The Monster Within Two Wrongs by Mel McGrath is a gripping psychological thriller that consumed me from the start. It is a creepy read as there are several perpetrators and the reader cannot work out who can be trusted. Secrets are being kept and hidden. Something sinister lies in the past. It is something that […]

New Life The Best Is Yet To Come by Katy Colins is a wonderful, heartfelt contemporary novel that will swell your heart and leave you smiling. The novel is set in a small cul-de-sac. There are people around but two of the residents feel invisible. New mum, Izzy, is finding motherhood tough. “She wanted to […]

Totally Charming Can’t Buy Me Love by Andrea Christenson is a charming contemporary Christian novel loosely based on the Cinderella story. It is the second book in the Deep Haven Collection series. We all have dreams. It is important to pursue our own dreams and not to be pressured into following the dreams of others. […]

The Strength-Giver Facing The Dawn by Cynthia Ruchti is the most beautiful Christian tale about love and loss and hope. Cynthia Ruchti writes with care and compassion as the reader immerses themselves in her beautiful words. Facing The Dawn is like a hug from Jesus in a book. The reader will not be able to […]

Serenely Beautiful The Last Goodbye by Fiona Lucas is the most beautiful contemporary novel about love and loss and life. Fiona Lucas words sunk deep into my heart and soul. I was enchanted by the whole book. It was serenely beautiful. The book is about loss. “I’m not sure how I go on living and […]

Great Love While Paris Slept by Ruth Druart is a powerful historical novel that will break your heart. The action is mainly set in occupied Paris in 1944 and in Santa Cruz in 1953. The voices alternate within the chapters. This is a novel about the great love for a child. It is a love […]

Community Life Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr is a delightful contemporary novel and the second book in the Virgin River series. It can be read as a stand-alone. Once more the community of Virgin River pulls together to welcome a stranger and to help to bring healing and wholeness. The community has a strong sense […]

Searching My Name Is Leon by Kit de Waal is a marvellous debut novel that mesmerised me from the start. The setting is Birmingham in 1981. I grew up near Birmingham so I know it well. Lots of memories from that time were ignited by the novel. I remember the hype around Charles and Diana’s […]

Love As He Has Loved Us The Menu by Steven Manchester is a beautiful allegorical tale about the great love of God for all His children for all eternity. Life is short. Eternity is long. We are all born and we all die, we need to make sure we live well between the dates. The […]

Absolutely Charming The Sowing Season by Katie Powner is a marvellous Christian debut novel about love and life and family. Katie Powner has created a delightful set of characters, all misfits in their own way, struggling to make sense of life in the season they are in. The main pairing is a fifteen year old […]