Reviews

  • THE FALLOUT by Rebecca Thornton

    THE FALLOUT by Rebecca Thornton

    Full of secrets and rumours, the page-turner to get everyone talking in 2019 HarperCollins DESCRIPTION THE ACCIDENT.THE LIE.THE FALLOUT will be huge . . . When Liza’s little boy has an accident at the local health club, it’s all anyone can talk about. Was nobody watching him?Where was his mother?Who’s to blame? The rumours, the finger-pointing, the whispers – they’re everywhere. And Liza’s best friend, Sarah, desperately needs it to stop. Because Sarah was there…

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  • WHEN WE SAY GOODBYE by Michelle Vernal

    WHEN WE SAY GOODBYE by Michelle Vernal

    Can you love when all seems lost? ORION SYNOPSIS Can you love when all seems lost?Ellie Perkins life was right on track until her boyfriend Sam suffers a near-fatal car accident, leaving him in a coma and all their future plans in limbo. Desperately in need of something to fix, Ellie has to find a project and when her grandparents old house is put up for sale, she jumps at the chance. Because, like Ellie,…

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  • CHRISTMAS AT FROZEN FALLS by Kiley Dunbar

    CHRISTMAS AT FROZEN FALLS by Kiley Dunbar

    a cosy, heart-warming romcom to curl up with HERA BOOKS DESCRIPTION Sylvie Magnusson is going to be lonely this Christmas. Instead of jetting off for her honeymoon, she’s freezing at home in Cheshire. Guess that’s what happens when your fiancé dumps you a week before your wedding… Sylvie’s best friend, Nari, plans a trip to see the Northern Lights and get Sylvie’s mojo back. But as their Lapland getaway approaches, Sylvie realises that Frozen Falls is the…

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  • THE DEVIL UPSTAIRS by Anthony O’Neill

    THE DEVIL UPSTAIRS by Anthony O’Neill

    My sincere thanks to A Love of Books Facebook Group, Black & White Publishing and Anthony O’Neill for a copy of ‘The Devil Upstairs’ by Anthony O’Neill. All opinions are my own and not biased in anyway. All my reviews can be found on my blog momobookdiary.com

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  • GALLOWSTREE LANE by Kate London

    GALLOWSTREE LANE by Kate London

    (Collins and Griffiths #3) ATLANTIC BOOKS – CORVUS DESCRIPTION Detective Inspector Kieran Shaw’s not interested in the infantry. Shaw likes the proper criminals, the ones who can plan things.  For two years he’s been painstakingly building evidence against an organized network, the Eardsley Bluds. Operation Perseus is about to make its arrests.  So when a low-level Bluds member is stabbed to death on Gallowstree Lane, Shaw’s priority is to protect his operation. An investigation into…

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  • VILE by Keith Crawford

    VILE by Keith Crawford

    Elianor Paine is a Magistrate of the Peace in the Kingdom of Trist and a republican secret agent. She has 6 days to subvert her investigation, supplant war-hero Lord Vile, then coerce his adult children to start a revolution, before her masters discover the truth and have her killed. Just how far is she willing to go? And can she change the world without changing herself.

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  • THE WEEKENDER by Fay Keenan (review)

    When Charlie Thorpe met Holly Renton, they were not a match made in heaven… Holly lives and works in the beautiful town of Willowbury in Somerset. An incorrigible optimist, she is determined to change the world for the better. Charlie Thorpe on the other hand, is the ultimate pragmatist. As Willowbury’s new member of parliament, he has to be. While he’s determined to prove himself to the town, as far as Holly’s concerned, he’s just…

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  • IT WAS ALWAYS YOU by Sarah K. Stephens

    IT WAS ALWAYS YOU by Sarah K. Stephens

    Love hurts, but the truth can kill. bloodhound books SYNOPSIS Morgan isn’t sure about her new boyfriend, Justin. Considering the childhood trauma she encountered, Morgan wants to be grateful for the relationship. But a fight with Justin leaves her feeling shaken. Before the couple go on a romantic weekend trip, Morgan attends an appointment with her neurologist, Dr. Koftura, who has monitored her since an accident she had when she was seven years old. Morgan…

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  • AN ANONYMOUS GIRL by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

    AN ANONYMOUS GIRL by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

    From Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, the authors of the top ten bestseller The Wife Between Us, comes An Anonymous Girl – an electrifying novel about doubt, passion and deadly obsession . . . DESCRIPTION Seeking women ages 18–32 to participate in a study on ethics and morality. Generous compensation. Anonymity guaranteed.  When Jessica Farris signs up for a psychology study conducted by the mysterious Dr Shields, she thinks all she’ll have to do is answer a few questions,…

