Water With Love & Care Clara’s Secret Garden by Rosie Green is a perfectly charming contemporary novel and the first book in the Little Duck Pond Café trilogy which promises to be delightful. The novel is written in the first person from the point of view of the lead character Clara. This means that the […]

Absolutely Charming The Love Arrangement by Ruby Basu is an absolutely charming contemporary novel that will warm your heart and make you smile. All the characters are wonderfully drawn and soon become your friends rather than characters in a book. Love and friendship pervade the whole novel, enveloping the reader in wide arms. Family is […]

Christmas In A Book The Twelve Wishes Of Christmas by Ruby Basu is the most delightful contemporary novel that will warm your heart. It is definitely Christmas wrapped up in a book. As you snuggle into its pages, you will feel the warmth and love. Christmas is snow and candy canes, Christmas trees and hot […]

The Greatest Gift Spring Breeze by Angela Barton is a marvelous and powerful historical novel. It is heartbreaking too. The novel is set in Paris during the Nazi occupation of World War II. We see the horrendous acts of cruelty towards the Jewish people including the massive round-up in 1942 into the Velodrome. Conditions were […]

So Very Beautiful From Now On by Amelia Henley is the most beautiful contemporary novel that totally consumed me. I never wanted it to end. The novel is about love, loss and family. There are many different types of love – friendship, family, partner and more. Each one requires a step towards another, of making […]

Inspiring Life Without My Family: Lone Survivor Of Eleven Children: Overcoming Grief With Faith by Sophie Scenic-Daniels is an inspiring account of a life lived well, loving God throughout all the challenging scenes of life. The author had a good role model in her Mum. “My mother lost seven children, then lost her husband, but […]

Unpredictable  The Gate In The Fence by Bob Menzies is a contemporary crime suspense that intrigued me from the start. This had a cleverly constructed plotline which I did not predict. The perpetrator revealed themselves at the start but the ‘why’ was not obvious. As the reader hangs on, all will be revealed in due […]

An Unexpected Gift Bentonsport: A Christmas Story by Lisa Schnedler is most delightful Christian timeslip novel that enchanted me from the start. The plotline is a magical one, perfectly suited to the snowy setting. Christmas is a time of year for miracles. Our God is the God of the miraculous. Bentonsport: A Christmas Story is […]

Delightful The Break-Up Agency by Sheila McClure is a most delightful contemporary novel that will leave you smiling. The novel is about friendship and kind hearts. We need those around us who will always be there for us. There are some very kind hearts who just want to make the world a better place. We […]

In Love & War Heartache At Blackberry Farm by Rosie Clarke is a marvellous historical novel. It is part of the Blackberry Farm series but can be read as a stand-alone. I recommend reading the books in order so you can track character progression. We catch up with the action in 1940. The war has […]