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Spirituality, Healing and Me by Ilana Estelle
Everyday life has never been more challenging and it’s easy to lose sight of who we are and who we want to be.In Spirituality, Healing and Me, Ilana Estelle draws on her experiences of emotional, mental and physical disability, to show how tuning into our spiritual side can improve wellbeing, heal our minds, and set us firmly back on track. #SpiritualityHealingAndMe @TheCPDiary @RedDoorBooks @Zooloo’s … Read More Spirituality, Healing and Me by Ilana Estelle
+ Covid, family, fiction, forgiveness, friendship, Galapagos, literature, loss, love, pandemic, relationships, review
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
Diana O’Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the New York City suburbs, all while climbing the professional ladder in the cutthroat art auction world. She’s an associate specialist at Sotheby’s now, but her boss has hinted at a promotion if she can close a deal with a high-profile client. She’s … Read More Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
+ audio drama, Cat on a Piano, fiction, love, podcast, radio play, relationships, review, Theatrephonic
Sorry, I Love You by Cat on a Piano Productions / Theatrephonic
The true journey of a relationship is never a straight line. One couple, seen from different timelines. We jump back and forth.How could it all go so wrong? It seemed such a perfect relationship, but “the course of true love never did run smooth” as someone famous once wrote. Heartbreaking and so well acted. Written and directed by Danielle LadeStarring: Ashley Shiers as HimDanielle Lade as HerSam … Read More Sorry, I Love You by Cat on a Piano Productions / Theatrephonic
Psychopaths Anonymous by Will Carver
When AA meetings make her want to drink more, alcoholic murderess Maeve sets up a group for psychopaths.Maeve has everything. A high-powered job, a beautiful home, a string of uncomplicated one-night encounters. She’s also an addict: a functioning alcoholic with a dependence on sex and an insatiable appetite for killing men. When she can’t find a support group to share her obsession, she creates … Read More Psychopaths Anonymous by Will Carver
The Red Button by Keith Eldred
The prequel to A Christmas Carol — A sweet Regency Christmas romance Here at last is the untold story of Scrooge’s doomed engagement Belle Endicott and Ebenezer Scrooge are young, bookish, hardworking Londoners drawn together by button-making. His brand-new factory threatens her family’s tiny shop, yet they fall in love and start planning their future. When personal and business calamities strike, they confront them … Read More The Red Button by Keith Eldred
+ childhood, family, female friendship, fiction, forgiveness, friendship, literature, loss, love, review, secrets, sisters
The Unravelling by Polly Crosby
Tartelin has been employed by Marianne Stourbridge to hunt for butterflies, but she quickly uncovers something far more intriguing. The island and Marianne share a remarkable past, and what happened all those years ago has left its scars. The island has a strange effect on Tartelin, too, finally allowing her to confront her own, painful, memories. As she does, Marianne’s story begins to unravel … Read More The Unravelling by Polly Crosby
+ brothers, fiction, friendship, germany, Historical fiction, holocaust, jewish history, jews, Magical realism, nazi germany, racism, revenge, review, World War Two, WW2
Man of Clay by Alan Derosby
Retribution comes with a price 1930s GermanyKarl Auerbach escapes Buchenwald concentration camp. Ashamed of the truth of how he fled, Karl vows never to speak of the memories of his imprisonment. Present Day: Rhode IslandWhen Karl’s grandson Zachariah is faced with prejudice of his own and a close friend is subjected to a horrific assault, Karl knows he must finally confront the demons of … Read More Man of Clay by Alan Derosby
Mari by Cat on a Piano Productions / Theatrephonic
Mari only wanted an easy life. ‘That’s all I wanted. An easy life and a push-up bra.’ Not much to ask is it. Mari works at the library. Does the cleaning, same as she does at home. That’s how she knows her husband Ron of 45 years will never find the things she hides and how she knows where he keeps his girlie magazines. … Read More Mari by Cat on a Piano Productions / Theatrephonic
+ feel-good, fiction, love, relationships, review
It All Comes Back To You by Beth Duke
Alabama, 1947. War’s over, cherry-print dresses, parking above the city lights, swing dancing. Beautiful, seventeen-year-old Violet lives in a perfect world. Everybody loves her. In 2012, she’s still beautiful, charming, and surrounded by admirers. #ItAllComesBackToYou @bethidee Zooloo’s Book Tours @zooloo2008 #ZooloosBookTours #blogtour Veronica “Ronni” Johnson, licensed practical nurse and aspiring writer, meets the captivating Violet in the assisted living facility where Violet requires no assistance, just lots of … Read More It All Comes Back To You by Beth Duke
+ audio drama, Cat on a Piano, fiction, Ghost story, Halloween, haunting, podcast, radio play, review, supernatural, Theatrephonic
Ghost Hunt – Spirits With Spirits by Cat on a Piano Productions / Theatrephonic
Just when you thought you were safe from ghosts and things that go bump in the night, £5+ #Patreon members get a spooky bonus episode! Imelda has gone ghost hunting on her own. She has all the equipment including her phone, a ball to play with any ghost children and an EMF monitor. And a bottle of gin. Unfortunately drinking gin while wandering around a creaky … Read More Ghost Hunt – Spirits With Spirits by Cat on a Piano Productions / Theatrephonic
+ childhood, family, family drama, fiction, friendship, Historical fiction, literature, loss, love, review, secrets
The Midwife’s Secret by Emily Gunnis
A little girl goes missing from Yew Tree Manor – the same house from which a girl vanished decades before. Does the key to the present lie buried even deeper in the past, in the forgotten history of an innocent midwife accused by a family of shocking betrayal? A gripping, heartwrenching story of love, loyalty and family secrets. When six-year-old Alice Hilton goes missing … Read More The Midwife’s Secret by Emily Gunnis
+ brothers, child abuse, crime fiction, family, fiction, murder, psycopath, rape, revenge, review, serial killer, thriller
Fortius (Finley Series#4) by Mariëtte Whitcomb
I’ve hunted sexual predators, serial offenders, and brought down a cult. This time I might be in over my head. A serial killer who knows no boundaries, not in his depravity, or geographically. Four victims. Three cities. Different countries. And that’s just the beginning, or is it? What starts as a serial murder investigation soon takes a far more sinister turn. An unspeakable crime … Read More Fortius (Finley Series#4) by Mariëtte Whitcomb
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