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Christmas at Borteen Bay by Morton S. Gray
Christmas has a way of bringing family secrets to the surface … Christmas is a bittersweet time for Pippa Freeman. There are good memories, of course – but some painful ones too. Then her mother is implicated in a mysterious occurrence in their home town of Borteen, and Pippa wonders if she’ll ever experience a happy Christmas again – especially when a family secret is revealed. But when police officer and old school friend Ethan…
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The Lingering by S.J.I. Holliday
Married couple Jack and Ali Gardiner move to a self-sufficient spiritual commune in the English Fens, desperate for fresh start. The local village is known for the witches who once resided there and Rosalind House, where the commune has been established, is a former psychiatric home, with a disturbing history. When Jack and Ali arrive, a chain of unexpected and unexplained events is set off, and it becomes clear that they are not all that…
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May I Have Your Attention Please? by James Corden
The Autobiography As far back as he can remember James Corden has only ever wanted to be in one place: in front of you, doing something to make you laugh, cry, shout, or giggle uncontrollably. At the age of 4, he grandstanded throughout his baby sister’s christening, standing on a chair in front of the whole congregation, pulling faces and cracking everyone up. Despite himself, the vicar was impressed. And from then on he couldn’t…
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Talisman by David Evans
The Wakefield Series (Book 3) Book Blog Tour | The Wakefield Series TROPHIES – TORMENT – TALISMAN David Evans @DavidEWriter Bits about Books @CarolineBookBit Following a fire in a terraced house, the body of a prominent lawyer, Charles Chamberlain, is found naked and shackled to a bed frame. Six weeks earlier, DI Colin Strong is investigating the sudden death of a transsexual, left undiscovered in the bath for over a year. Initially, it appears to be a…
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The View from our Window by LJ Ryan
“Definitely a light and refreshing read… this book has everything in it …death …sorrow …suspense …mystery …and romance.” “This delightful, complicated and twisty tale has the advantage of being a remarkably well-written saga.” All Laurel needs is a new life for herself and her two children. Recently widowed, she moves to a picturesque village just outside Marseille. A world apart from her hectic life in Dublin, Laurel is determined to leave behind the person she once…
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Melissa and Kasho by Camilla Chance
BOOK DESCRIPTION BOOK DETAILS MY REVIEW I was offered a copy of this book to review on my book blog and whilst it is not a book I would normally choose – science fiction fantasy. However, I was intrigued by the blurb and I found this to be an inspirational story for young adult readers. The author, Camilla Chance, has created a story with a strong message. The writing is creative, realistic and expressive with…
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The Break by Marian Keyes
The Break isn’t a story about falling in love but about staying in love. It is Marian Keyes at her funniest, wisest and brilliant best. ‘Myself and Hugh . . . We’re taking a break.’ ‘A city-with-fancy-food sort of break?’ If only. Amy’s husband Hugh says he isn’t leaving her. He still loves her, he’s just taking a break – from their marriage, their children and, most of all, from their life together. Six months…
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Torment by David Evans
The Wakefield Series (Book 2) Book Blog Tour | The Wakefield Series TROPHIES – TORMENT – TALISMAN David Evans @DavidEWriter Bits about Books @CarolineBookBit A message left in error on a young woman’s answerphone is the catalyst for uncovering some dark deeds. Three young women are missing; luxury cars are being stolen; and just what did happen to two young schoolgirls, missing since the 1980’s? DI Strong and journalist, Bob Souter are drawn into murky and dangerous…
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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
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
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
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.
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
(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
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
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
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)
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)
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
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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