So Powerful, So Brave The Girl From Venice by Siobhan Daiko is a powerful dual timeline novel that has its roots in fact. The tale is set in 2010 and also during World War II in Italy. It is a search for roots after a grandmother has passed away. All her life, her upbringing has […]

Simply Beautiful All Creatures Come And Sing by Kristina Schoette is a simply beautiful Christian book for the under fives. I think adults would appreciate its beauty too. The story surrounds the hymn All Creatures Of Our God & King by William Henry Draper. It is a hymn that I am familiar with which enabled […]

A Field Of Four Leaf Clover The Silver Ladies Do Lunch by Judy Leigh is a most delightful contemporary novel that I adored. The tale is about community, love and friendship. The reader drops in to glimpse friendships formed fifty years ago in primary school, remain. The village is community-minded. They laugh together, love together […]

Totally Gripping The Price by Darren O’Sullivan is a fabulous contemporary crime thriller that I just could not put down. It consumed my every moment. Darren O’Sullivan has created an exciting, well thought out and executed plotline. As the action heated up, so my pulse rate rose… and just when I thought the action couldn’t […]

Care & Compassion The World Outside My Window by Clare Swatman is a simply marvellous contemporary novel that I just could not put down. The lead character is outgoing until her life changes in an instance (at the book’s start). The reader witnesses the change overnight as her world shrinks, confidence is shattered and agoraphobia […]

Roots The Fall by Shari Low and Ross King is a contemporary thriller suspense and the final book in the Hollywood Thriller series. I had not read the previous books and found this could be read as a stand-alone. However, I would recommend reading the previous books first as I did get a little confused […]

Real Or Imagined? The Homemaker by Shari J Ryan is an absolutely gripping contemporary psychological thriller that I just could not put down. Right from the start Shari J Ryan drew me in, as I questioned what was happening. The action is written in the third person from alternating points of view and different time […]

Exciting & Gripping Seat 97 by Tony Bassett is a marvellous contemporary murder thriller that captured my attention from the start. Tony Bassett has cleverly constructed and well executed a complex plotline that intrigues the reader from the start. All the characters are well drawn with likable leading ones and some very menacing criminals. The […]

Kind Hearts & Good Manners The Waterfront Lass by AnneMarie Brear is a fabulous historical novel which I really enjoyed. The action is set in Wakefield in 1870. The reader drops into both the homes of the working classes and the drawing rooms of the upper class. We see that for some, there is no […]

An Angel Watching Over A Question Of Loyalty by Gillian Poucher is a powerful contemporary Christian suspense that totally consumed me from the start. Gillian Poucher has created a set of very realistic characters who are easy to relate to and empathise with. We see characters who are struggling with various aspects of life that […]