After a short break, I’m really delighted today to be joining the blog tour for Does My Bump Look Big In This? by Amy Lynch, published 29th September for kindle and in paperback. If I wasn’t struggling with my reading at the moment, I would have so LOVED to read this one… The mother of… Read More »
Pleased to be joining the 12 Days of Clink Street Christmas tour today, and my guest is Yana Stajno, author of Rules for Thursday Lovers. So Yana, how to cope with that office Christmas party… Days are dark, rain steady; red baubles mushroom all over the city; the Singing Santa is installed on top of the… Read More »
I’m delighted to join the blog tour today for the new thriller by Jessikah Hope Stenson: Trace This Scar was published by Excalibur on the 24th November 2016 and is available in paperback and for kindle. A Lie. A Betrayal. A Murder. Daphne has everything she’s been dreaming of since the day her parents died when… Read More »
It’s always a delight to feature something a little different on Being Anne. When Leslie Tate asked me to review a section of his recent release, Heaven’s Rage, I was really intrigued. Here’s the description: Heaven’s Rage is an imaginative autobiography. Reporting on feelings people don’t usually own up to, Leslie Tate explores addiction, cross-dressing… Read More »
Bore da! It was Sue Moorcroft who first introduced me to the lovely Adrienne Vaughan – and told me “you’d love her books!”. I’m quite sure I would – they all look thoroughly lovely, and I will catch up at some point, I promise. Since we met, Adrienne has been a wonderful supporter of Being Anne,… Read More »
It’s almost a year now since I first met the lovely ladies that make up the New Romantics Press – Adrienne Vaughan, Lizzie Lamb, June Kearns and Mags Cullingford – and they’ve become some of my favourite party companions. I’m really delighted that Lizzie and Adrienne have agreed to join me here on Being Anne this week, on… Read More »
It’s always a great pleasure to feature an author I’ve met (and liked), and today I’m delighted to be part of the cover reveal tour for the new historical saga by Terri Nixon. Penhaligon’s Attic is published by Piatkus Books on 1st December, in paperback and for kindle, available from Amazon in the UK and US.… Read More »
It’s always a pleasure to welcome another member of Book Connectors to Being Anne, and today I’m delighted to introduce you to Ellie Darkins. Her latest novel, Holiday with the Mystery Italian, is published by Mills and Boon Cherish on 1st December. Since the accident that paralyzed him, Italian tycoon Mauro Evans vowed to embrace life.… Read More »
I do have a few posts I prepared earlier, and I’m delighted today to join the blog tour for Beneath The Ashes by Jane Isaac: this is the second DI Will Jackman crime thriller, published by Legend Press on 1st November, and available in paperback and for kindle. I’ve been wanting to read a book by… Read More »
Only a few short weeks ago, I wrote a post saying “I rarely write about anything really personal on Being Anne”. My apologies, but I’m about to do it again. On 8th November I published a “coming up” post, promising many things – you’ll find it here – and so many people responded telling me… Read More »
I’m so delighted author Sue Shepherd got in touch – she’d seen my reviews on Book Connectors and Twitter, and (rightly!) thought I might rather like the look of her books. Her second novel, Love Them and Leave Them was published by Corazon Books on 27th September, and I’ll be reading and reviewing it on Being… Read More »
Another “catch up” review today, and another wonderful book – Lily’s House by Cassandra Parkin, published by Legend Press on 15th October and available in paperback and for kindle. When Jen goes to her grandmother’s house for the last time, she’s determined not to dwell on the past. As a child, Jen adored Lily and suspected… Read More »
Amid all the recent mayhem, I had to “pass” on publishing reviews of a couple of novels I really enjoyed and publish other material instead, but I really did want to catch up later. Through necessity, my “catch up” reviews will be a bit shorter than usual – today I start dismantling 62 years of “home”… Read More »
After all these years of reading, I like to think that I have a pretty good instinct when deciding “I’m going to like this book” or “this one really isn’t for me”, and use it to choose my reading. Sadly, I still frequently get it wrong. Essie Fox has written three previous Gothic Victorian novels published… Read More »
Back in May, I published a spotlight on Sword Dance by Marie Laval, the third in the Dancing For The Devil trilogy that started with The Dream Catcher and Blue Bonnets – you’ll find the feature here, with an extract from the book. Dancing For The Devil is now available as a box set for Kindle from… Read More »