Things between me and Papa are so different to what me and Mum have. It’s been that way since the first day. An invisible bond. Papa was the one who never stopped encouraging me to strive for my goals. ‘Take every opportunity dis country give you, ich mwen,’ he’d always said… When Yvette receives a call to say her estranged father Joe has been… Continue reading The Other Island by Steffanie Edward
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The Charity Of Strangers by Alison Burke. #BlogTour
The Charity of Strangers You can find almost anything in a charity shop, but can you find love? You can certainly find friendship and there is both laughter and tears ahead when 19yr old Zaffron, lonely, anxious and without direction, meets Blaire Daintry, good-looking, charming, and gay. Both volunteers in the charity shop,… Continue reading The Charity Of Strangers by Alison Burke. #BlogTour
Nothing Man by R J Gould. #BlogTour
Nothing Man One man in need of an overhaul. Two women determined to drag him there. Neville Watkin’s life is so rubbish surely things can’t get any worse. Yes they can, because his wife leaves him, he loses his job, has a car crash and ends up in hospital. Feisty Laura, the other party in… Continue reading Nothing Man by R J Gould. #BlogTour
The Hiding Place by Jenny Quintana. #BlogTour
Some houses have their secrets. But so do some people… From Jenny Quintana, the bestselling author of The Missing Girl and Our Dark Secret, comes The Hiding Place: a story about identity, love, long-buried secrets and lies. Marina is adopted. She’s always known this – but the circumstances of her birth remain a mystery. Baby… Continue reading The Hiding Place by Jenny Quintana. #BlogTour
HUNT by Leona Deakin. #BlogTour
In the third gripping thriller from Leona Deakin, Dr Bloom places herself in extreme danger. Undercover in a sinister cult, can she save a group of vulnerable young women before it’s too late? The Foreign Secretary is being held under the Terrorism Act. He will answer the police's questions on one condition - they let… Continue reading HUNT by Leona Deakin. #BlogTour
The Kindness Project by Sam Binnie #BlogTour
Step 1. Help the baker's ex-wife Step 2. Find the true calling of the village shop owner Step 3. Call a truce on a decades-old feud Step 4. Forgive me . . . ? The locals of the Cornish village of Polperran are grieving the sudden loss of Bea Kimbrel, a cornerstone of their small community. Now her reclusive, estranged daughter Alice has turned up, keen… Continue reading The Kindness Project by Sam Binnie #BlogTour
Small Town Secrets by Alys Murray. #BlogTour
“Young women needed for the Fortune Springs Town Improvement Initiative. One year’s room and board provided.” I should have known it was too good to be true when I first saw the ad. It turns out that Fortune Springs, Colorado isn’t just a one-horse town, it’s a two-woman one, and this is their attempt to keep the community… Continue reading Small Town Secrets by Alys Murray. #BlogTour
Stop That Dinosaur! by Alex English. #BlogTour
Summary: I was in my Granny's kitchen eating extra-special cake,when the walls began to tremble and the roof began to SHAKE.KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! Ring! Ring! Ring! Oh MY - a dino's at the door.And now it's taken Granny . SOMEONE STOP THAT DINOSAUR! Chase down the GRAN-NAPPING brontosaurus in this rollicking, rhyming, ROAR-some romp. Can you catch… Continue reading Stop That Dinosaur! by Alex English. #BlogTour
You Let Me Go by Eliza Graham. #BlogTour
You Let Me Go After her beloved grandmother Rozenn’s death, Morane is heartbroken to learn that her sister is the sole inheritor of the family home in Cornwall—while she herself has been written out of the will. With both her business and her relationship with her sister on the rocks, Morane becomes consumed by one… Continue reading You Let Me Go by Eliza Graham. #BlogTour
Project Kaitlyn by Grayson Avery. #BlogTour
Project Kaitlyn Meet Kaitlyn Colby, a clumsy, inappropriate blurter with self-esteem issues, but also quite handy with an axe. She's certainly no superhero, but she fights the battles of a single mom with sweet snarkasm. Between work and pining for and co-parenting with her man-child ex (is there any other kind?), Kaitlyn has no time… Continue reading Project Kaitlyn by Grayson Avery. #BlogTour