A long, long time ago, when I was a fairly new blogger and considerably less tired and grey – ok, it was October 2013! – I published a review of a wonderful novel I’d discovered called The Room Beyond, together with an interview with the author, Stephanie Elmas. You can read it again here, if… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to be joining the blog tour and sharing my review of The Winter’s Child by Cassandra Parkin, published on 15th September by Legend Press. My thanks to the publishers for my reading e-copy, and for including me in the tour. I came a little late to Cassandra’s writing – although… Read More »

Goodness, October turned out to be a bit busier than I expected: I’m not really a two-posts-a-day girl, and there were a few times that I found I really had to, but it was nice to have a little bit of a break towards the end of the month to get ahead with my reading.… Read More »

Delighted today to be joining many other great bloggers on the weekend blog blitz – shorter than a blog tour, but with more fireworks! – for The Forgotten Room by Ann Troup, published by HQ Digital on 25th October. My thanks to Jenny at Neverland Tours for including me in the event, and for sending… Read More »

It’s an absolute pleasure today to be joining the blog tour for Heart of Stone by John Jackson – and on publication day too! Published by Crooked Cat Books – and isn’t that cover just gorgeous? – you can buy your copy, paperback or kindle, from Amazon in the UK and US. I’m delighted to… Read More »

Really happy to be joining the blog tour today for A Vicarage Christmas by Kate Hewitt – the first book in the series The Holley Sisters of Thornthwaite, published on October 18th by Tule Publishing, and available from Amazon in the UK and US. I am slightly ashamed though that this is yet another book… Read More »

“There’s something magical about trying something totally different, and the joy of discovering how enjoyable it can be.” Who said that? Well, that’s a quote from me, from my review of Alison Brodie’s Brake Failure, back in January. So when Alison asked me to try her latest book, Zenka, due for publication on 6th November… Read More »

I’m so delighted to be joining the blog tour today for All The Colours In Between by Eva Jordan – published on 19th October by Urbane Publications, and available from Amazon in the UK and US or direct from the publishers. The moment I spotted Eva’s first book, 183 Times a Year, I rather thought… Read More »

It’s always an immense pleasure to welcome Anne Allen as my guest on Being Anne – and I’m particularly delighted that she asked me to be part of the launch celebrations for The Betrayal, published today. I’ve read and really enjoyed several of the books in the Guernsey Novels series – and you’ll find a… Read More »

Goodness – Christmas at the Gin Shack – published on 13th October by HQ Digital – is Catherine Miller’s fourth book! It only seems like yesterday that she was getting all excited about the publication of her first, Waiting For You, and I wondered how on earth she’d managed it while wrangling those gorgeous twins:… Read More »

It’s Christmas again today – well, I did warn you about how much I love those gorgeous covers! Today I’m delighted to be joining the blog tour for Christmas at the Log Fire Cabin by Catherine Ferguson, published as an e-book by Avon Books on 2nd October, with the paperback to follow on 30th November.… Read More »

I had the great pleasure of meeting author Ellie Gray at the RNA Afternoon Tea in York a couple of weeks ago. It’s always lovely to meet an author whose books you’ve read, particularly when they’re as warm and friendly as Ellie – you might remember my review of Beauty and the Recluse last year… Read More »

One of the things I love about this time of the year is sharing some of the new Christmas book covers, and this one is a real beauty – Christmas Secrets in Snowflake Cove by Emily Harvale will be published for kindle on 1st November, and is available for pre-order from Amazon. And not only a lovely… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure to welcome Marie Gameson as my guest on Being Anne today, to tell us a little about her latest book: The Giddy Career of Mr Gadd (deceased) was published by Salt Publishing in July, and looks just fascinating. You may well remember meeting Marie here before – I featured a lovely interview with… Read More »

I’ve never started a review with “OMG” in my life – but I’ve rarely wanted to do so this much. I already know how wonderful Barbara Copperthwaite’s thrillers are – you can read my enthusiastic earlier reviews of Invisible, Flowers for the Dead, The Darkest Lies – and I’ve got over the fact that such… Read More »