It’s a real delight today to share my review of Summer Nights in Lantern Square by Helen Rolfe, the first in a new four-part serial, published for kindle by Orion on 6th August. You might well remember that I was totally enchanted by Helen’s last four-parter – you can now buy it as a complete… Read More »

Now I know I’ve already shared my review of The Girl I Used to Know by Faith Hogan a couple of times before – but when Vicky at Aria Fiction invited me to join the blog tour for the paperback, released on 11th July with its gorgeous new cover, there was no way I could… Read More »

Today I have a review of another book I read just because I wanted to – The Summer of Love and Secrets by Helena Fairfax was independently published for kindle and in paperback on 26th July, and my thanks to her for sending me an e-copy. Helena’s actually partly responsible for this new rebellious streak –… Read More »

A real pleasure this morning to be part of the Virtual Book Festival (what a great idea!) organised by Anne Stormont over on her excellent blog, Put it in Writing. While you’re there, do take a look at some of the other great posts – and at Anne’s excellent books (you’ll find my review of… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure to again be joining Bookouture‘s Books-on-tour today, this time to share my review of We Were Sisters by Wendy Clarke: published on 8th August, available via Amazon for kindle and in paperback, and also on Apple Books, Kobo and Googleplay. My thanks to the publishers for my advance reading e-copy, provided… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure to be joining Bookouture‘s Books-on-tour again today, and sharing my review of The Beekeeper’s Cottage by Emma Davies. Published on 6th August, it’s available via Amazon for kindle and in paperback, and also via Apple Books, Googleplay and for Kobo. My thanks to Bookouture for my advance reading e-copy, provided through… Read More »

I’m delighted today to be joining the blog tour and sharing my review of The Girl at the Window by Rowan Coleman: already out in e-book, the paperback was published on 8th August by Ebury Press. My thanks to Anne at Random Things Tours for the invitation, and to the publishers for my advance reading… Read More »

A pleasure to join the blog tour today for The Homeless Heart-throb by Crystal Jeans, published on 1st August by Honno Welsh Women’s Press, and available in paperback and for kindle. My thanks to Anne at Random Things Tours for the invitation, and the ongoing support. I always try to read and review every new book… Read More »

I’m delighted today to be part of the blog blitz for Books for Older Readers, and my thanks to Claire Baldry for the invitation. If you haven’t yet discovered the website or the Facebook group, I’d really urge you to take a look. Although I read widely and write about every book I love, I… Read More »

A pleasure to be joining the blog tour today for a book I very much liked the look of – The Huntingfield Paintress by Pamela Holmes, published by Urbane Publications in April/May 2016 and available for kindle and in paperback. My thanks to Kelly at #LoveBooksTours for the invitation to join the tour. See if you… Read More »

It’s not very often that you’ll find a review of a book first published in 2012 here on Being Anne – but I’ve begun to rather like this occasional excursion into books I choose to read “just because I want to”! Today I’m reviewing An Englishwoman’s Guide to the Cowboy by June Kearns, available for… Read More »

  Having had the honour and pleasure of being an early reader of Gilli Allan’s Buried Treasure, now available for kindle via Amazon in the UK and US, I’m delighted to be joining the blog tour today and adding my praise to that of new readers. My thanks to the author for my advance reading e-copy, and to Rachel… Read More »

It’s such a pleasure today to share my review of The Almanack by Martine Bailey. Why the two covers? The one on the left is the hardback, published by Severn House: the one on the right is for the paperback and kindle versions, to be published by Black Thorn Books on 7th November, and available… Read More »

A pleasure today to join the book birthday blitz for Heathcliff by Sue Barnard: first published for kindle in July 2018 by Crooked Cat Books, this one’s also available in paperback. My thanks to Rachel from Rachel’s Random Resources for the invitation to join. The e-copy I read was my own, purchased via Amazon before… Read More »

A pleasure today to be joining the blog tour for One Last Summer by Victoria Connelly, published in February 2019 by Lake Union Publishing, available for kindle (and free via Kindle Unlimited), in paperback and as an audiobook. My thanks to Kelly at #LoveBooksTours for inviting me to join, and for her support. I really… Read More »