tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12046417554740811452024-03-16T18:53:14.286+00:00Sarah's Book ReviewsMy own blog, reviewing the books I have recently read, either purchased or kindly sent to me to review. Living in Worcester, UK with my husband and two children. All books I have received are marked as such in the blog. I am NOT Sarah Broadhurst who works for The Bookseller and Lovereading. My other review blog is http://sarah-sarahreviews.blogspot.com/Sarah's Book Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318199791006986620noreply@blogger.comBlogger1141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204641755474081145.post-703183837415836662023-06-22T09:53:00.003+01:002023-06-22T09:53:48.784+01:00Maybe Tomorrow by Penny Parkes<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtMoPS2NNDnoSj0aXETZw1O6VRbxazGqs1mBoZh87SQWrzzQuVrArzq4-0MxnYEWMsE9-Cam9gg6AmU4Tz1tcmacfkMtl5cub1p_lrpArXdo7tVyt0ydixVXJzwgrwx9rNVLpSz75sESWbef_KTjyLvcm2dTWa5dLUxLz36NAlOggXjgzIv1gWZND21I/s1080/image005.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtMoPS2NNDnoSj0aXETZw1O6VRbxazGqs1mBoZh87SQWrzzQuVrArzq4-0MxnYEWMsE9-Cam9gg6AmU4Tz1tcmacfkMtl5cub1p_lrpArXdo7tVyt0ydixVXJzwgrwx9rNVLpSz75sESWbef_KTjyLvcm2dTWa5dLUxLz36NAlOggXjgzIv1gWZND21I/s320/image005.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnfcgPrKeO4ASK-1Q0ID3p10FAFGuHIJhgHJTFRwioyPDUSSM32MCdJGw7uIen6kJkaIp2XWbx7BT3KZLpU7wCLBQM-6iE80Y-lUK9bHWg40Doy9ifoigayRNZ88S1xsH_GdOfn2qo0Us89DIkX38HSlyTVuCSIbjJzfjIhvJ83pnerkjt1JdOhFxNbms/s3000/59441318.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnfcgPrKeO4ASK-1Q0ID3p10FAFGuHIJhgHJTFRwioyPDUSSM32MCdJGw7uIen6kJkaIp2XWbx7BT3KZLpU7wCLBQM-6iE80Y-lUK9bHWg40Doy9ifoigayRNZ88S1xsH_GdOfn2qo0Us89DIkX38HSlyTVuCSIbjJzfjIhvJ83pnerkjt1JdOhFxNbms/s320/59441318.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;"><p><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p><i>What a difference a year could make…</i></span><i><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;">Jamie Matson had once enjoyed a wonderful life working alongside her best friend, organising adventures for single-parent families, and her son Bo’s artistic flair a source of pride rather than concern.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;">She hadn’t been prepared to lose her business, her home, and her friend. Not all in one dreadful year. And now she finds herself reeling - rebuilding her world, with Bo at its heart - swallowing her pride and asking for help.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;">Jamie certainly hadn’t expected to find such hope and camaraderie in the queue at her local Food Bank - thrown together with an unlikely and colourful group of people - all of them struggling to get by, yet still determined to reclaim their lost careers and agency over their lives. Even if just choosing their own groceries again is a goal they can all share.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;">As their friendships flourish, they quickly find it’s easier to be objective about each other than about themselves, and decide that - when you’re all out of options - it’s okay to bend the rules a little and create your own.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;">A story of friendship, possibilities, and hope, that maybe tomorrow will be brighter than today...</span></i><p></p><p><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today I am really pleased to be taking part in Book and the City's blog tour to celebrate the publication of Penny Parkes latest novel, Maybe Tomorrow.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I first became aware of Penny Parke's great storytelling as I visited The Practice in Beckerford and really enjoyed the Larkford series of books set in a small doctor's practice, where a cast of doctors and their patients went through everyday life. However, following that series, this is Penny's second standalone novel and I really think her writing is just getting better and better.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Maybe Tomorrow is a novel, set in current times, where many are having to close their small businesses and face the struggle of increasing rent and food prices and just getting by with a boring, minimum wage job, while trying to make ends meet as life throws obstacles in the way.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Meet Jamie, a single parent to her son, Bo. Jamie was a woman who loved life, enjoyed being self employed but unfortunately she has found herself in a damp flat, which is causing her son to have regular nightly hospital visits, which in turn make it difficult for her to work in the upmarket supermarket, where it is too expensive for her to shop herself, and each month struggles to pay her bills. That is before you meet the creepy landlord. This all culminates in her loosing her job and being faced with an impossible rent increase. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Regular trips to the local foodbank provide food, warmth and increasingly a circle of friends who all look out for each other. A chance spotting of a property for rent in the local estate agents window leads to Jamie making a phone call to enquire, which literally changes her life for the better.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I really enjoyed Maybe Tomorrow. It is a story that is relevant to so many of us following the pandemic. I really enjoyed Penny's story telling and the cast of characters were a perfect mix of people, who could be found in any neighbourhood in the UK today. It shines a light on foodbanks, highlighting that they are more than just a building to get free food - there are communities being built in them, they can be a one stop shop for getting help and advice. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The book gives everyone hope, that their are people around who are willing to help others, that help is available to all at this time and most importantly that it is ok to ask for help, to visit foodbanks and to offer to support others during this time. As a well known supermarket says.'Every little helps' and it is ok to ask for help and that this help may come from the most unusual places. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The book also imparts the important message about giving back, once you are back on your feet, repay the generosities of others and offer support and advice to others in similar situations. