Reviews

  • The Proposal by SE Lynes

    The Proposal by SE Lynes

    You invited him into your life. And now you can never go back… Pippa wants a second chance. Recently divorced and unhappy at work, she uproots her life to move to a beautiful farmhouse in the countryside, determined to make a fresh start. But Pippa soon realises: your troubles are never far behind. One night, when Pippa is at home alone, a stranger arrives at her front door. Pippa invites him in, and, in a…

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  • My Name is Anna by Lizzy Barber

    My Name is Anna by Lizzy Barber

    Two women – desperate to unlock the truth. How far will they go to lay the past to rest? ANNA has been taught that virtue is the path to God. But on her eighteenth birthday she defies her Mamma’s rules and visits Florida’s biggest theme park. She has never been allowed to go – so why, when she arrives, does everything seem so familiar? And is there a connection to the mysterious letter she receives…

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  • Trophies by David Evans

    Trophies by David Evans

    The Wakefield Series (Book 1) Book Blog Tour | The Wakefield Series TROPHIES – TORMENT – TALISMAN David Evans @DavidEWriter Bits about Books  @CarolineBookBit From the CWA Debut Dagger Shortlisted Novelist comes an extraordinary crime novel that everyone is raving about. When DI Colin Strong interviews a suspect on suspicion of handling stolen goods he’s convinced he’s heard their voice before. Nearly 25 years ago the tape of Wearside Jack taunted West Yorkshire Police and his suspect fits the profile.…

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  • Sex, Snow and Mistletoe by Laura Barnard

    Sex, Snow and Mistletoe by Laura Barnard

    Short Story (10k words) Melinda is already having a crappy Christmas. Forced to attend some snotty bitch’s wedding is not the way to start out the holidays. But when a car crash pushes her into the path of a handsome stranger she’s glad to follow his snowy, sexy and seductive path. But is he too good to be true? And will she make it to the wedding before her best friend loses her mind with…

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  • Theme and Variations by Carl Ellenberger, M.D.

    Theme and Variations by Carl Ellenberger, M.D.

    Musical Notes by a Neurologist Did you ever wonder why you like certain kinds of music more than others? Or why musical talent is rare when love of music Is nearly universal? Part neuroscience, part memoir, Theme and Variations makes the latest evidence about how we process music in our conscious and unconscious mind accessible to every reader. Through his own experiences, the author, a musician and neuroscientist, shows how he came to understand the…

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  • The Birthday by Carol Wyer

    The Birthday by Carol Wyer

    (Detective Natalie Ward #1) One hot summer’s afternoon, five-year-old Ava Sawyer went to a party. She never came home … When five-year-old Ava Sawyer goes missing from a birthday party at a local garden centre, the police are bewildered by the lack of leads. That is until two years later, when Ava’s body is found and another little girl, Audrey Briggs, goes missing. Audrey also attended that party … Leading the investigation is Detective Natalie…

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  • Sugar Spells by Lola Dodge

    Sugar Spells by Lola Dodge

    The Spellwork Syndicate #2 After her run-in with a jealous warlock, apprentice baker Anise Wise can’t wait to get back into the kitchen where she belongs. But thanks to her brush with death, the land of the living isn’t all cupcakes and marshmallows. Anise’s magical mojo is way out of whack and her changed powers are stirring up trouble. The town’s abuzz with news that Anise can bake deathly spells, and unsavory characters start lining…

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  • Deadly Sweet by Lola Dodge

    Deadly Sweet by Lola Dodge

    The Spellwork Syndicate #1 Anise Wise loves three things: baking, potion making, and reading her spellbooks in blissful silence. She might not be the most powerful witch, but enchantment is a rare skill, and her ability to bake with magic is even rarer. Too bad no one wants witchcraft on their campus. Anise’s dream of attending pastry school crumbles with rejection letter after rejection letter. Desperate to escape her dead-end future, Anise contacts the long-lost…

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  • The Last Words of Madeleine Anderson by Helen Kitson

    The Last Words of Madeleine Anderson by Helen Kitson

    Once upon a time Gabrielle Price wrote and published an extraordinary novel.  But twenty years on her literary star has dimmed, her “work of genius” is all but forgotten, and no further novels have materialized. She now lives an unremarkable life: middle-aged, living alone in the sleepy village she grew up in, and working as a housekeeper for the local vicar. Her lonely existence is dominated by memories of her best friend Madeleine, who died…

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  • The Child by Sebastian Fitzek (audible)

    The Child by Sebastian Fitzek (audible)

    An Audible Original Drama My name is Simon. I’m 10 years old. I’m a serial killer. Robert Stern, a successful defence attorney, doesn’t know what lies in store for him when he agrees to meet a new client in a derelict estate on the outskirts of Berlin. Stern is more than surprised, when his old love interest and professional nurse Carina presents him a ten year old boy as his new client. Simon, a terminally…

