book guide How Not to Write Female Characters, it’s about GOOD WRITING.

Hay, script editor, novelist and owner of the UK’s top screenwriting blog www.bang2write.com, knows what she’s talking about.

She’s spent the last 15 years reading the slush pile and has learned to spot the patterns, pitfalls and general mistakes writers make when writing female characters – and why. Continue reading →

Review: Author Jo Fenton’s psychological thriller The Brotherhood opens the lid on life within a cult

26 Sunday May 2019

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It’s the stuff of nightmares – or mine, at least. A bullying ex-boyfriend, a totalitarian religious sect, and a remote abbey that’s more like a concentration camp than a haven. The chills are coming quick and fast.

Add an abusive, albeit charismatic, cult leader and a team of violent wardens, who enforce the leader’s rules with brutal efficiency, and Jo Fenton’s psychological thriller The Brotherhood is one hundred per cent a rollercoaster.

At first, Melissa, who falls back on her faith after the sudden death of her parents, is captivated by Dominic, a minister, who’s supporting her through her bereavement. Continue reading →

Review: Cultivating a Fuji takes a thought-provoking look at the perils of social anxiety

19 Sunday May 2019

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Most workplaces have someone like Martin – competent, capable, reliable but also just a little bit of a ‘weirdo’ who never joins in with the other guys.

Most people – if they give it a thought – assume the Martins of this world choose their solitary existence.

But what if Martin, the unassuming hero of Cultivating a Fuji, isn’t simply shy and retiring? What if hiding his feelings is the only way he knows to survive?

Author Miriam Drori has written a compelling, heart-warming and thought-provoking UpLit exploration of loneliness and social anxiety. Continue reading →

Read an extract: Christmas Miracles at the Little Log Cabin by Helen J Rolfe

14 Friday Dec 2018

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Do you believe in Christmas Miracles?

We’ve a delicious extract for you to read from Helen J Rolfe’s heart-warming festive romance, Christmas Miracles at the Little Log Cabin.

Here’s what the blurb has to say about the book:

Holly is looking for a change and even though not everyone agrees with her career choices, she’s determined there’s more to this life than the long hours she works as an editor in New York City.

What she doesn’t expect is to meet Mitch, a recluse who’s hiding more than she realises.

Mitch does all he can to avoid human contact, spending his days in the little log cabin out in the woods behind Inglenook Falls where he owns a Christmas tree farm, so when Holly falls into his life, he’s not sure how to react.

All he knows is that something needs to change if he ever wants to get his life back on track. Continue reading →

Review: Hope and Christmas Spirit galore in Susan Buchanan’s seasonal story

10 Monday Dec 2018

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Everyone needs the right mix of Hope and Christmas Spirit and the mysterious Natalie Hope has both in abundance.

She’s a woman on a mission: every December she has just 24 days to make sure four unhappy people have a Christmas to remember.

This year she’s landed in the small town of Winstanton, twenty miles north of Glasgow, and, in next to no time, she’s working her magic: re-uniting families, bringing lovers together and generally stirring things up.

It’s all a bit clichéd but who cares? Continue reading →

Review: Isa Ritchie’s Fishing with Māui is a multi-layered, multi-voiced delight

07 Wednesday Nov 2018

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Fishing for Maui - Front - (RGB) (002)Every so often you get to the end of a book and think: ‘I’d better read that again.’

Fishing with Māui, by Wellington-based author Isa Ritchie, is one such book.

I turned the last page a couple of days ago and I’m still not sure I’ve picked up on all the nuances or that I’ve properly understood what Ritchie was trying to say about the importance of family and tradition; the place of religion (or not!); and the difficulties of being comfortable in your own skin. Continue reading →

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