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As mentioned above, the book has many themes and messages, but they are all dealt with in a sympathetic and non-condescending manner. Maybe Tomorrow is a lovely story that can be read in one sitting, on a sun drenched sun lounger or a wet summer's afternoon. It another brilliant read by Penny Parkes and I recommend it to all.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you to Simon and Schuster, Books and the City and Netgalley for a copy of this book in return for an honest review.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p>Sarah's Book Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318199791006986620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204641755474081145.post-9730104796894848402023-03-06T15:31:00.003+00:002023-03-06T17:39:01.736+00:00One Enchanted Evening by Katie Fforde (Blog Tour)<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What does March mean to me? It is my mum's birthday, mother's day and time for a new Katie Fforde hardback release!!!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Regular readers of my blog will know that I am a huge fan of Katie Fforde. I always look forward to it with great anticipation and when I heard that 2023's release was going to be the third book (previous titles were A Wedding in the Country and a Wedding in Provence) featuring Meg, Lizzie and Alexandra , a group of girls who met on a cookery course in London. The book series is set in the 1960's, a different style of novel from Katie Fforde, but it is full of Katie's usual easy to read style of writing with strong female characters and the perfect book to curl up with in the cold winter afternoons or to relax on a sun lounger under the hot summer sun. </span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLeZOTt64R6VmykcaMRk-i1oPmkFZ9OC6q94q1wlysP5OpfiRjXCl7-TtG5B6xBXKyFRsG5nh4qLJG9lcHq6mO-Fv0X6kdZFTAbI7x1IIoDu1H2gbqcekWBVMfIYLjbhLW0skcy7Oqa3TTK_Q6QnDKo8Y7qQXxYrastS74_5u2N7K9m9jOfSWra7Gv/s2835/One%20Enchanted%20Evening.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2835" data-original-width="1843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLeZOTt64R6VmykcaMRk-i1oPmkFZ9OC6q94q1wlysP5OpfiRjXCl7-TtG5B6xBXKyFRsG5nh4qLJG9lcHq6mO-Fv0X6kdZFTAbI7x1IIoDu1H2gbqcekWBVMfIYLjbhLW0skcy7Oqa3TTK_Q6QnDKo8Y7qQXxYrastS74_5u2N7K9m9jOfSWra7Gv/s320/One%20Enchanted%20Evening.png" width="208" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">Ever since she can remember, Meg has wanted to be a professional cook.</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />But it's 1964, and in restaurant kitchens all over England it is still a man's world.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Then she gets a call from her mother who is running a small hotel in Dorset.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />There's an important banqueting event coming up. She needs help and she needs it now!<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />When Meg arrives, the hotel seems stuck in the past. But she loves a challenge, and sets to work.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Then Justin, the son of the hotel owner, appears, determined to take over the running of the kitchen.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Infuriated, Meg is determined to keep cooking - and soon sparks between them begin to fly.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">Will their differences be a recipe for disaster? After all, the course of true love never did run smooth...</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700 !important;">____________</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfswwnqa_1r8kbwCCcYuvgebFghXPdZTAWChRC9r4Y3f47cU3pL8Tf36ig7sXs1TjuCg6ehakhRCNUZ83exPzE7yrxnKa0DwSv8D-uoljgOpy5cqI4IWhgmr-9SOHF7UUukYh45Nx7Cnjss6REiJAjEYK0h-lzEYLyE2cWbvoLSmB1ZoR6vzaFRBwy/s1080/OEE%20blog%20tour%20Square.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfswwnqa_1r8kbwCCcYuvgebFghXPdZTAWChRC9r4Y3f47cU3pL8Tf36ig7sXs1TjuCg6ehakhRCNUZ83exPzE7yrxnKa0DwSv8D-uoljgOpy5cqI4IWhgmr-9SOHF7UUukYh45Nx7Cnjss6REiJAjEYK0h-lzEYLyE2cWbvoLSmB1ZoR6vzaFRBwy/s320/OEE%20blog%20tour%20Square.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was very happy to find that One Enchanted Evening was again, a brilliant read. I loved meeting back up with Alexandra, Lizzie and Meg and to find that Meg was going to take centre stage, helping her mum out in the small hotel in Dorset, where the running of the hotel was left to her mum following the owner's trip away due to a death in the family. On the first day Meg was confronted by the owner's son, Justin, who did not appear to like Meg's ideas for the kitchen and the menu for an upcoming banquet. Of course, this is the 1960's where women in professional kitchens, in the top positions were not veryj often seen. There appears to be an ulterior motive in Justin's behaviour but will there be a happy ending for Meg, her mum and Justin?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I really recommend this book to all book lovers who enjoy Katie Fforde's books or those who enjoy women's fiction in general. Although this is the third book featuring the three ladies, this book can be read as a stand alone book or in order but nothing is lost from not reading the others first. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />There are so many good characters in this book. I really liked the French chef, who Meg was due to work with, under his tutorage before she had the call from her mum asking for help. One of the hotel's residence, Ambrosine, was a fascinating character, who's back story began in WW2 and was a key part of the story's end. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't know what Katie has planned for her next book but I have really enjoyed this trip back to the 1960's. I know Katie was nervous of taking her writing in this style, but I really hope she has had lots of readers expressing their love for these stories and that she may consider writing more set in the 1960's or 1970's. I would love to see where Meg, Alexandra and Lizzie's lives go next. They each have their own storylines, with them living in different countries and have families of their own but i am sure that they have many more stories to tell.