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  • Amok by Sebastian Fitzek (audible)

    Amok by Sebastian Fitzek (audible)

    An Audible Original Drama FINALIST: The Audie Awards 2016 This was to be her last day alive. The renowned criminal psychologist Ira Samin prepared her suicide thoroughly. The death of her eldest daughter had weighed too heavily on her conscience for her to carry on and she yearned for one last drink to raise a toast to oblivion. Her morbid plans are interrupted and she is called in to negotiate a gruesome hostage situation at…

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  • Blood Sisters by Jane Corry

    Blood Sisters by Jane Corry

    Three little girls. One good. One bad. One dead. Three little girls set off to school one sunny May morning. Within an hour, one of them is dead. Fifteen years later, Alison and Kitty are living separate lives. Kitty lives in a care home. She can’t speak, and she has no memory of the accident that put her here, or her life before it. Art teacher Alison looks fine on the surface. But the surface…

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  • Bagging Alice by Laura Barnard

    Bagging Alice by Laura Barnard

    (Babes of Brighton #3) Alice is used to taking photographs for a living – not having intimate pictures of herself posted for all the world to see, thanks to a disgruntled ex-boyfriend. Now her clients are cancelling appointments, and she’s almost out of cash. What else could go wrong? Oh yeah, her room mate has scarpered leaving Alice completely out of luck. Enter Tom ‘man whore’ Maddens. Having disappointed his father one time too many,…

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  • The Infinite Pieces of Us by Rebekah Crane

    The Infinite Pieces of Us by Rebekah Crane

    From the author of The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland comes a hilarious and heartbreaking novel about coming apart, getting it together—and moving on. It’s just a two-hour drive… Pondering math problems is Esther Ainsworth’s obsession. If only life’s puzzles required logic. Her stepfather’s solution? Avoidance. He’s exiled the family to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, to erase a big secret from Esther’s past. So much for the truth. Now for the consequences: an empty…

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  • Cheer Up Love by Susan Calman

    Cheer Up Love by Susan Calman

    Adventures in Depression with the CRAB of HATE Susan Calman is a well known comedian and writer who has appeared on countless radio and television programmes. Her solo stand up show, Susan Calman is Convicted, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and dealt with subjects like the death penalty, appearance and depression. The reaction to the show she wrote about mental health was so positive that she wanted to expand on the show and write…

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  • Borrowing Time by Kat Bellemore

    Borrowing Time by Kat Bellemore

    A Borrowing Amor Novella Kat Bellemore has written Borrowing Time, a novella set in Amor. This exclusive novella is only available to those who have subscribed to her newsletter at kat-bellemore.com Borrowing Time gives a glimpse into the life of Ruby, Sam’s sister, before Katie ever stumbled into the New Mexican town of Amor.  MOMOBOOKDIARY REVIEW After reading Borrowing Christmas earlier this month I was excited to see there was more to read about the town…

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  • The Christmas Wish by Tilly Tennant

    The Christmas Wish by Tilly Tennant

    Lose yourself in this beautiful romantic comedy set in a land of sleigh rides, sparkling starry skies and gingerbread cottages. Perfect for fans of Karen Swan, Katie Fforde and Jill Mansell. Christmas is coming but it doesn’t feel that way for Esme Greenwood. Recently jilted by her cheating fiancee Warren, she’s had enough of London life and escapes to Thimble Cottage in the Peak District, home of her beloved grandmother Matilda. While Esme mourns for the wedding she’ll never have,…

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  • It’s a Wonderful Night by Jaimie Admans

    It’s a Wonderful Night by Jaimie Admans

    One night will change their lives forever… Georgia Bailey is closing up her little charity shop in Oakbarrow when she gets a mysterious late night call from a stranger, threatening to jump off the town’s bridge. Something about the man’s voice is faintly familiar but all she can do is stay on the line and after talking for hours, losing sense of time passing, coax him back from the edge. The next morning, Georgia walks…

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  • Dreams Come True by Amanda Paull

    Dreams Come True by Amanda Paull

    She’s reaching for the stars. There’s something he forgot to mention. A watertight plan starts to leak, but she’s not sure she can repair it. When Michelle Cameron was a teenager, she fell in love with all things Spanish. After years of hard work and careful planning, she’s finally moving to Pamplona. A great job, fabulous apartment and gorgeous boyfriend await her. Life doesn’t get better than this. But once she arrives, the revelations begin.…

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  • Blood on the Tide by Chris O’Donoghue

    Blood on the Tide by Chris O’Donoghue

    An Inspector Sony Russell Mystery (book one) Blood on the Tide is a story of the sea and boats, murder and Nazis and takes the reader through post-war France and Germany. When a gruesomely mutilated body trussed up in a distinctive fashion washes up on a lonely stretch of the south coast in the 1950s, DI Sonny Russell is soon struggling to unravel an intriguingly knotty puzzle. And as more bodies, similarly tortured, appear he…

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