In 2013, Laurelin Paige self‐published her first novel. Her husband was just laid off, she had three kids, one with special needs, and they had just filed for bankruptcy so she needed this novel to work. Less than 1 year later, her debut novel, Fixed on You, was at the […]
The blurb for this book sounded like just the kind of book that I enjoy reading. “Margot Lewis is the agony aunt for The Cambridge Examiner. Her advice column, Dear Amy, gets all kinds of letters – but none like the one she’s just received: Dear Amy, I don’t know […]
One of the books that I was most excited by earlier this year was “The Girl in the Ice” which was the debut detective novel from Robert Bryndza and the first book in the Detective Erika Foster series. While you can read The Night Stalker as a stand-alone story I […]
UK Publication Date: 3 Mar 2016. 640 pages. I really should stop choosing books that I think that I SHOULD read. It rarely turns out well! Six Four is a monster of a book at 640 pages and is a translation from the original Japanese. The premise of the story […]
UK Publication date: 7 June 2016. 272 pages. Shut Out is the first in a new series of Bayard Hockey books by Kelly Jamieson. Unlike Kelly’s previous Hockey books this story is set pre-NHL at a College Hockey team. Following a serious incident at his previous club Jacob Flass has […]
UK Publication Date: 5 May 2016. 400 pages. If you are looking for a gripping suspenseful read that is perfect for the side of the pool this summer then look no further than The Swimming Pool. As the school holidays are about to begin teacher Natalie notices that the local […]
UK Publication Date: 2 June 2016. 384 pages. Having just finished this book I can feel a buzzing in my veins. It feels vital and it is a release. I’ve been reading it over a couple of days but haven’t been able to stop thinking about Maria even while I […]
UK Publication Date: 10 May 2016. 368 pages. Unrivalled is the latest book from Alyson Noel aimed at a Young Adult audience. Set in the glitzy club world of Hollywood it has a feel of Pretty Little Liars meets Mean Girls. The story centres on three main characters, all wannabees […]
UK Publication Date: 3 May 2016. 320 pages. This debut novel from Mary Waters-Sayer is full of colour and sensation. A literary novel with depth and substance. Kat is mother to Will and wife to entrepreneur Jonathan. They have a very comfortable life in Kensington, with a large house next […]
UK Publishing Date: 21 Apr 2016. 384 pages. The story begins in London in 1970. At the age of twenty seven Audrey Bailey is alone in the world. Her father has died leaving her an orphan. At the urging of her friend Janet she boards a ship and travels half […]
UK Publishing Date: 7 Jun 2016. 216 pages. Interference is the third book in Sophia Henry’s Pilot Hockey series. It is a very short read at 216 pages and more of a novella – however this is reflected in the price. If you come to this book expecting a full […]
UK Publishing Date: 25 Feb 2016. 400 pages. “Hello. I hope somebody is listening…” It had been a pretty poor week for YA books for me or at least it was until I picked up Radio Silence by Alice Oseman. It left me grinning like the Cheshire Cat. The book […]
UK Publishing Date: 11 Feb 2016 336 pages Beautiful Broken Things will resonate with any woman who had a best friend to share their secrets with during their teenage years. Marketed as a YA book this debut by Sara Bernard explores the relationship and friendships between three sixteen year old […]
UK Publication Date: 02 Feb 2016. 432 pages. Many years ago I was an avid fan of Dr Alex Delaware and I rushed to the library to get on the wait list when every new novel came out. I don’t really know why, but we drifted apart. There was no […]
UK Publishing Date: 30/07/2015. 354 Pages. In a Dark, Dark Wood is the debut from Ruth Ware. It is a modern day Agatha Christie style crime thriller with all the protagonists isolated in a cottage for the weekend. When Nora receives an invitation to a hen party she is quite […]
UK Publishing Date: 20 Nov 2015. 98 Pages. Christmas Cravings is another story in the Greedily Yours series by Emma Hamilton. It is really a long short story or a short novella specially released for the festive season. If you haven’t read any of the other stories it doesn’t really […]
UK Publishing Date: 17th Sept 2015. 400 pages. When I finished reading this book I jotted down a few thoughts on a page and realised that they were almost exclusively negative. So I had a quite scan over some other reviews and I was quite surprised that so many people […]
UK Publishing Date: 13 Aug 2015. 272 Pages Its probably a bit quirky but I find short stories fundamentally unfulfilling. You just start to get under the skin of a character and then the story ends. Next you are launched into a different setting and a new bunch of characters. […]
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