I’m really delighted today that my turn has finally come to join the September leg of the blog tour for Cat Hogan’s debut novel, They All Fall Down. Published by Poolbeg Press on 1st July, it’s available via Amazon in the UK and US, in paperback and for kindle – and it’s a really excellent thriller.… Read More »
A heatwave brings emotions to boiling point… it is high summer in London and trouble is brewing. Chef Dan should be blissfully happy. He has the woman of his dreams and a job in a trendy Hampstead bistro. But his over-anxious partner, engrossed in their baby, has no time for him. Stressed doctor Geoff finds… Read More »
I really can’t believe I’ve never read a book by Gill Paul before. They’re all on my kindle – honestly, they are – and Gill has been a friend for a while now and one of my very favourite book party companions, but until reading this gorgeous book I had absolutely no idea that she… Read More »
Back in June I spotted a rather lovely looking book being reviewed on one of my favourite blogs, Linda’s Book Bag. That book was Summer – An Anthology for the Changing Seasons edited by Melissa Harrison, and you can read Linda’s review here. Alison Menzies got in touch to offer me a copy for review, but… Read More »
My guest on Being Anne today is author Ravinder Randhawa: her latest novel, The Coral Strand, was published by Troubadour earlier this year, and is available for kindle and in paperback. It’s a story of English winters and Indian summers, moving from the cold streets of modern Britain to the glamorous, turbulent and impassioned world of… Read More »
I’ve mentioned before some of the lovely people you can meet on Twitter, and that’s where I first “met” Anne Polhill Walton. Now I knew she wrote as Nell Peters, and we’ve talked about everything under the sun, but she’s never – honestly, never! – asked me to review one of her books. So, in a nice bit… Read More »
It’s always such a pleasure to discover an author – and a thoroughly lovely book – that hasn’t had anything like the exposure it really deserves. I’m not the first to discover it – there were really good reviews on two of my favourite book blogs, Random Things Through My Letterbox and Linda’s Book Bag,… Read More »
It’s always lovely to feature an author I’ve met through Book Connectors, and today it’s my pleasure to introduce you to Karen King. Karen is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, the Society of Authors and the Society of Women Writers and Journalists, and writes sassy, contemporary romance just right for reading on the beach. I… Read More »
It’s my great pleasure today to be hosting the first stop on the blog tour for the new novel from Isobel Blackthorn, A Perfect Square, published by Odyssey Books – available for kindle from Amazon UK/US/Australia, with the paperback to follow soon. When pianist Ginny Smith moves back to her mother’s house in Sassafras after the… Read More »
Where did August go? Yes, it’s that time again, when I tell you all about my blog tours, features and planned reviews for the month ahead – then come back towards the end of the month with lots of excuses about what I just couldn’t quite manage! I actually didn’t do too badly in August… Read More »
When I read my first book by Lynda Renham – Perfect Weddings – earlier this year, I enjoyed it so much that I vowed I’d be reading more of her books. You’ll find my review of that one – and an interview with the author – here. Lynda now has a series of three e-books… Read More »
What if you had to learn to stand on your own feet? Although Stevie lost her parents when she was very young, she’s always been able to rely on her brother, Marsh. But now Marsh is married and Stevie feels like she is losing him too. Determined to prove her independence, Stevie sets about transforming… Read More »
Alice Calwin finds herself without purpose in life after the death of her mother, whom she’d been caring for following a stroke. Theo Edwards, a literary journalist, has a sour outlook on life, bolstered by his ongoing divorce, and is feeling the pressure to revitalise his column in the newspaper. They encounter one another at… Read More »
Can you imagine keeping a secret so devastating, you couldn’t even tell the people you love? Honor’s secret threatens to rob her of the independence she’s guarded ferociously for eighty years. Jo’s secret could smash apart the ‘normal’ family life she’s fought so hard to build. Lydia’s could bring her love – or the loss… Read More »
Andrew Bennett has an idyllic life in Magnolia Creek, Australia. He runs a chocolate business he adores, is married to Gemma, the love of his life, and has a close relationship with his father, Louis. But when Andrew receives a message from his high school sweetheart, it sends his world into a spiral, and the… Read More »