Book Reviews

Can movie magic lead to a real-life romance? When Laurel Martin is hired to rewrite the script for a new timeslip blockbuster, she expects the historical advisor hired by the studio to be an elderly academic who won't interfere too much with her writing. But when she meets Professor Jason Harding, a young and unexpectedly… Continue reading Love on Location by Lynne Shelby

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Rian Kerry, and I’m in huge trouble. This is how it happened: I had a crush. You know those teenage crushes, which I’m sure you’ve all experienced, too. It was that kind of crush that makes your knees tremble, that makes you blush violently and stammer when… Continue reading One Last Kiss by A. S. Kelly

A remote yet beautiful Scottish village. A tiny kitchen lunch club. The perfect placeto start again.Anna moves to Crovie, a tiny fishing village on the Moray Firth, for a fresh start. But whenshe arrives, she realises her new home is really no more than a shed, and the village itselfsits beneath a cliff right on… Continue reading The House Beneath The Cliffs by Sharon Gosling

Catherine, a successful barrister, vanishes from a train station on the eve of her anniversary. Is it because she saw a figure - someone she believed long dead? Or was it a shadow cast by her troubled, fractured mind? The answer lies buried in the past. It lies in the events of the hot, seismic… Continue reading The Beloved Girls by Harriet Evans

Eleanor Sharpley has been living a lie... Needing to escape her London life quickly, Eleanor throws her things into the back of her car, and heads to her erstwhile best friend Charlie’s family farm. But Charlie isn’t there. Instead she finds Charlie’s grieving brother Daniel, her eight-month old daughter Hope (a daughter Eleanor had known… Continue reading We Belong Together by Beth Moran

Till death do us part... never felt so close Lucy has dreamt of her wedding day for as long as she can remember. And now the day is almost here. Her nearest and dearest are gathered on an idyllic Greek island and she just knows it's going to be perfect. It has to be. But… Continue reading The Wedding Party by Tammy Cohen

I was so sure I saw Sophie on the beach that day. But it couldn’t be her. Sophie’s dead… Ever since we swore to be best friends at school, Sophie was there for me. When she married my brother, she became family. We shared everything. At least I thought we did. After she died, I was devastated.… Continue reading The Woman on the Beach by Julia Roberts

Ruby Oldbridge needs to learn to take her own advice. A brilliant counsellor at work in York, she is however floundering in her own life. Her romantic track record is woeful, her finances are in a pickle, and she’s back in a house-share after splitting up with her useless ex. But one thing Ruby is… Continue reading A Midwinter Match by Jane Lovering

Ten years of marriage.Ten years of secrets.An anniversary they’ll never forget. Adam and Amelia are spending the weekend in the Scottish Highlands. The remote location is perfect for what they have planned. But when their romantic trip takes a dark turn, they both start to wonder – can they trust the one they’re with? Because… Continue reading Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney