Month: November 2025
The Colour of Memory by Christopher Bowden
Lucy Potter is a successful artist but she has done no new work in months. She fears she has lost the creative spark that sustained her and enabled her to express her view of the world. Will she ever regain it? The chance discovery of an old notebook while on a walk in the woods provides a welcome distraction, raising questions she cannot answer. Who … Read More The Colour of Memory by Christopher Bowden
Being Middle (is a great place to be) by Lori Orlinsky
Being the middle child can feel invisible. Ellie knows what it’s like to be stuck in the middle – squished in the middle seat, wearing hand-me-down shoes, too small for rides and too big for a stroller. Sometimes, it seems downright unfair! But maybe the middle isn’t so bad after all. Genre: Children’s (3-9) Pages: 24Publisher: Yorkshire Publishing Illustrations: Vanessa Alexandre With playful rhymes and heartwarming charm, Being Middle … Read More Being Middle (is a great place to be) by Lori Orlinsky
Behind A Locked Door by Sarah A Denzil
She opened the wrong door. Now her life will never be the same. When Lucy Foster visits her old friend, she doesn’t expect to hear a baby crying behind a locked cellar door. But what she finds shatters everything she thought she a terrified teenage girl and a newborn, hidden away like a secret shame. As Lucy’s quiet life spirals into a media frenzy, … Read More Behind A Locked Door by Sarah A Denzil
+ childhood, family, fiction, gay, ghosts, loneliness, loss, love, motherhood, mystery, review, secrets, siblings, supernatural
The Season of Secrets by DE McCluskey
To make sense of what was happening around you, could you believe? ‘This could be your mother’s last Christmas,’ were not the words Alison wanted to hear so close to the holidays. Determined to spend one last festive season with her ailing mother, Alison, her daughter Grace, and Anthony her brother, decide to make the journey back to the town where they grew up. … Read More The Season of Secrets by DE McCluskey
Sox in a Sizzle by Sara Semple
“Why fit in when you were made to stand out?” Sox is a microbe. One day, he trips and is catapulted into a human body. He bumps into Nova, or rather, Nova crashes into him! Publisher: Blossom Spring PublishingGenre: ChildrenPage Count: 29 pages #SoxInASizzle X(Twitter) #SaraSemple @BlossomSpring3 @ZooloosBT #ZooloosBookTours #booktwitter Instagram @sara.semple_luna_leaf_art @blossom.spring.publishing @zooloosbooktours #bookstagram #blogtour Facebook Sara Semple- Luna Leaf Art Nova says strange things, making Sox feel confused. Soon, the mysterious Bammies start … Read More Sox in a Sizzle by Sara Semple
+ 1960s, alcoholism, fiction, France, friends, friendship, gay, ghosts, haunting, journalist, literature, London, love, music, obsession, racism, review, supernatural
The Music of the Cosmos by Carole Bulewski
“We must discover the Music of the Cosmos.” With these words, visionary, depraved and intensely artistic Gaius piques the curiosity of Sam and his friends, young lads from Kent who have come to Swinging Sixties London in search of musical success. To further their quest for the otherworldly Music of the Cosmos, the boys leave London for Paris, and experiment with the help of … Read More The Music of the Cosmos by Carole Bulewski
+ fiction, gothic, gothic horror, Gothic mystery, illegitimacy, jealousy, marriage, mythology, obsession, review, superstition
House of Splinters by Laura Purcell
Not every house is a home…Belinda Bainbridge has spent her life in the shadow of her anxious mother, so when her father-in-law dies at The Bridge, his remote ancestral seat, she is secretly thrilled. His death means she, her husband Wilfred and their children can relocate and finally begin to create their own happy home born a merchant’s daughter, she will now be lady … Read More House of Splinters by Laura Purcell
The Prophecy by Emmanuel Olympitis Illustrated by Olympia Olympitis
The Olympitis father and daughter team are back with this second instalment of the Whispers in the Park series… Now in vibrant colour, Whispers in the Park: The Prophecy is the thrilling second book of Emmanuel and Olympia Olympitis’s enchanting series. As winter draws in around St James’s Park, a mysterious new arrival sends shockwaves through the centuries-old school for grey squirrels. A red … Read More The Prophecy by Emmanuel Olympitis Illustrated by Olympia Olympitis
Six Tails at Midnight by Mandy Morton
Hettie, Tilly, Bruiser and the Butter sisters set out across the snowy fens to spend Christmas at The Fishgutter’s Arms. Snowed in with no hope of rescue, they find themselves sharing Christmas with some unwanted guests. #SixTailsatMidnight Twitter/X @lcloudmandy @farragobooks #RandomThingsTours @annecater @RandomTTours #booktwitterInstagram @mandyjmorton @randomthingstours #bookstagram #blogtour Will the ghosts of Christmas Past wreak vengeance on the present? Can our feline detectives dig themselves out of a spooky festive fiasco? … Read More Six Tails at Midnight by Mandy Morton
+ extract, memoir, non-fiction
Phoenix Rising – a memoir by Albina Du Boisrouvray – extract
Albina du Boisrouvray was born into extreme wealth as granddaughter of Bolivian tin magnate Simón Patiño, and the daughter of Count Guy du Boisrouvray. Through a turbulent relationship with her mother and her regular prayers for her parents to divorce, she navigated a privileged but often lonely childhood. Disconnected from her aristocratic upbringing, Albina was determined to break away. Albina searched for her tribe. … Read More Phoenix Rising – a memoir by Albina Du Boisrouvray – extract
+ 1950s, 1960s, family, feminism, fiction, Historical fiction, literature, London, love, marriage, mental health, mental illness, music, obsession, psychiatrist, relationships, review, sisters, therapy, twins
The Crooked Little Pieces: Volume 5 by Sophia Lambton
Love thrives in hiding. Crowded by encroaching dangers, Anneliese confronts a range of hurdles in The Crooked Little Volume 5: a dive into unstopping problems. As Isabel disdains a figure from her past, the dastardly Charles Anthony keeps making his psychiatrist miserable – to nobody’s avail. Susanna stumbles amidst frayed attempts to get her youth back; toying with an unfazed Christopher. Dazed Isabel once more fears … Read More The Crooked Little Pieces: Volume 5 by Sophia Lambton
The Butterfly’s Secret by Josephine DeFalco (Book 2 of The Butterfly Series)
Forced to leave her family farm when only a young child, Leandra abandons the bitter memories of growing up on the East Coast and returns to North Carolina. Life begins anew with a past romance and marriage, while she dives head first into the cultural upheaval of the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, challenges of rural healthcare, and women’s rights. Bolstered by her … Read More The Butterfly’s Secret by Josephine DeFalco (Book 2 of The Butterfly Series)
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