</span></p><p><b style="color: #242424; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><i><span style="border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">One <span class="marks3jkuils3" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Enchanted</span> <span class="markubg5lbj1k" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Evening</span></span></i></b><b style="color: #242424; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> by Katie Fforde is out 2<sup>nd</sup> March, published by Century in hardback, priced £16.99</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Thank you to both Random House and Net Galley, along with Ed PR for inviting me to take part in this blog tour and for sending me a copy of the book in return for an honest review.</span></p>Sarah's Book Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318199791006986620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204641755474081145.post-47792258493448172522023-02-02T12:57:00.002+00:002023-02-02T12:57:31.116+00:00Blog Tour - Never Go Back by Jessie Keane<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9N3r9IywBvJ9hJaAkWDT7xhZksjLMXd3KOvHcWTuQbRZMblb6mACXGp4Oddc_TGNQQmMfuXAyFYV-a6I9RFS5k6UzRRIUJefGCJhY5tK31UxGYAearNtkVQ5-jZAiGWCdwunGZjtdWcNq17r3efZPlecCZlu7o0BI7fMz_56xKs-0imkDz6JYtqmp/s2827/NeverGoBack_HB%20Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2827" data-original-width="1844" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9N3r9IywBvJ9hJaAkWDT7xhZksjLMXd3KOvHcWTuQbRZMblb6mACXGp4Oddc_TGNQQmMfuXAyFYV-a6I9RFS5k6UzRRIUJefGCJhY5tK31UxGYAearNtkVQ5-jZAiGWCdwunGZjtdWcNq17r3efZPlecCZlu7o0BI7fMz_56xKs-0imkDz6JYtqmp/s320/NeverGoBack_HB%20Cover.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRVZ0eVqUQKaLRa4izJyuSJVt7tWFwPez4WzGcjXf_cuibsaSWxPsDVvQO2YDEG674xZ7IuIjaCNokCwBnVnI9EDjj2Rxk1apGiuhf_TWnpbx-pOnEZVOpwf87COlgDUV9Dx4M-dW0Z8kKscZ-UYGR0BFu9v03ktGI9sWvHvyKE37yAZ9OERtXAtu/s1080/Never%20Go%20Back%20Blog%20Tour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRVZ0eVqUQKaLRa4izJyuSJVt7tWFwPez4WzGcjXf_cuibsaSWxPsDVvQO2YDEG674xZ7IuIjaCNokCwBnVnI9EDjj2Rxk1apGiuhf_TWnpbx-pOnEZVOpwf87COlgDUV9Dx4M-dW0Z8kKscZ-UYGR0BFu9v03ktGI9sWvHvyKE37yAZ9OERtXAtu/s320/Never%20Go%20Back%20Blog%20Tour.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today I am really excited to be taking part in the blog tour for Jessie Keane's hard back publication of Never Go Back, which features book lovers' favourite gangland drama families, The Carters.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jessie Keane is a Sunday Times bestselling author and has written 17 books, all of which are bestsellers.</span></p><p><i style="font-family: verdana;">Gangster Max Carter and his ex-wife Annie Carter are leading separate
lives – Annie in New York and Max in London; their tempestuous
relationship and past hurts too much to bear. But after news of a tragic
death, both are forced to question everything they know about each
other, and their colourful past. </i></p><p><i style="font-family: verdana;">Max had two brothers – both are now dead. His closest friend has been
found hanging from a London bridge. As the police wrestle with a
seemingly unsolvable case, Max is forced to find answers to a mystery
that seems to make no sense at all. Who is targeting his family and
why? </i></p><p><i style="font-family: verdana;">Annie Carter is at a crossroads in life. She has a luxurious lifestyle but
no one to share it with, and Max clearly thinks she is in danger too.
Her daughter, Layla, has left her mafia lover Alberto Barolli and is back
in London, stumbling into the police investigation and making waves.
You should ‘never go back’, so the old saying goes. But then, the Carter
women don’t follow the rules, they make them. </i></p><p><i style="font-family: verdana;">When the truth is finally revealed, will the Carter family stand together – or will it finish them for good?</i></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have read a couple of Jessie's back catalogue but haven't caught up on them all yet, however I found this book a great read without knowing all the background of previous books. It can be read as a standalone book, however it has whetted my appeitite to go back and read them all so I know who's who and the history of the gangland history that surrounds the Carter family.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I loved so many of the themes that are included within this book, the dark and intense gangland scene, the subsequent violence that it involves and the strong family loyalty that lies within. There is, of course, betrayal and divided loyalty behind much of the action and Jessie really draws the reader in and places them right in the heart of the story, amid the violence and old family values that are found in the London gangland scene. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you are looking for a gritty, hard hitting and unputdownable read I highly recommend Never Go Back, but be warned, it is one of those books that you have to read just one more chapter at night.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><b style="color: #242424; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><i><span style="border: 0px; color: #201f1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Never Go Back</span></i></b><b style="color: #242424; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> by Jessie Keane is out 2<sup>nd</sup> February, published by Hodder in hardback, priced £16.99.</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you to EDPR for sending me a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.</span></p>Sarah's Book Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318199791006986620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204641755474081145.post-21906412889013550532022-11-09T12:05:00.003+00:002022-11-09T12:25:14.859+00:00A Wedding in Provence by Katie Fforde<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaX4q_d3-uKWRfIZ44qPE5y_G6ZZ5jIRJ5bzD3pVpM-BuMx1jttQNU-9zsS9hVK6twHZsEdIJ_JgXVRTx_MUJ-bNCzED0XDViXT2weNBPCeLdTUHTXNC7JnZknxBps51bhj9acPmgbf9lIPotxo4dEtUkRHGzaI2aL9E0drq7VeiHL2s7g0RuNa1Q0/s1080/A%20Wedding%20in%20Provence%20Blog%20Tour.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaX4q_d3-uKWRfIZ44qPE5y_G6ZZ5jIRJ5bzD3pVpM-BuMx1jttQNU-9zsS9hVK6twHZsEdIJ_JgXVRTx_MUJ-bNCzED0XDViXT2weNBPCeLdTUHTXNC7JnZknxBps51bhj9acPmgbf9lIPotxo4dEtUkRHGzaI2aL9E0drq7VeiHL2s7g0RuNa1Q0/s320/A%20Wedding%20in%20Provence%20Blog%20Tour.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Can love at first sight, lead to happy ever after?</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 1963. Alexandra is in Paris – the city of love – for a short break before she
heads to a Swiss finishing school that her relations are insisting she attends.
Hoping to extend her time in the city, she accepts a job as a nanny; only to discover that the position is, in fact,
at a chateau in Provence, and her employer is an impossibly good-looking French Comte. With no nannying
experience and three silent, unfriendly children awaiting her care, Alexandra certainly has a challenge on her
hands – but she’s ready to step up and do the best she can, if only to delay her arrival in Switzerland. </span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Once she settles into the beautiful chateau she soon warms to the children and, finding that they don’t go to
school, sends for her friend David to help tutor them English, who brings his friend Jack to teach music and
maths. All seems to be going well, until their father Antoine arrives home – and Alexandra realises she is
inappropriately but rapidly falling in love . . . As Christmas approaches, can Alexandra be true to her feelings?</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Before I start my review, I will give one caveat - Katie Fforde is one of my top three favourite authors and look forward to each new release with lots of excitement. I know that when I pick up a Katie Fforde read, I am going to enjoy it and I always devour it much too quickly.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Why do I love Katie Fforde's books so much? The answer is easy, Katie Fforde always immerses herself in her research. Each book has a new occupation or lifestyle within and, I know, that Katie has spent hours, weeks and months researching the theme to give the reader the opportunity to learn about it, along with a great cast of characters for us all to meet. I have read all of Katie's books and always know that when i want a cosy read or something to get me out of a reading slump that Katie is a firm favourite.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">A Wedding In Provence is a fantastic read. I loved visiting France and setting it in the 1960's added another dimension to the experience. There was a multigenerational cast, each with their own little story within the book - I really liked the ex-mother-in-law of the family's father. She was a great character who I would of loved to have met. She certainly met her match with Alexandra!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although the storyline is basically a love story, Katie Fforde's books are always so much than that and I would heartily recommend it as a great book to curl up with this Christmas. I will be gifting this title to my mum this Christmas as she too is also a Katie Fforde fan.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you to Penguin, Ed PR and Netgalley for sending me this book to review, in return for an honest review.</span></p>Sarah's Book Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318199791006986620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204641755474081145.post-38410825872891943822021-04-15T09:12:00.003+01:002021-04-15T09:16:06.490+01:00A Postcard From Paris by Alex Brown<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQm00fkJ-GLmjW8co6tVLnLRcej7Gtm1q0pQExe-uD2E0toqtW1YjyzShKZ2r-Eom1dgyz_aSKBEZxYyvMeep8zUS_nG3WdND3mEiK-BODM4huTsHgI6s0PXfPecWsyQGj0gmTRKR1Hu4/s1600/A+Postcard+from+Paris+Blog+Tour+poster.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQm00fkJ-GLmjW8co6tVLnLRcej7Gtm1q0pQExe-uD2E0toqtW1YjyzShKZ2r-Eom1dgyz_aSKBEZxYyvMeep8zUS_nG3WdND3mEiK-BODM4huTsHgI6s0PXfPecWsyQGj0gmTRKR1Hu4/s320/A+Postcard+from+Paris+Blog+Tour+poster.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>I have been a fan of Alex Brown's from her very first novel, enjoying the busy Carrington's department store before moving on and visiting Tindledale village on many occasions, so when I was asked to take part in the blog tour to celebrate the publication of 'A Postcard From Paris' I jumped at the chance.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A Postcard From Paris is Alex's latest book and I really believe her books are just getting better and better. The story begins is written along two time lines with two narrators: Joanie in the present day and the mysterious Beatrice Crawford (Trixie) who lived through both World Wars and, for some reason unknown to Joanie has left her her Perfumery and luxuriant home in the heart of Paris.</p><p>I am not going to give away any of the story lines as I would love all of my blog readers to enjoy the secrets and magic for themselves. Alex has very cleverly bought back the department store Carrington's and also the beautiful Tindledale village into this book and it is lovely to be reminded of books gone by. They are slipped seamlessly into the storyline</p><p>I loved Trixie's diary entrires which were used to tell Trixie's story and it added another dimension to the story as her thoughts, feelings and emotions are retold. I love books that include these kind of entries into their stories - what a great way to learn about pre and post war time Paris! Alex must of done hours of research into this period and it has really added to this beautiful book.</p><p>I read this book very quickly and I will confess, I had to message Alex at 10pm in the evening to tell her just how much I loved A Postcard From Paris. Her descriptions of Joanie wandering around Paris taking in the scenery reminded me so much so of my own honeymoon in Paris over 20 years ago. Alex bought the sights and sounds of Paris into my imagination and has lit a need to revisit Paris in the future with my lovely husband.</p><p>I would love all of my blog readers to join Alex, Trixie and Joanie in Paris and the publishers, Harper Collins, have very kindly given me an extract to share with my blog readers while you wait for your copy to arrive. So sit back and get ready to be transported to Paris ..................</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Tindledale, in rural England, 1916</i></p><p><i>Beatrice Crawford craved adventure. Yearning to escape
the confines of her provincial young ladyhood and
find her purpose, to be a positive influence in the
world. A woman of substance, just like Lady Dorothy
Fields, the inimitable, flame-haired woman who had
ignited the dimly lit village hall earlier this evening
with a very rousing speech. Beatrice had listened
intently as Lady Dorothy had talked about her nursing
work with the Voluntary Aid Detachment, or VAD,
carrying out her patriotic duty to look after the brave
soldiers fighting in fields far away for King and
Country in the Great War. </i></p><p><i> After buttoning up her cotton nightie, Beatrice sat
at her dressing table and brushed out her ebony curls
then, securing them away from her face with a tortoise shell clip, she pressed cold cream over her cheeks and neck, sweeping down and across her collar bones.
Going over in her mind the events of such an extraordinary evening, she recalled with wonder the
atmosphere in the village hall. It had been quite
thrilling. An audience of young women just like her,
suffragettes too, with little tricolour brooches pinned
to their lapels, sat shoulder-to-shoulder, all united in
their desire to do so much more for the war effort
than endure a stifling life made up of endless tedious
occupations such as light domestic work or embroidering samplers in silent drawing rooms. Her younger
companion, Queenie, the housekeeper’s niece, who was
already doing her bit by working in an ammunitions
factory in the nearby town of Market Briar, had almost
missed out on hearing Lady Dorothy’s speech. Queenie
had arrived late and in a fluster, discreetly brushing a
sheen of fine raindrops from her wool beret and gloves,
whispering a grateful, ‘Thank you, Trixie,’ before
sliding onto the chair that Beatrice had saved for her
at the end of the row. Exchanging a clandestine glance,
Beatrice had pressed her friend’s hand in reply, both
of them knowing and secretly delighting in their small
act of defiance. For Beatrice’s stepmother, Iris, had
forbidden Queenie from using ‘Trixie’ as a suitable
pet name for her stepdaughter, citing it ‘undignified,
and quite common!’ But Beatrice liked being Trixie: it made her feel more alive, jolly and without constraint,
and so the two friends had continued with it whenever
Iris was out of earshot.</i></p><p><i> Beatrice and Queenie had forged an unlikely friendship five years ago when Iris had insisted that the then
13-year-old Beatrice ‘must be perfectly fluent in at least
two languages if she were to be a refined debutante
and catch a suitable husband.’ Eight-year- old Queenie,
known to be a quick-witted and fast-learning young
girl, with a tumble of auburn curls and sparkling,
impish green eyes, was brought in from the village
each day to be taught French and High German, in
order that Beatrice might practise her own conversational skills. As for Beatrice’s rudimentary French and
German writing skills, they had been deemed beyond
hope and were to be forgotten about forthwith. Even
though Beatrice’s stepmother was French, she was far
too engaged in a hectic social life – which frequently
took her to glamorous parties in London, Paris, Monte
Carlo and beyond – to idle away her time on academia,
especially when, according to Iris, Beatrice hadn’t
‘shown enough flair in her younger years’. Iris had also
declared that revision was a tedious waste of time, and
that Beatrice should show humility and recompense
for her shortcomings by learning alongside an uneducated and much younger village girl, who would most likely pick it all up in half the time that it had taken
Beatrice. ‘So that ought to keep you on your toes!’</i></p><p><i> So, together with her French and German conversational skills, thanks to her insistent stepmother
and Swiss governess, Miss Paulette, there were now
only ten lectures and ten lessons in first aid and
nursing standing between Beatrice and her ambition
to help the soldiers fighting on the front line in
France. Not that it was imperative to have language
skills, but Beatrice thought it might give her a little
something extra to offer, and Lady Dorothy had
explained that it wasn’t only English-speaking
soldiers who required nursing. There were Frenchmen
too. Some German soldiers, prisoners of war, as well.
Of course, she would need practical first-aid training.
A hospital in London perhaps, that’s what Lady
Dorothy had recommended, to get a foot in the door
and to show her mettle. And they really were rather
keen to recruit volunteers. </i></p><p><i> Drawing her knees up to her chest and placing her
slippered feet on the edge of the velvet cushioned chair,
Beatrice wrapped her arms around her legs and hugged
the feeling of possibility into her, for she could see a
way forward now. It was as if a light had been switched
on deep within her, sparking a frisson of hope that
she felt barely able to contain. Not that the bleak battlefields of France were a cause for elation. Certainly
not. No, it was very much more than that. She had to
do something. The newspapers were full of lists. The
names of soldiers killed in the trenches. Pages and
pages of men, some only mere boys. Thousands on
the very first day of the war in 1914 and it had been
relentless ever since. Fathers. Sons. Cousins. Uncles.
Nephews. Her own dear brother, Edward, having
enlisted at the start of the war, had mercifully been
missing from the lists so far. But for how much longer?
Beatrice carried a perpetual sense of foreboding that
seemed impossible to shake off. Although, for the first
time in her life, she felt that she also had an opportunity, a sense of purpose. </i></p><p><i> Of course, Father would protest, preferring she
marry Clement Forsyth, the odious son of his banker
in London, but how could she when her heart was
with another? A secret love. Because Bobby worked in
the stables, mucking out and tending to the horses,
and so would never be suitable husband material as
far as Father was concerned. Beatrice’s heart had almost
broken in two when Bobby had gone away to fight
for his country, and not a moment went by when she
didn’t think of him, wrapping an imaginary shield of
safety around his beautiful body so he would return
to her arms once more. The only comfort being that Bobby and Edward were together in the same PALS
battalion. Queenie’s older brother, Stanley, too, along
with many of the other men from the village, with
their camaraderie to keep their spirits up until they
could return home. Beatrice treasured the photograph
of Bobby that she kept hidden inside her diary, alongside the pages where she had written about her endless
love for him. </i></p><p><i> Instead there was Clement, who had pursued
Beatrice from first seeing her at 17 years old in the
exquisite gown of white satin with lace trim that Iris
had shipped over from Paris especially for the Queen
Charlotte’s Ball, the pinnacle event of the debutante
season. He had been relentless from then on, constantly
calling on Beatrice at home and always appearing by
her side at society events – Royal Ascot, Henley Regatta,
King George’s coronation gala, not to mention all the
other balls at various grand estates and castles that she
had been wheeled out to by her overbearing stepmother.
And woe betide if another ‘debs’ delight’ so much as
glanced in Beatrice’s direction, for Clement had become
insufferable in warning them off with one of his supercilious glares and a territorial hand on her arm.
Fortunately, all talk of marriage had been suspended
for now since conscription had started on 2 March and
Clement had reluctantly taken a commission in the army. And Beatrice’s stepmother would protest even
more to her going to France, branding her desire to
volunteer as a nonsensical notion that should be
stopped at once, of that Beatrice was certain. </i></p><p><i> ‘It’s not becoming for a young lady of your standing
to take up such menial work. Mopping floors and
changing soiled bed linen. Whatever next! Your poor
father, having to shoulder such embarrassment from
his own flesh and blood is quite unforgivable. And
if you refuse to give up such whimsical ideas and
continue to rebuff a perfectly suitable marriage proposition, then I fear you will become too old and
contrary for any respectable gentleman to consider
taking as a wife. You will spend the rest of your days
as a spinster!’ is what Iris had spluttered in outrage
over supper one evening when Beatrice had first
mooted the possibility, some months ago, of her
helping out at the Red Cross auxiliary hospital set up
in the Stanway Rectory on the outskirts of the village.
Beatrice remembered the evening vividly, because later,
in the privacy of her bedroom suite, she had written
down her stepmother’s hurtful words in the diary
which she kept locked in a burr-walnut wood writing
slope that had belonged to her darling mother, and
now to her. Spinster! Beatrice had even underlined the
word several times and had then spent a great deal of 8
time pondering on whether being a spinster might
not be the curse that Iris perceived it to be. Especially
if she couldn’t be with Bobby and the alternative was
to be the reluctant wife of Clement Forsyth. </i></p><p><i> Beatrice was only 18 years old and a young lady
should be 23 to be accepted for an overseas voluntary
nursing post, Lady Dorothy had explained. But with
her nineteenth birthday next month, Beatrice was
determined to find a way around the rule and would
increase her age if required to do so. She wasn’t usually
one for lying but if that is what it took, then so be it.
