It’s such a pleasure today to be joining the ongoing blog tour for the latest book from Jessica Redland, A Forever Home at Honey Bee Croft – the third and final book in her Bumblebee Barn collection – and sharing my review. Published by Boldwood Books on 22nd January it’s now available as an ebook… Read More »

It’s a particular pleasure today – and it actually feels like rather a privilege, because this is such a special book – to be helping launch the blog tour for A Mother’s Last Wish by Jo Bartlett,  and sharing my publication day review. Published today (26th January) by Boldwood Books, it’s now available as an… Read More »

It’s such a pleasure today to be joining the blog tour for Surprises on the Scottish Isle by Lilac Mills, and sharing my review: this is the first book in her new Coorie Castle Crafts series, was published by Canelo Romance on 23rd January, and is now available in paperback and on all major ebook… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to be joining the blog tour for Murder on the Menu by Katie Marsh, and sharing my review. Published on 18th January by Boldwood Books, this is the third in her wonderful Bad Girls Detective Agency series, and now available as an ebook (free via Kindle Unlimited), in paperback, and… Read More »

I’m delighted today to be helping launch the blog tour for An Italian Island Secret by Victoria Springfield, and sharing my publication day review: published today (21st January) by Boldwood Books, it’s now available as an ebook (free via Kindle Unlimited), in paperback, and as an audiobook. My thanks to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources… Read More »

It’s such a pleasure today to be helping launch the blog tour for the latest book from Celia Anderson, Onwards and Upwards, and sharing my publication day review: published today (20th January) by Boldwood Books, it’s now available as an e-book (free via Kindle Unlimited), in paperback, and as an audiobook. My thanks (as always)… Read More »

I’m delighted today to be helping launch the blog tour for Something in the Air by Helen Rolfe, the third book in her Skylarks series, and sharing my publication day review: published today (17th January) by Boldwood Books, it’s now available as an ebook (free via Kindle Unlimited), in paperback, and as an audiobook. My… Read More »

Apologies, a little later in the day than usual, but it’s a delight today to share my publication day review of the latest book from Jill Mansell, An Almost Perfect Summer. Published today (16th January) by Headline Review, it’s now available in hardcover, on all major e-book platforms, and as an audiobook, with the paperback… Read More »

I’m delighted today to be launching the blog tour for The Storyteller’s Daughter, the latest book by Victoria Scott, and sharing my publication day review. Published today (15th January) by Boldwood Books, it’s now available as an ebook (free via Kindle Unlimited), in paperback, and as an audiobook. Many thanks, as always, to Rachel at… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to be helping launch the blog tour and sharing my publication day review of the latest book from Gillian Harvey, Midnight in Paris: published today (14th January) by Boldwood Books, it’s now available as an ebook (free via Kindle Unlimited), as an audiobook, and in paperback. My thanks to Rachel… Read More »

Apologies, I’ve been slacking a bit – still reading (of course – it’s like breathing!) but sorting out holidays, making sure my finances are in good order, filling the freezer with batch cooking, even some housework and ironing (I hardly know myself!). But I did promise to tell you about these books, didn’t I? I… Read More »

The reviews I write – and share – are always books I’ve read on my kindle, but it’s become a bit of a tradition to produce an annual round-up of the audiobooks I’ve listened to over the previous year. If you’ve read any of my previous audiobook posts (two for 2022 – here and here… Read More »

I always really enjoy pulling together my list of Books of the Year – looking back over the year, remembering the many hours of such enjoyable reading, reading again the many reviews. It took a while – I’ve read 165 books this year. But that did include 15 audiobooks (I’ll be producing a separate post… Read More »

My last review of the year, and I’m really delighted to share my publication day review of The Earl’s Marriage Dilemma by Sarah Mallory. Published today (19th December) by Mills & Boon/Harlequin Historical, it’s now available via Amazon in the UK and US for kindle and in paperback, on other major e-book platforms, and also… Read More »

Just a quickie today! As I’ve now completed all my Christmas reads, I just thought you might like to know what I’ll be reading over Christmas and New Year. Throughout the year, most of my reading is for blog tours – it’s something that works really well for me, keeping to a strict schedule, knowing… Read More »