Now why on earth haven’t I read anything by Merryn Allingham before now? I’m delighted today to share my review of The Secret of Summerhayes, published by HQ on 27th July, available for kindle and in paperback. I thoroughly enjoyed this one… A war-torn summer A house fallen into ruin A family broken apart by… Read More »

Another tour with Brook Cottage Books today, and featuring a book that I really wish I could have fitted in because it looks really excellent. Never on Saturday by Sue Barnard was published by Crooked Cat Books in February 2017, and is available via Amazon in paperback and for kindle. The description of “paranormal romance”… Read More »

Today I’m sharing my review of Paradise Girl by Phill Featherstone, published by Troubadour in January 2017; you might remember reading the excellent guest post Phill wrote for Being Anne in May, and you can read it again here.  Young adult, dystopian… now that really doesn’t sound like one for me, does it? But there… Read More »

You can never have too much of a good thing I always think, and I’m delighted to be featuring another one of Kathryn Freeman’s lovely books here on Being Anne today – this time as part of the blog tour with Brook Cottage Books. Too Damn Nice was published as an e-book by Choc Lit… Read More »

I so enjoyed Baxter’s Christmas Wish, the lovely novella by Sharon Booth (you can read my review here), and I’ve really taken far too long to try one of Sharon’s full length novels. Faced with an unexpected gap in my reading schedule, and feeling I needed a read that would provide a bit of a… Read More »

I never quite got round to reading one of Patricia Dixon’s books when they focused on French countryside life – the naughty dogs, difficult in-laws and sweltering summers. Her latest, Over My Shoulder, published in May 2017 and available for kindle and in paperback, is something very, very different – and maybe not my usual kind… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to welcome Kathryn Freeman to Being Anne. Just between you and me, she’s one of my favourite Choc Lit authors, and always a wonderful supporter of the blog and her fellow authors – and it’s a real frustration that I can’t manage to read and review her books as often… Read More »

I’ve mentioned before how you can meet the loveliest of people on Twitter. Today I’m delighted to welcome Susi Osborne to Being Anne: we’ve followed each other for simply ages. Her latest book, Angelica Stone, was published for kindle by The Book Guild on 26th July, and today (28th August) is paperback publication day. Congratulations… Read More »

Remember how much I enjoyed The Christmas Promise last year? So many other people did too – so many that it reached #1 in the charts, and thoroughly deserved it. And it’s lovely today to be able to share the gorgeous Christmassy cover of Sue Moorcroft’s new book, The Little Village Christmas – publishing in e-book… Read More »

Now I might just have mentioned this book here on Being Anne once or twice before, but I really couldn’t miss out on today’s promo event for the wonderful Secrets We Keep by Faith Hogan, could I? Published in February 2017 by Aria Fiction – Head of Zeus – it’s a book that won a place in… Read More »

I’m delighted today to be joining the blog tour for A Shape on the Air by Julia Ibbotson, published by Endeavour Press on 28th July. I’m really frustrated that I wasn’t able to read it for the tour – you all know how much I love time-slip, don’t you? – but it’s a book I… Read More »

I’ve been really looking forward to reading Our Summer Together by Fanny Blake, published by Orion on 13th July. You might have seen the excellent guest post from Fanny about white water rafting on the Zambesi (you can find it again here) and the fact that it’s never too late to try something new. I just… Read More »

It was lovely to welcome author Thorne Moore to Being Anne back in June, writing about how to define her latest book, Shadows, published by Endeavour Press on 14th June.  You can read Thorne’s excellent piece again here – and you’ll see she finally settled on “slightly paranormal domestic noir”. The classification doesn’t matter one… Read More »

I’m delighted today to be joining the blog tour for You Are Loved by Jo Platt, published for kindle (and in other e-formats) by Canelo on 14th August. Another book I just couldn’t squeeze into my reading list, no matter how hard I tried – but it does look thoroughly lovely. Sometimes, life needs a… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to introduce you to author Jo Jackson. Jo and I “met” through Book Connectors, and from the moment I read about her book, Too Loud a Silence – published by Apedale Press, and available in paperback and for kindle – I knew it was one I really wanted to read. This… Read More »