It’s a particular pleasure today to be joining the blog tour for Maggie Christensen’s Summer in Bellbird Bay, and to share my review: the first in a new series, this one was published on 22nd February and is now available as an e-book and in paperback. My thanks to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for… Read More »

I always enjoy discovering a new-to-me writer of women’s fiction – Debbie Howells may well already be a familiar name to many because of her best-selling psychological thrillers, but today I’m delighted to share my publication day review of her most recent foray into women’s fiction, The Life You Left Behind. Out today from Boldwood… Read More »

It’s a pleasure today to be joining the publication day push for the latest book from Liz Davies, The Not So Golden Oldies: independently published, it’s now available for kindle (free via Kindle Unlimited), and also in hardcover and paperback. My thanks to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for the invitation and support, and to the… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to be joining the blog tour and sharing my review of the latest book from Beth Moran, Just The Way You Are: published by Boldwood Books on 17th February, it’s now available as an e-book and in paperback, with the audiobook to follow on 24th February. My thanks to Rachel… Read More »

Back in December, I shared the rather lovely new cover for Julia Ibbotson’s excellent Anglo-Saxon time-slip mystery romance, A Shape on the Air – you can find that post here, along with my earlier review. Today, I have the pleasure of being able to tell you about the other two books in the trilogy –… Read More »

I’m so delighted today to be helping launch the blog tour for the latest book from Jane Lovering, A Cottage Full of Secrets, and to share my publication day review. Out today from Boldwood Books, it’s now available as an ebook, in paperback and as an audiobook. My thanks, as always, to Rachel at Rachel’s Random… Read More »

It’s an absolute pleasure today to join the blog tour for Em & Me by Beth Morrey, and to share my review. Published by HarperCollins on 3rd February, it’s now available as an ebook on all major platforms, in hardcover, and as an audiobook. My thanks to Susanna Peden at HarperFiction for the invitation and… Read More »

I’ve been really looking forward to this one – and I’m delighted today to be helping launch the blog tour for A Sunrise over Bali by Sandy Barker (you might just know by now that she’s one of my favourites!), and sharing my review. Published by One More Chapter, the ebook will be released on 17th… Read More »

I’m really delighted to be joining the blog tour today and sharing my review of Off Target by Eve Smith. Published by Orenda Books, it’s now available as an e-book and as an audiobook, with the paperback to follow on 17th February. My thanks to Anne Cater of Random Things Tours for the invitation and… Read More »

It’s an immense pleasure today to be joining the blog tour and sharing my review of The Language of Food by Annabel Abbs. Published by Simon & Schuster on 3rd February, this wonderful book is now available on all major e-book platforms, in hardcover (and isn’t that cover one you’d love to have on your… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to be helping launch the blog tour and to share my review of Under One Roof by Samantha Tonge: published by Boldwood Books, it’s now available as an ebook and in paperback, with the audiobook to follow on 12th February. My thanks to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for the invitation… Read More »

At the beginning of February, the Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA) announced the shortlists for their annual Romantic Novel Awards for 2022, as well as the winner of the Popular Fiction Award. It’s something I always look forward to so much – I’m always surprised to find some wonderful looking books that entirely missed my radar,… Read More »

It’s an absolute pleasure today to share my publication day review of The Start of Something by Miranda Dickinson. Published by HQ today, it’s now available as an ebook, in paperback, and as an audiobook. My thanks to the publishers for my advance reading e-copy, and for inviting me to share my review today. I… Read More »

Delighted to be returning today after my January break – fully restored, raring to go, excited about many of the books I’m planning to review over the next few months. I’ll tell you more about some of the excellent books I’ve been reading while on my break as soon as I can pull a post… Read More »

I’m a little later than usual pulling together my Books of the Year list this time round – I really was finding it a quite impossible task, and the end-of-year timing did feel right given that I’m about to begin a month-long blogging break. Once more, I’ve read more books this year than ever before… Read More »