And the other women in the hall had spoken about
this after the meeting with such nonchalance, declaring
it impolite to ask a lady her age. It was a minor detail
to be disregarded for the greater good of the country.
So there really was no time to waste. Beatrice was
resolute. With her whole life ahead of her, which was
far too precious to fritter away in a suitable but nonetheless loveless marriage, she wondered about romance.
And love. True love, like the love she had with Bobby
and the love that her mother had shared with her
father before her life had been cruelly cut short. </i></p><p><i> Beatrice had only been 4 years old when it had
happened, Edward 7 and away at boarding school.
Their mother had died giving birth to another daughter
who hadn’t survived either, and from then on Beatrice s
had felt terribly alone, with long hours spent gazing
from her bedroom window, hoping to find a fragment
of comfort in the view, out and across the undulating,
sun-drenched fields and faraway into the distance,
past the wooden water mill that powered through the
river, over and over, its melodic rhythm like balm to
her grieving young soul. Beatrice had seen a rainbow
one time and wondered if over the glistening arc of
the petroleum-coloured streaks was where heaven lay,
and if she might go there to be reunited with her
beautiful mother. </i></p><p><i> She missed her dreadfully. Baking and sketching
together, Beatrice had adored sharing these activities
with her mother, along with perfume making and
flower pressing, where they would wander through
the fields to pick wild flowers and mix them into a
scented potion, keeping the brightest blooms to slot
into the press for drying and applying to scrapbooks.
Beatrice still had the scrapbooks but couldn’t bear to
look through them after her mother had died. </i></p><p><i> As time had ticked on and Beatrice’s memory of her
mother, radiant and enthused with the sweet scent of
rose perfume, always with a smile and a kiss for her
adoring husband, had faded, Beatrice had grown up
and managed to forge a slice of happiness for herself.
Immersing herself in her diary-writing and reading 10
books, Little Women being her favourite. Beatrice had
drawn strength from the vibrant and strident March
sisters, developing a passion for gaiety and curiosity
about the joie de vivre that Miss Paulette had spoken
of in those French lessons she’d had as a child. </i></p><p><i> Where was all of that now? Beatrice knew there
was a shortage of suitable men, thanks to this dreadful
war; not that she wanted another man when her true
love was Bobby, but she also knew her own mind and
that she would most likely go mad if she didn’t take
this opportunity to escape. If she were to remain a
spinster for the rest of her life then so be it, but at
least she would be in charge of steering her own destiny.
There really was no other option, for surely she would
suffocate into oblivion if she were to end up leading
a very insignificant life as the demure wife of a
bombastic banker. Besides, there were only so many
samplers one could possibly endure embroidering day
after day, with just piano recitals and letter writing to
break the monotony. She needed more. Much more.
And she had very much more to give in return. </i></p><p><i>Yes, the decision was made. Beatrice was going to
join the VAD. She would volunteer at the rectory
hospital first, progress on to a London hospital while
completing her training, and then she would broaden
her horizons further and travel to France where she would make beds, change dressings and bathe injured
soldiers. And she would feel honoured to do so. She
would wear a blue uniform with a pristine white apron
and linen cap secured with a safety pin at the nape of
her neck and feel extremely efficient, knowing that
her work there was worthwhile and of the utmost
importance. She nodded her head as if to underline
the biggest decision she had ever made in her life. </i></p><p><i> Lady Dorothy had captured Beatrice’s imagination
with photographs of herself in her own uniform. In
one photograph, Lady Dorothy was even wearing
khaki trousers tucked inside long leather boots, just
like a man. In another, she was driving a motor ambu lance and giving the photographer a rousing wave
from the open window. And in that moment, Beatrice
knew that she would very much like to have this
experience too. She could already drive, having driven
Father’s motor car in the grounds around the house.
Sidney, the gamekeeper, had shown her the ropes, and
she had mastered the steering wheel and brake in no
time at all. So, it was settled, Beatrice was to become
a woman of substance and make a positive difference
at last . . . just as soon as she had Father and Iris
onboard with her marvellous escape plan. </i></p><p><i>|</i>Thank you to the publishers, Harper Collins. for sending me the book to review in return for an honest review. I really did enjoy it and I hope my blog readers will also enjoy it as much as I do.</p>Sarah's Book Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318199791006986620noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204641755474081145.post-26705583717445262642020-08-29T11:36:00.002+01:002020-08-29T11:39:16.865+01:00The Doctor Will See You Now by Dr Amir Khan<p style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="50620720" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1595627423l/50620720.jpg" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span id="freeText3770507156621409564" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>60 hours a week</b><br /><b></b><br /><b>240 patients</b><br /><b></b><br /><b>10 minutes to make a diagnosis</b><br /><b></b><br /><b>Welcome to the surgery.</b><br /><br />Charting his 15 years working as a GP, from rookie to becoming a partner in one of the UK's busiest surgeries, Dr Amir Khan's stories are as much about community and care as they are about blood tests and bodily fluids.<br /><br />Along the way, he introduces us to the patients that have taught him about love, loss and family - from the regulars to the rarities - giving him the most unbelievable highs and crushing lows, and often in just 10 minutes. There is the unsuspecting pregnant woman about to give birth at the surgery; the man offering to drop his trousers and take a urine sample there and then; the family who needs support through bereavement, the vulnerable child who will need continuing care for a long-term health condition; and, of course, the onset of COVID-19 that tested the surgery at every twist and turn. But, it's all in a day's work for Amir.<br /><br />The Doctor Will See You Now is a powerful story of hope, love and compassion, but it's also a rare insider account of what really goes on behind those surgery doors.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></i></p><h1 class="gr-h1 gr-h1--serif" id="bookTitle" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 2px; width: 455px;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">'The Doctor Will See You Now: The highs and lows of my life as an NHS GP' is an account of Dr Amir Khan, a doctor who featured on the popular Channel 5 programme, GP's Behind Doors. </span></span></h1><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">I watched GP Behind Closed Doors and I must admit, Dr Amir Khan was my favourite GP. He looked to have a very calming demeanor and took time to listen to and explain things to his patients, caring about them and their family. This is again reflected in this book as he talks about how he goes above and beyond for his patients. As I read the book I could hear Amir's voice coming out of the page and I devoured the book very quickly. It is a really well written book and I would love to read another book my Dr Amir Khan to hear more tales of his life in the inner city practice,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br />There are many great patients included in this book, of course names have been changed, but it really shows how varied the life of a GP really is. Some of the characters pop up more than once in the book. As it is a book about a GP, there is of course a wide variety of emotions and I found myself empathising and was close to tears on a number of occasions but then found myself laughing out loud in the following chapter. It does show how varied and unusual the life of a GP really is.