Your family are always there for you…aren’t they? For Tara, Vee, Niall and Damian, the children of the Shine family, their parents have seen them through thick and thin. In fact, Gus and Joan’s lifetime of hard work has given their children the luxuries they never had when they were growing up – a comfortable… Read More »
How can one honeymoon cause so much trouble? Much as Emma loves Tom, she would never have got married if he hadn’t insisted. But with Tom sick for the whole week, shouldn’t she at least take advantage of the entertainment? Winston married Melissa after a three-month whirlwind romance. As a breakfast TV fitness star, he’s anxious to keep… Read More »
By far the majority of my reading is done on the Kindle these days. Choosing which book to read next (from a growing pile of actual books…) I’d actually forgotten the power of a good cover – I knew I’d like this book before I even thought about opening it. The other thing that attracted… Read More »
Denmark, 1940. War has come and everyone must choose a side. For British-born Kay Eberstern, living on her husband Bror’s country estate, the Nazi invasion and occupation of her adopted country is a time of terrible uncertainty and inner conflict. With Bror desperate to preserve the legacy of his family home, even if it means… Read More »
DAY ONEThe Georgia Flu explodes over the surface of the earth like a neutron bomb. News reports put the mortality rate at over 99%. WEEK TWOCivilization has crumbled. YEAR TWENTYA band of actors and musicians called the Travelling Symphony move through their territories performing concerts and Shakespeare to the settlements that have grown up there.… Read More »
1871. When Fergus Deagan’s wife dies in childbirth, she makes him promise to take their family to Western Australia to join his brother Bram, also to marry again. She’s right. His young sons and newborn daughter do need a mother’s love and he needs something different.Disowned by her father for becoming pregnant, Cara Payton bears… Read More »
I’m delighted today to be the first stop on the blog tour for a book I thoroughly enjoyed – Follow Me Follow You by Laura E James, published in paperback by Choc Lit on 5th September. You save me and I’ll save you… Victoria Noble has pulled the plug on romance. As director of the… Read More »
A few weeks ago I had the immense pleasure of reading Love And Fallout by Kathryn Simmonds – you’ll find my review here. Kathryn’s been a little busy recently – welcome to the world, baby Clara! – but I’m quite delighted she’s found time to pop in (between feeds…) and answer a few of my… Read More »
August 4th, 1914: ‘It was the day of champagne and raspberries, the day the world changed.’ Elin lives a luxurious but lonely life at Hiram Hall. Her husband Hugo loves her but he has never recovered from the Boer War. Now another war threatens to destroy everything she knows. With Hugo at the front, and… Read More »