I started reading – and really enjoying – Zoë Folbigg’s new book The Postcard, quickly realised it was a sequel and went out and downloaded her first book. I’m not quite sure how it managed to pass me by when it came out in 2017 as it is exactly the kind of fun romantic read…
Tag: Romance
Book Review: One Last Greek Summer – Mandy Baggot ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
If you are hunting for that last minute addition to your holiday suitcase then surely you have found it. One Last Greek Summer is that feel good holiday romance that oozes sunshine, cocktails and fun and just makes you smile while you are reading along. Beth Martin is 31 and newly divorced. Best friend Heidi…
Book Review:One Summer in Santorini – Sandy Barker ⭐️⭐️⭐️
It is that time of year when thoughts turn to the perfect sunbed by a pool or failing that a nice comfy deckchair in a sunny park or garden. It is summer-time and as we slap on the factor 30 sun cream we can dream about an idyllic sunshine holiday in the mediterranean or something…
Book Reviews: One Thousand Stars And You – Isabelle Broom *****
I love a good book cover and shamelessly I will admit that it is often the difference between picking up a book in the store or not. This latest book from Isabelle Broom has the most gorgeous cover art and it captured me right from the start. Alice lives with Richard. She has a job…
Book Review: Hunting Lila – Sarah Alderson *****
When Hunting Lila was first published in 2011 Sarah Alderson was an unknown writer trying to pay the bills in Bali. Now she is a screenwriter and successful author living in California and Hunting Lila is heading for the big screen this year. Lila is seventeen and there are two things that she would prefer…
Book Review: Freeks – Amanda Hocking ****
Amanda Hocking is one of my go-to authors for a good supernatural story and Freeks has all the ingredients that that make me very happy. Set in 1987, the story is interlaced with the music of the time and had me wishing that there was a playlist set up to go with the book! The…
Book Review: A Year and a Day – Isabelle Broom ****
A Winter break in Prague is proving to be a challenging situation for Megan. Ollie is her best friend and she is keen to keep him at arms length and to keep their relationship on a strictly platonic level. Ollie however has other ideas and Megan is determined that this cannot become anything more. She…
Book Review: All I Want for Christmas – Jenny Hale ****
Some weeks you are glad of a little easy escapism and let’s face it there has been quite a lot to escape from over the last few days! All I Want for Christmas is a sweet Christmas story and in many ways it is quite an old fashioned romance. Leah Evans lives in a small…
Book Review: Unsportsmanlike Conduct – Sophia Henry ****
The latest in the Pilots Hockey series is a little bit different from the usual hockey romance. Kristen Katsaros is on a singles cruise paid for by her parents as a graduation gift. They want her to meet a nice Greek boy and settle down. Kristen, on the other hand, wants to live life a…
Book Review : Lyric & Lingerie – Tracy Wolff & Katie Graykowski ****
Lyric Wright is an off-beat astrophysicist whose life is falling apart around her. After losing her scientist fiancé to a hula dancing astrologer and losing her dress to an ill-fated leap of faith, she’s sure there’s nowhere for her life to go but up. At least until she sits down on a trans-Pacific flight next…
Book Review:The Loving Husband – Christobel Kent ***
Fran wakes up in the night because the baby is crying. She realises that husband Nathan isn’t in bed so she checks on the baby and then goes in search of him. When he’d come in from the pub earlier he had snuggled up with her and they’d had sex for the first time since…
Book Review: Take A Chance on Me – Carol Wyer ***
Charlie is stuck in a bit of a rut. She is approaching forty and has little of significance in her life. Losing daughter Amy five years ago in a car accident turned her life upside down. Her relationship with her husband was never the same again and they parted on fairly amicable terms. When her…