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">There are great stories about Amir's career in General Practice including his first day as a fully fledged GP and not only did he have to tell an unexpected patient that they were pregnant, but also that she was in labour and the birth was imminent. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">The final chapter of the book reflects on the current Coronavirus pandemic and is a heartfelt account of life as a GP during this very difficult time and pays tribute to the NHS and medical profession which I found very poignant.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br />Thank you to Ebury Publishing for sending me a copy of this book in return for an honest review.</span></div>Sarah's Book Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318199791006986620noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204641755474081145.post-68749910550628424142020-01-04T09:00:00.000+00:002020-01-04T14:04:19.853+00:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Now alone after Martha’s sudden death, Hannah feels lost in the only place she’s known as home, Hope Street. Coming up to a milestone birthday, she’s wondering what her purpose in life is.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Meet Doug – a workaholic, he’s in the office from dusk ’til dawn, and when he has a heart attack. Now on the mend, he needs to de-stress his life and focus on living it, to make sure it doesn’t happen again.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Doug moves to Hope Street, number 35. Hannah lives at number 34, directly opposite. From the moment they meet, there’s a spark.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">But there are secrets too. Hannah’s mum has been keeping something from her, her sister left over twenty years ago, and there can’t be such a simple reason why Doug has moved to Somerley. Can there?</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The Man Across the Street is the first of a new series by bestselling author, Marcie Steele. It features a host of characters living on Hope Street in the market town of Somerley, also featured in The Somerley Series. Each character will have their own standalone story in books to follow.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love books which are part of a series, based in a village or, as this one, a street. I enjoy meeting the characters and having the opputunity to learn more about the residents, their back stories and watching them following their dreams or relationships developing or falling part. I am looking forward to returning to Hope Street again in future books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The book is an easy read and is relatable to real life, I can picture Hope Street and Hannah and Doug are both characters who could easily live next door to its reader. Marcie Steele has created a fantastic setting and cast of characters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Marcie Steel is actually Mel Sharratt, a fantastic crime author, who has written a number of gritty crime novels. It is difficult to imagine that this cosy read has written by the same person but they are and I enjoy both sides of Mel's writing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you to the publisher and to Sarah Hardy of Books on the Bright Side Publicity and PR for inviting me to take part in the blog tour and for a copy of the book in return for an honest review.</span></div>
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- Dillon, 18, who takes damaged and donated clothing and upcycles it for <span class="mark6vfl3xoa4" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span> homeless<br />
- Guro, 13, who persuaded a pop band to portray women differently in its video<br />
- 'Happy D', 19, who learned to read at 14 and found ways to build his confidence<br />
- Heraa, 19, who fights Islamophobia online</span>.</i><br />
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- Lucy who, at 14, walked into Tesco head office and persuaded <span class="mark6vfl3xoa4" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span>m not to sell eggs from caged hens.<br />
- Cameron, 17, who has cerebral palsy and was side-lined by soccer teams who set up his own team 'Adversity United'<br />
- Alex, 18, who broke his back on his 15th birthday and says his injury has taught him to care for others<br />
- Amika, 18, who fights 'Period Poverty'</i><i><br />
- Jesse, 15, who's seven feet tall and embraces his stature<br />
- Billy, 18, who wore full make up every day at high school</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: black;">A fantastic book that captures <span class="mark6vfl3xoa4" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span> work of <span class="mark7aaaat889" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">you</span>ng <span class="markz71i9vsk9" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">change</span>makers. Powerful and inspiring, a catalogue of real role models. It will make <span class="mark7aaaat889" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">you</span> want to chase <span class="mark7aaaat889" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">you</span>r passion. After all what better cause is <span class="mark6vfl3xoa4" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span>re?<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'You Can Rule The World ' is a truly inspirational book that should be shown to every teenager regardless of age, colour, ethnicity or ability or country of origin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The book contains a number of real accounts of teenagers lives who have achieved great things and, for many of them, have changed the world around them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I particularly was impressed by Lucy and Happy D, who both had very different backgrounds. Lucy, at the age of 14, took on Tesco's and lobbied for them to stop selling eggs from caged hens - a huge task which changed the dairy industry for ever. Happy D's story was very different and learnt to read at the age of 14, ignoring the opinions of his peers and learnt to read, which opened up a world of possibilities for him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The book is very well written and each story is told compassionately and engages the reader. I enjoyed learning about each child and found their stories inspirational and heartwarming. It really shows that anybody is capable of achieving what they strive to with hard work and determination.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a great book to give to a teenager with low confidence or who is currently overcoming difficulties. It would also be a great addition to a school or college library and highlighted to the students.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Thank you to Random Things Blog Tours and Jessica Kingsley Publishers for a copy of the book and for an invite to join in the blog tour in return for an honest review.</span>Sarah's Book Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318199791006986620noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204641755474081145.post-70630520421707775122019-12-14T11:00:00.000+00:002019-12-14T15:33:56.598+00:00Blog Tour - Six Steps to Happiness by Suzie Tullett<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>To add to her problems, Ronnie’s daughter and mother-in-law decide to stage an intervention. With her family keeping a close eye on her, Ronnie is forced to become more devious in her actions to get rid of Nick and Gaye.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>But just how far will she go?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>And is moving on ever that easy?</i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Six Steps to Happiness is a hilarious look at just how far one woman will go to recover from a broken heart and find happiness again.</i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Six Steps to Happiness' is a fantastic romantic comedy which I devoured between festive reads. It was a breath of fresh air with some great characters, who I became invested in and loved seeing their relationships form.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are some great comedic sections to the story, as well times of sadness and tears. The story is one of those that makes you forget all about your own dramas as you become invested in Ronnie's life.