Category: love
Swimming For Beginners by Nicola Gill
Swimming for Beginners will show you how a child can open your heart even if you aren’t a mother. Loretta has her life under control. She’s chasing a big promotion, she’s marrying the “perfect man” and she has a flawless five-year plan. This plan does not include children. #SwimmingForBeginners @Nicola_J_Gill @bedsqpublishers #RandomThingsTours @annecater @RandomTTours IG @nicolagillauthor @bedfordsq.publishers #blogtour But when a complete stranger asks her to watch … Read More Swimming For Beginners by Nicola Gill
+ abuse, childhood, China, family, fiction, forgiveness, grief, love, marriage, motherhood, obsession, review, secrets
The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok
An evocative family drama and a riveting mystery about the ferocious pull of motherhood for two very different women–from the New York Times bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee and Girl in Translation. Jasmine Yang arrives in New York City from her rural Chinese village without money or family support, fleeing a controlling husband, on a desperate search for the daughter who was taken from her at birth–another … Read More The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok
The Falcon, The Wolf and The Hummingbird by Martha Engber – Out Now
A consummate warrior and brilliant strategist, Pino is a young Native American woman who must fight against fierce invaders to save her tribe — and spirit — from annihilation in precolonial southern New England. The strange tale of sisterhood begins on the stormy spring morning her tribe faces imminent attack by a contingent of the mighty Pagassett Nation, infamous for destroying small tribes in … Read More The Falcon, The Wolf and The Hummingbird by Martha Engber – Out Now
+ abuse, family, fiction, friendship, grief, love, murder, obsession, police drama, prostitution, Psychological fiction, psychopath, revenge, review, serial killer, sisters, thriller, trafficking
Silent Death by Mariëtte Whitcomb Death Trilogy #2
Two years ago, five women went missing. Last year, ten disappeared. Both times, it happened in December. Now it’s December again, and five more have vanished. To social worker, Madison Taylor, the women are not only her clients. They are her friends. Despite the recent discovery of the remains of five females, the police continue to be unhelpful because of the lifestyle the missing … Read More Silent Death by Mariëtte Whitcomb Death Trilogy #2
+ crime fiction, diary, fiction, friendship, Historical fiction, journal, love, marriage, murder, obsession, rape, revenge, review, serial killer, Victorian Britain
Diary of Murders by Sarah Cook
Love dominates us all. London. 1895. Two doctors – Miriam Clayton and John Bennett – fall in love with one another when they realise they have the same wicked sexual desires. 1896. A series of gruesome murders have gripped Soho. Their details are confessed in a damning diary. But who of the pair is committing these crimes? And what has turned their love into … Read More Diary of Murders by Sarah Cook
+ crime fiction, dark humour, fiction, humour fiction, kidnapping, love, murder, police corruption, police drama, police procedural, psycopath, review, secrets, thriller
Blood on Shakespeare’s Typewriter by Mark Eklid
When Dan Khan buys a unique piece of cultural history for £50 from a man in the pub, he thinks all his troubles are over. He is told it’s the actual typewriter William Shakespeare used when he wrote all his plays. Dan and his girlfriend Shannon reckon it must be worth millions! #BloodOnShakespearesTypewriter @MarkEklid @SpellBoundBks @Tr4cyF3nt0n #CompulsiveReaders #blogtour But they don’t realise the vintage machine was … Read More Blood on Shakespeare’s Typewriter by Mark Eklid
+ abuse, care home, child abuse, childhood, crime fiction, family, fiction, friendship, grief, loss, love, motherhood, murder, police drama, review, sisters, thriller, war, World War Two
The Girls Left Behind by Emily Gunnis
1985. Separated from her little sister at the children’s home where they are taken as orphans, Holly Moore is a troubled teenager in need of love. When she meets a man who promises to take care of her, she hopes her luck has finally changed. 2015. The clock is ticking for Superintendent Jo Hamilton when the discovery of a young woman’s remains takes her back to an unsolved case from … Read More The Girls Left Behind by Emily Gunnis
+ childhood, fiction, friendship, Ghost story, grief, haunting, journalist, loss, love, mental illness, obsession, paranormal, psychiatric hospital, psychiatrist, review, supernatural, writer
13 Doors by G J Phelps
Thirteen doors, thirteen hauntings. News reporter Joe Baxter has a plan. His idea is simple – to use his newsroom contacts across England to find thirteen haunted places to stay, and then record his experiences in a book. From an abandoned cinema to a dank pub cellar, from a World War Two airfield to a lonely, landlocked cruise liner, Joe is prepared to spend … Read More 13 Doors by G J Phelps
+ cosy mystery, crime fiction, Detective novel, female friendship, fiction, friendship, Historical fiction, Italy, lies, love, marriage, murder, mystery, novella, review, secrets
Meet Me In Milan by KD Sherrinford
While her husband, Sherlock Holmes, is off playing detective in London. Irene Adler finds herself having to play investigator when her friend Renata becomes the prime suspect in the attempted murder of her husband Luigi Amato. How can she refute the testimony of a credible eyewitness, even though her heart tells her that Renata is innocent? What she needs is tangible evidence, and she’s … Read More Meet Me In Milan by KD Sherrinford
The Secrets of Morgarten by L.S.Mangos Cover Reveal
A young nation in peril. A web of deceit. A triangle of forbidden love. The year is 1315. The fledgling nation of Switzerland – the Confederation Helvetica – is under threat from the Habsburgs. In France, the Knights Templar have been disbanded and declared heretics by the king. Magda, a weaver living near the Alpine village of Morgarten, befriends Walter, a messenger and tracker … Read More The Secrets of Morgarten by L.S.Mangos Cover Reveal
+ crime fiction, family, fiction, grief, lies, loss, love, marriage, mental health, motherhood, murder, obsession, postpartum psychosis, relationships, review, thriller
The Babysitter by Emma Curtis
Three women. Three secrets.Claudia’s life imploded ten years ago when she was convicted of the murder of her child. Now she has done the unthinkable and confessed to manslaughter in order to be granted parole – her only hope of finding out what really happened to Tilly. Sara is married to Joe, Claudia’s ex-husband, and they have a young child together. She finally has … Read More The Babysitter by Emma Curtis
+ family, female friendship, feminism, fiction, friendship, grief, Historical fiction, loss, love, motherhood, review, sisterhood, sisters, suffragette movement, twins, World War One
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when World War I upends her life in this new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Reese’s Book Club pick The Dictionary of Lost Words. It is 1914, and as the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight, women must keep the nation running. Two … Read More The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
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