Ah, a new author! Oh ok, I’m guessing we all already know that Lucy Coleman is the alter ego of the wonderful Linn B Halton, whose books I unfailingly enjoy – but Lucy Coleman it is, and her first novel for Aria Fiction (Head of Zeus), The French Adventure, was published for kindle and in… Read More »

I first discovered the wonderful writing of Madeleine Reiss in 2013 following her success in a novel writing competition with the Alan Titchmarsh TV show. Someone To Watch Over Me was just wonderful, an immensely accomplished first novel (you’ll find my review here) – and I also thoroughly enjoyed her second, This Last Kiss (review… Read More »

I receive far too many emails daily to reply to every one – and I’m old-fashioned enough to feel really guilty when I press “delete” rather than “reply” when the admin gets to be more than I can cope with. But I do read every one, and sometimes come across a book that I really… Read More »

It’s an absolute delight today to share my review of Marie Laval’s first novel for Choc Lit, Little Pink Taxi, published today on all e-book platforms – my thanks to the publishers for my advance reading e-copy. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Marie on a few occasions, and she popped in to Being Anne… Read More »

I’m an immense fan of the books of Rachel Abbott, and it’s always a great frustration when I just can’t add her latest to my reading list for a review because I have far too many books waiting. I’ve already seen how much others are enjoying her latest, Come a Little Closer, published on 15th… Read More »

A pleasure today to be joining the blog tour for Hotel on Shadow Lake by Daniela Tully, published by Legend Press on 1st February. I was so intrigued by this book with its comparisons with The Shadow of the Wind – one of my all-time favourites – and its origins in the author’s family history, letters… Read More »

It’s a real delight today to be part of this cover reveal for the books from the writing partnership of Sue Featherstone and Susan Pape – a new one for the first in the series, A Falling Friend, and the cover for their forthcoming book A Forsaken Friend, to be published by Lakewater Press on… Read More »

Delighted to be joining the blog tour today for Last of the Summer Moët by Wendy Holden, published by Head of Zeus on 1st February. No space on the reading pile, sadly, but I do rather like the look of this one… Top reporter Laura Lake has struck journalistic gold. She’s discovered a super-exclusive English… Read More »

There was a little cheer and fanfare in this corner of Yorkshire last week when I read that author Jane Lovering had been short-listed in not just one, but TWO categories in the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year awards. The Little Teashop of Horrors – read my review here – is included in the… Read More »

On Valentine’s Day, you might have expected a post with hearts, flowers and chocolate – but when novelist and journalist Tessa Harris told me a little about how, in India, women want to be wooed in a more practical way, I knew it was a story I’d really like to feature. Find out more about the… Read More »

I’m really delighted today to be joining the blog tour today for Hunter’s Chase by Val Penny, the first of the Edinburgh Crime Mysteries, published by Crooked Cat Books on 2nd February, and available from Amazon in the UK and US. It’s another one of those times that I’m kicking myself that I couldn’t fit… Read More »

When I spent some time with the Belmont Belles – the Leicester RNA chapter – last October, I had the real pleasure to meet some of the loveliest ladies, all passionate about their writing. And it was a particular treat to be sitting near Cathy Mansell – an author I haven’t yet had the pleasure… Read More »

It was so lovely to read that Helen Rolfe had signed a contract with Orion Publishing, with a series on its way – starting with a free short story, followed by four novellas throughout 2018, with the entire series to be published as a paperback and ebook by the end of the year. I’ve featured… Read More »

Oh, I do like the look of this one… no reading time again, but one I’d love to catch up with later. Scandal by Sasha Morgan was published by Aria Fiction on 1st February, and I love its description as “a sexy, scandalous page turner”… As the new custodian of the ancestral home, Treweham Hall,… Read More »

If I’ve been stepping outside my comfort zone a little recently, today I’ve carried on walking and found myself in a totally unfamiliar place – and unexpectedly found I rather liked it there. I’m reviewing Ravens Gathering by Graeme Cumming, published for kindle back in 2012, and in paperback by Matador in February 2017. I’ve… Read More »