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 »

However much I’ve enjoyed all my Christmas reads – as I always do, and I made some excellent choices this year – I was ready to try something different for my final review of the year. A special treat, just for me, I thought – and then I remembered that I had a copy of… Read More »

So, just one last Christmas review for this year – I always thought my list of planned reading (you’ll find it again here) might have been a tad ambitious, so my apologies to those authors whose books I just wasn’t able to get to this year. But I really must share my review of Every… Read More »

Something a little different today? I’m still continuing my mission to get through a few of the Christmas themed books I enthusiastically (and a tad over-ambitiously) added to my festive reading list. Today, it’s a real pleasure to share my review of A Cornish Christmas Murder by Fiona Leitch: the fourth of her Nosey Parker… Read More »

I’m delighted today to share my review of The 12 Days of Christmas by Poppy Alexander: published by Orion, it’s now available as an ebook (and just 99p for kindle), in paperback, and as an audiobook. The kindle copy I read was my own, purchased and downloaded from Amazon. I’ve been wanting to read one… Read More »

With all the blog tours out of the way, I’ve now started my mission to read as many Christmassy books as I possibly can before I take my January break – although I doubt I’m going to get through anything like as many as I really want to. After the way so many friends reacted… Read More »

And my second short review today – and The Library by Bella Osborne is quite a departure from her usual romantic comedies. Published by Aria on 2nd September as an ebook on all major platforms (just 99p for kindle at the moment – and free via Kindle Unlimited), it’s now also available as an audiobook. The… Read More »

It’s been a year of rather big changes here – out and about and spending time with people again (and isn’t that wonderful?), discovering I actually really enjoy walking (on my own, with friends, and with the Nordic walking group I was so delighted to find), joining a Pilates class (still haven’t found my core,… Read More »

I’m so delighted today to be joining the blog tour for The Visitors by Caroline Scott, and sharing my review. Published on 9th December by Simon & Schuster, it’s now available in hardback, audiobook and on all major e-book platforms: the paperback will be available in June 2022. My thanks to Anne Cater of Random… Read More »

I always think short story collections are the perfect choice for Christmas – something you can pick up and put down again, when it can be difficult to get stuck into a full-length book and give it the concentration it deserves when there’s so much else that needs doing. I just wanted to tell you… Read More »