Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Publication Date: 13 October 2023 When Paige turns up unannounced at Wynthorpe Hall, she discovers the place she knew when she was growing up has changed beyond all recognition. She’s only planning to stay for a short time, but is quickly pulled into local life. One night while driving home after delivering … Continue reading #BookReview: A Christmas Celebration by Heidi Swain
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Book Review and Blog Tour: The Little Shop of Hidden Treasures by Holly Hepburn
Publication Date: 6th January 2022 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Today I am delighted to be taking part in the blog tour for Holly Hepburn's latest novel, The Little Shop of Hidden Treasures. When Hope loses her husband, she fears her happiest days are behind her. With her only connection to London broken, she moves home to York to be … Continue reading Book Review and Blog Tour: The Little Shop of Hidden Treasures by Holly Hepburn
#BlogTour and #BookReview: Underneath the Christmas Tree by Heidi Swain
Today is my stop on the blog tour for Heidi Swain's fantastic new Christmas novel, Underneath the Christmas Tree. There's nothing better than a feel good festive tale and Heidi certainly knows how to write those! Wynter’s Trees is the home of Christmas. For the people of Wynmouth it’s where they get their family Christmas … Continue reading #BlogTour and #BookReview: Underneath the Christmas Tree by Heidi Swain
Book Review: Three’s A Crowd by Simon Booker
Publication Date: 24 August 2021 (e-book) Publisher: Simon and Schuster Out-of-work actor Harrietis recuperating from a crash-and-burn affair with Damian – aka ‘Cockweasel’ – and making ends meet as a barista when she meets two rather lovely men. Tomis a regular at the café, and seems like such a nice guy. Smooth-talking DJ Richard is older, but in great shape – … Continue reading Book Review: Three’s A Crowd by Simon Booker
Book Review: The Winter Garden by Heidi Swain
Publisher: Simon and Schuster UK Publication Date: 1st October 2020 Freya Fuller is estranged from her parents and has been following her childhood dream of becoming a gardener ever since. When an opportunity to design a winter garden opens up at a Victorian property in Nightingale Square, Freya jumps at the chance to make a fresh … Continue reading Book Review: The Winter Garden by Heidi Swain
Book Review: Messy, Wonderful Us by Catherine Isaac
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Publication Date: 28th November 2019 (ePub), 5th March 2020 (paperback) In late 1983, a letter arrives, containing secrets so unthinkable that it is hidden away, apparently forever. More than three decades later, it is found . . . by the last person who was ever supposed to see it. When Allie … Continue reading Book Review: Messy, Wonderful Us by Catherine Isaac
#BookReview: The World at my Feet by Catherine Isaac
Publication Date: 18 March 2021 Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK (Books & The City) The dazzling new novel from Richard & Judy book club author Catherine Isaac, The World at my Feet is a story about the transforming power of love, as one woman journeys to uncover the past and reshape her future. The secrets that bind us can … Continue reading #BookReview: The World at my Feet by Catherine Isaac
#BookReview: A Taste of Home by Heidi Swain
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Publication Date: 29 April 2021 Fliss Brown has grown up living with her mother on the Rossi family’s Italian fruit farm. But when her mother dies, Fliss finds out she has a family of her own, and heads back to England with Nonna Rossi’s recipe for cherry and almond tart and … Continue reading #BookReview: A Taste of Home by Heidi Swain
Book Review: The Bookshop of Second Chances by Jackie Fraser (@muninnherself) BATC#Bookclub
Publication Date: 17 November 2020 Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Set in a charming little Scottish town, The Bookshop of Second Chances is the most uplifting story you'll read this Winter, by a hugely talented debut author. Thea’s having a bad month. Not only has she been made redundant, she’s also discovered her husband of nearly … Continue reading Book Review: The Bookshop of Second Chances by Jackie Fraser (@muninnherself) BATC#Bookclub
Book Review: The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Publication Date: 30 May 2019 Blurb Selina Lennox is a Bright Young Thing. Her life is a whirl of parties and drinking, pursued by the press and staying on just the right side of scandal, all while running from the life her parents would choose for her. Lawrence Weston is a … Continue reading Book Review: The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey