Month: March 2024
My 4 Favourite Audiobooks of 2024 – Part One
A new list! I love a list. I only just started listening to audiobooks last year, and it’s not just about the story – it’s also about the narrator/s. One of my biggest issues with audiobooks has always been the length, as I am a fast reader and I don’t have the patience to listen for, say 11 or 12 hours, when I could … Read More My 4 Favourite Audiobooks of 2024 – Part One
+ friends, friendship, grief, lies, love, motherhood, secrets
Nosy Neighbours by Freya Sampson
You can choose your home, but you can’t choose who lives next door . . . Twenty-five-year-old Kat Bennett has never felt at home anywhere, especially not in crumbling Shelley House. The other residents think she’s prickly and unapproachable, but beneath her tough exterior, Kat is plagued by guilt from her past and looking for somewhere to belong. #NosyNeighbours X/Twitter: @SampsonF @ZaffreBooks @Tr4cyF3nt0n #CompulsiveReaders #blogtour #booktwitterInstagram: … Read More Nosy Neighbours by Freya Sampson
+ family, female friendship, fiction, Ghost story, gothic, gothic horror, Gothic mystery, grief, haunting, lies, loss, love, marriage, motherhood, psychic, review, secrets, supernatural
The Black Feathers by Rebecca Netley
Where ghosts tread, black feathers fall . . . When Annie marries widower Edward Stonehouse and arrives at Guardbridge, his estate on the Yorkshire moors, she thinks she has finally put darkness behind her. She is mistaken. Edward’s sister, Iris, still lives in the family home. A taxidermist and medium, she urges Annie to watch out for black feathers – claiming that they mark … Read More The Black Feathers by Rebecca Netley
Alycat And The Sunday Scaries by Alysson Foti Bourque
It’s Sunday, the day before the school week begins, and Alycat is nervous. She just knows that Monday is going to be the Mondayest Monday ever! On the playground, Alycat realizes she isn’t the only one suffering from the Sunday Scaries. It’s hard to ride a bike. What if Kit falls? The treehouse is so high. Will Spotty make it safely back down? The … Read More Alycat And The Sunday Scaries by Alysson Foti Bourque
+ Australia, childhood, crime fiction, family, fiction, forgiveness, friendship, grief, journalist, lies, loss, love, murder, obsession, police corruption, Psychological fiction, review, secrets, sisters, thriller
To The River by Vikki Wakefield
How long can you hide the truth? The Kelly family has always been trouble. When a fire in a remote caravan community kills nine people, including 17-year- old Sabine Kelly’s mother and sister, Sabine confesses to the murders. Shortly after, she escapes custody and disappears. #ToTheRiver @VikkiWakefield @noexitpress #RandomThingsTours @annecater @RandomTTours #blogtour Recently made redundant from marriage, motherhood and her career, journalist Rachel Weidermann has long suspected … Read More To The River by Vikki Wakefield
+ cult, fiction, love, Magical realism, review
The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
The latest New York Times bestseller from beloved author Alice Hoffman celebrates the enduring magic of books and is a “wonderful story of love and growth” (Stephen King). One June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive, the power of words saves her. The Scarlet Letter was written almost two hundred years earlier, but it seems to tell the … Read More The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
+ family, fiction, grief, kidnapping, legal drama, lies, loss, love, motherhood, murder, mystery, obsession, review, secrets, thriller
Finding Sophie by Imran Mahmood
A brilliantly compelling domestic suspense from a rising star of the crime fiction world, and the man behind BBC/Netflix smash hit, You Don’t Know Me Sophie King is missing. Her parents, Harry and Zara, are distraught; for the last seventeen years, they’ve done everything for their beloved only daughter and now she’s gone. #FindingSophie @imranmahmood777 @BloomsburyRaven @Tr4cyF3nt0n #CompulsiveReaders #blogtour The police have no leads, and Harry and Zara are … Read More Finding Sophie by Imran Mahmood
Small Acts of Kindness by Caroline Day
Kiki grew up in New Zealand, dreaming of one day going to Glastonbury Festival. Now, mourning the loss of her beloved Yaya – the woman who raised her – she travels to the UK to follow that dream. It is only when she leaves home that she realises just how sheltered her life has been up until now. Ned lives an active and exciting life. Well, … Read More Small Acts of Kindness by Caroline Day
+ Gaza, photographs, photography, war
Ten Days In Gaza – Photographs by Giuseppe Aquili, Anthony Dawton and Jim McFarlane Manipulations by Dia al-Azzawi
The photographs in this book were taken in February 2010, a year after the Israeli action ‘Operation Cast Lead’. Published by Hood Hood BooksFormat: HardcoverRetail price: 40 GBP Buy Linkwww.amazon.co.ukPR contactgracepilkingtonpublicity@gmail.com Forward by Mr Khaled DawasChairman, Al Quds Foundation for Medical Schools in PalestineDirector of GI Surgery, Honorary Associate Professor,University College London Hospitals “Ten Days in Gaza is a timeless project, a beautiful album … Read More Ten Days In Gaza – Photographs by Giuseppe Aquili, Anthony Dawton and Jim McFarlane Manipulations by Dia al-Azzawi
Scentsy – New Collection Product Review
I’m a huge fan of warming wax burners so I jumped at the chance to try out and review the new Wax Collection from Scentsy. First of all I’d just like to say that I have tried a lot of different waxes but none compare with Scentsy. The range of scents, the strength and the longevity are what make them stand out. There are … Read More Scentsy – New Collection Product Review
+ fiction, folklore, gothic, grief, poetry, review, Scotland, superstition, thriller, witchcraft, witches
Crow Moon by Suzy Aspley
When the crow moon rises, the darkness is unleashed… Martha Strangeways is struggling to find purpose in her life, after giving up her career as an investigative reporter when her young twins died in a house fire. Overwhelmed by guilt and grief, her life changes when she stumbles across the body of a missing teenager – a tragedy that turns even more sinister when … Read More Crow Moon by Suzy Aspley
Vengeance Born by LC Son Release
Vengeance Born releases on wide distribution channels, including Amazon, Apple, Nook, Kobo, Smashwords, and more starting March 15, 2024. Two Dark Tales. One deliciously haunting book. Enter the Netherworld and dive into the dark with Grim and Reaper. The resident lords of Purgia may govern the deathly dealings of the day, but faced with the matters of their heart, their worlds get turned upside … Read More Vengeance Born by LC Son Release
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