When your life is a lie, who can you trust? When Maggie Taylor accepts a new job in Manchester, she is sure it is the right move for her family. The children have settled well although her husband, Duncan, doesn’t appear to be so convinced. But nothing prepares her for the shock of coming home from work… Read More »
Where love is your only escape …. 1911: Inside an asylum at the edge of the Yorkshire moors, where men and women are kept apart by high walls and barred windows,there is a ballroom vast and beautiful. For one bright evening every week they come together and dance.When John and Ella meet it is a dance that… Read More »
‘The time to be happy is now…’ Jo remembers her late husband’s words but is struggling to face the lonely future that lies ahead. A heartbroken widow, Jo finds herself alone with ghostly memories at Kirkton House – a Cumbrian Manor that until recently, she ran as a thriving hotel. Her two sons have moved… Read More »
They all said that Bangladesh would be an experience…For Anne Hamilton, a three month winter programme of travel and ‘cultural exchange’ in a country where the English language, fair hair and a rice allergy are all rare in the extreme was always going to be interesting, challenging and frustrating. What they didn’t tell Anne was… Read More »
A laugh-out-loud debut that will delight fans of Liane Moriarty and Fiona Higgins, this is The Devil Wears Prada at the school gates.Distinctly middle-class parents, Maria and Joe have committed every bit of available income to giving their daughters Kate and Sarah the best education possible, which to them means attending the most exclusive girls… Read More »
A perfect life… until she discovered it wasn’t her own.A tragic family event reveals devastating news that rips apart Bella’s comfortable existence. Embarking on a personal journey to uncover the truth, she faces a series of traumatic discoveries that take her to the ruggedly beautiful Cornish coast, where hidden truths, past betrayals and a 25-year-old… Read More »
“You can’t run away from commitment forever … “Adam Hamilton-Shaw has more reason than most to avoid commitment. Living on a houseboat in the Severn Valley, his dream is to sail into the sunset – preferably with a woman waiting in every port. But lately, his life looks more like a road to destruction than… Read More »
On the morning of Lily’s twenty-fifth birthday, it’s time to open the very last letter written to her by her beloved mother, who died when she was eight.Learning more about the first and only real love of her mum’s life is a revelation. On the same day, Lily also meets Eddie Tessler, a man fleeing… Read More »
When a cover is as perfect as this one, it needs to be simply shared. When it’s the cover of the forthcoming book by Louise Beech – author of the wonderful How To Be Brave (my review is here) – and the publisher is Orenda Books, you know that what will be inside will be simply… Read More »
An addictive and gripping read about love, life and living a lie … One little lie can make one big difference … Lydia has the ‘right’ kind of friends, her children are at the ‘right’ kind of school and she’s married to the ‘right’ sort of man – kind, steady, reliable Mark. Her wedding business… Read More »
Saffron is studying for a promising career in medicine until a horrific accident changes her life for ever. Needing to escape London, she moves to a coastal town to live with her mother. Saffron feels trapped until she meets Joe, another outsider – despite initial misgivings, they grow closer to each other as they realise… Read More »
A golden promise for the future in a lonely palomino mare, but life deals a cruel hand for James and Laura.James is still running from the past after the loss of his wife, and a devastating accident forces him to face his final demons, but at what cost? Laura is forced deeper into his rural… Read More »
I don’t always write about the book-related events I’m so privileged to attend, but last night’s party at Carmelite House was so very special that it would be wrong not to. It was the launch party for Jill Mansell’s 27th and latest book, You And Me, Always. Jill’s books have always held a very special place… Read More »
Abbi Devine never expected Hollywood to be like this… Leaving her small town in northern Maine for Hollywood was always going to be a gamble, but she’s finally got her chance- a speaking part as a burlesque dancer in a movie starring A list actor Aaron Halliday. However, when she’s thrown off her stride and ends up… Read More »
Life isn’t all love and cupcakes … Katie has had her fair share of bad luck, but when she finally realises her dream of opening a bakery it seems things can only get better.But the reality of running a business hits Katie hard and whilst her partner, Steve, tries to help she begins to sense that… Read More »