Keep The Light Burning The Soldier’s Child by Tetyana Denford is a powerful and moving historical novel that I just could not put down. The novel spans many years, beginning just after the end of World War I. We travel across continents from Ukraine to America as we follow the members of one family. We […]

Capturing The 20’s Atmosphere A Killing At Smugglers Cove by Michelle Salter is an entertaining historical cosy crime novel. It is part of An Iris Woodmore Mystery series but can be read as a stand-alone. The action takes place in 1923 at Dawlish on the south Devon coast. The light-hearted tone is reminiscent of Miss […]

Incredibly Beautiful This Child Of Mine by Emma-Claire Wilson is a simply beautiful contemporary tale that will tug at your heart. Tissues will be needed. The story is told in the first person from the point of view of the leading lady. We can ‘feel’ her pain and her fears. We understand her tears. Receiving […]

A Sneak Peak At The Cover Book Blurb GOD WANTED HIM TO RESCUE HER IF IT WAS THE LAST THING HE DID . . . AND IT LIKELY WOULD BE. A murder occurs in a prominent northern Arizona family . . . Derrick Walton is on a mission to atone for his sins, putting his […]

An Old Fashioned British Holiday Starting Again In Silver Sands Bay by Karen Louise Hollis is a really fun contemporary read that delighted my senses. The book is set over the six weeks summer holiday and in a caravan park in Lincolnshire in two caravans which are lacking modern conveniences. It awakened memories in me […]

The Guardian Escape To Tuscany by Kat Devereaux is a compelling dual timeline novel that enthralled me and entertained me from the start. Two stories run parallel, having similarities and differences as we follow teenager Stella in Tuscany in 1944 and Tori who escapes to Tuscany in 2019. Both women are under estimated by those […]

Chasing The Moon The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston is the most beautiful contemporary novel that I absolutely loved. I savored every word. This is a novel about love – but it is not your conventional tale. Ashley Poston has created a unique story that is so very beautiful and will warm your heart. […]

The Guiding Light Secrets Of The Monument by Arlene Pearson is a wonderful dual timeline novel that I thoroughly enjoyed. The action is set over 1946 and 2015. The parallel stories are similar but different as we follow characters linked by family. There are misconceptions about situations in both time periods. We witness the power […]

A Marvellous Debut Homebodies by Tembe Denton-Hurst is a marvellous contemporary debut novel that consumed me from the start. The novel is written from the point of view of Mickey, a young black woman, who is searching for her place in society. Life is unfair as Mickey finds she has to work twice as hard […]

A Work Of Great Beauty This Child Of Mine by Emma-Claire Wilson is a simply beautiful contemporary tale that will tug at your heart. Tissues will be needed. The story is told in the first person from the point of view of the leading lady. We can ‘feel’ her pain and her fears. We understand […]