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  • What She Saw Last Night by MJ Cross

    What She Saw Last Night by MJ Cross

    No one will believe … WHAT SHE SAW LAST NIGHT. DESCRIPTION Jenny Bowen is going home. Boarding the Caledonian Sleeper, all she wants to do is forget about her upcoming divorce and relax on the ten-hour journey through the night. In her search for her cabin, Jenny helps a panicked woman with a young girl she assumes to be her daughter. Then she finds her compartment and falls straight to sleep. Waking in the night,…

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  • THE CHRISTMAS PARTY by Karen Swan

    THE CHRISTMAS PARTY by Karen Swan

    When Declan Lorne, the last remaining knight in Ireland, dies suddenly, an ancient title passes with him. But his estate on Ireland’s rugged south-west coast is left to his three daughters. The two eldest, Ottie and Pip, inherit in line with expectations, but to everyone’s surprise – and dismay – it is the errant baby of the family, Willow, who gets the castle. Why her? Something unknown – something terrible – made her turn her…

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  • The Essential Family Guide to Caring for Older People by Deborah Stone

    The Essential Family Guide to Caring for Older People by Deborah Stone

    No one wants to think about getting older. It’s true. At any age, when things are moving along normally day to day and everyone seems fit and well, there seems no reason to think about future problems that your friends and relatives might (and probably will) come across as they age. In fact, it might even seem a little morbid to think such thoughts, or possibly even tempting fate? Yet there will come a time…

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  • Mastering Adulthood by Lara E Fielding

    Mastering Adulthood by Lara E Fielding

    Go Beyond Adulting to Become an Emotional Grown-Up SYNOPSIS Whoever said being a grownup was easy? If you’re up to the challenge, Mastering Adulthood offers smart and entertaining strategies for dealing with difficult emotions like anxiety, sadness, and anger, or even just a lack of motivation and uncertainty. More than just “adulting”-this book will give you the real emotional skills you need to thrive! Whether you’re graduating from college, starting a career, trying to gain…

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  • Violet by SJI Holliday

    Violet by SJI Holliday

    When two strangers end up sharing a cabin on the Trans-Siberian Express, an intense friendship develops, one that can only have one ending … a nerve-shattering psychological thriller from bestselling author SJI Holliday

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  • The Snow Killer by Ross Greenwood

    The Snow Killer by Ross Greenwood

    A family is gunned down in the snow but one of the children survives. Three years on, that child takes revenge and the Snow Killer is born. But then, nothing – no further crimes are committed, and the case goes cold. Fifty years later, has the urge to kill been reawakened? As murder follows murder, the detective team tasked with solving the crimes struggle with the lack of leads. It’s a race against time and…

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  • Eve’s Christmas by Julie Butterfield

    Eve’s Christmas by Julie Butterfield

    Working for a department store where Christmas arrives in August, Eve prefers her own festivities to be low key with nothing more complicated than an oven ready turkey and frozen peas while she spends the day in her pyjamas. Unfortunately, this year her husband has invited his best friend to visit, the glamorous and sophisticated Abby, and Eve reluctantly decides that she needs to inject a little sparkle into their laid back and slightly shabby…

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  • Lucy Mathers goes back to work by Julie Butterfield

    A romantic comedy about the trials and tribulations of returning to the workplace! Lucy Mathers was once the golden girl of Simcock & Bright. Four years later, she’s a stay at home mum with two adorable children, has swapped her Louboutins for rabbit slippers and spends her day making crustless sandwiches and colour co-ordinated lunches instead of signing up high profile clients. When her husband is suddenly made redundant, there is panic in the Mathers’…

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  • The Light in the Hallway by Amanda Prowse

    The  Light in the Hallway by Amanda Prowse

    From the bestselling author of The Girl in the Corner comes the moving story of a man whose life is changed in an instant. How do you start again when you lose the only love you’ve ever known?

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  • #NoFilter by Maxine Morrey

    #NoFilter by Maxine Morrey

    A fun, heartwarming romantic comedy for 2019 I was excited to be invited onto the blog tour for the launch of Maxine Morrey’s romcom #NoFilter and that was before I started reading it.  I had only seen the front cover and I knew instantly it was a book I had to read and therefore I quickly accepted the invitation to publish an extract and went off to Amazon (link below) to buy a copy! Then…

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  • The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

    The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

    I received this book from NetGalley and am pleased to be able to share my review as follows: I thoroughly enjoyed this compelling psychological thriller. The writing style is just perfect for me – well written and straight to the point without the long drawn-out descriptive pages that often find their way into books. This was written to be an experience where you are carried along with the plot so much so that it could…

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