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you to Bombshell Books (an imprint of Bloodhound Books) and to <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Book On The Bright Side Publicity & Promo for inviting me to take part in the blog tour and for a copy of the book in return for an honest review.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love reading books that are full of social history and 'High Heels and Beetle Crushers' is one such book. I really enjoyed reading about post war Britain from a woman's point of view, Jackie Skingley.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The author, Jackie, grew up in post war Britain, and was determined to enter the Military world, a world which was dominated by men and one which women struggled to enter into. However Jackie was very determined and got into the Women's Royal Army Corps. I really enjoyed reading about Jackie's determination and her successes in her career.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, this book is not just about life in the military. As I said this is a book about social history and Jackie talks about the many of the historical milestones that took place and the book really bought history to life. Parts of it have also been covered in 'Call the Midwife' on BBC1 and was really good to learn more about it from someone who lived through it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a great book for anyone who loves reading about social history or who is wanting to learn more about the position of women through the ages.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Thank you to Chronos Books and to Rachel's Random Resources for inviting me to take part in the blog tour and for a copy of the book in return for an honest review. </span>Sarah's Book Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318199791006986620noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204641755474081145.post-43563943830976106982019-12-12T14:01:00.001+00:002019-12-12T14:01:58.003+00:00Who Did YouTell by Lesley Kara<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The book's main character is a recovering alcoholic. I have a close relation who is currently two months sober and I am trying my hardest to support them but find it difficult as I don't know (or understand) what is currently going through their mind. However, I found that 'Who Did You Tell?' gave me an insight into their mind - I would be very interested to know how Lesley approached this difficult subject when she was researching this book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">|However, this is a book about so much more than a recovering alcoholic trying to stay sober and not give in to the demon drink. Lesley has written a brilliant psychological thriller, which is full of suspense and drama as it appears someone is trying to play with the main characters thoughts and life. The book really allows the reader to get into Astrid's mind as she tries to work out who could know her secrets, those that she thought only she knew, and who wants her to fail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you to Transworld and to Random Things Tours for inviting me to take part in the blog tour and for a copy of the book in return for an honest review.</span><br />
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<br /><br />It’s been 192 days, seven hours and fifteen minutes since her last drink. Now Astrid is trying to turn her life around.<br /><br />Having reluctantly moved back in with her mother, in a quiet seaside town away from the temptations and painful memories of her life before, Astrid is focusing on her recovery. She's going to meetings. Confessing her misdeeds. Making amends to those she's wronged.<br /><br />But someone knows exactly what Astrid is running from. And they won't stop until she learns that some mistakes can't be corrected.<br /><br />Some mistakes, you have to pay for...</span><span id="freeText18157013494622451491" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; display: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Every town has its secrets. Lesley Kara knows them all . . .
<br /><br />It’s been 192 days, seven hours and fifteen minutes since her last drink. Now Astrid is trying to turn her life around.<br /><br />Having reluctantly moved back in with her mother, in a quiet seaside town away from the temptations and painful memories of her life before, Astrid is focusing on her recovery. She's going to meetings. Confessing her misdeeds. Making amends to those she's wronged.<br /><br />But someone knows exactly what Astrid is running from. And they won't stop until she learns that some mistakes can't be corrected.<br /><br />Some mistakes, you have to pay for...<span id="freeText18157013494622451491" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; display: none; font-family: "Merriweather","Georgia",serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><i>Every town has its secrets. Lesley Kara knows them all . . . </i>
</b><br /><br />It’s been 192 days, seven hours and fifteen minutes since her last drink. Now Astrid is trying to turn her life around.<br /><br />Having reluctantly moved back in with her mother, in a quiet seaside town away from the temptations and painful memories of her life before, Astrid is focusing on her recovery. She's going to meetings. Confessing her misdeeds. Making amends to those she's wronged.<br /><br />But someone knows exactly what Astrid is running from. And they won't stop until she learns that some mistakes can't be corrected.<br /><br />Some mistakes, you have to pay for...</span></span><b></b><b></b><i></i><i></i><u></u><u></u><sub></sub><sub></sub><sup></sup><sup></sup><strike></strike><strike></strike><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span>Sarah's Book Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318199791006986620noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204641755474081145.post-72681913076526624152019-12-11T09:00:00.000+00:002019-12-11T13:15:29.541+00:00Blog Tour - Unexpected Lessons in Love by Lucy Dillon<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I am very excited to be taking part in Lucy Dillon's latest release, Unexpected Lessons in Love</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lucy Diamond is one of my favourite authors. I know that when I pick up a Lucy Dillon book that I was going to be reading a fantastic story with realistic characters and one which I will loose myself in until it is finished!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Unexpected Lessons in Love' begins with a marriage proposal and the subsequent wedding day, however Jeannie gets cold feet and asks the wedding car to pull over so she can ring the groom to call off the ceremony, however Dan doesn't answer. What happens next is a bride's worst nightmare.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really enjoyed the story and it was great to learn more about both Jeannie and Dan and I really hoped that this story would end with a happily every after. Does this happen? I am not going to spoil the story for my blog readers but it was definitely a roller coaster of emotion and I found myself swapping sides and how I was hoping the story would end.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The story is based around online dating, something which is becoming every more the norm in modern Britain and should be a warning for its users about what could happen!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The author, Joy Fielding, creates fantastic suspense which leaves the reader with chills down the spine. I definitely recommend this to my readers.</span></div>
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She also loves her childhood friend Jamie, but when her plan to kick-start their romance goes drastically wrong and her job gets her down, Lily decides it’s time to make changes. A job opens up in snowy Chamonix and egged on by her best friend Imogen, Lily decides to go for it.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">As Lily settles in with the eccentric Devereux family at their gorgeous boutique ski hotel, she starts to confront her past. But when she meets handsome ski instructor Luc, who hates Christmas, Lily might have taken on more than she can handle.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Can Lily make a new life – with or without skis? And can she get Luc to see how truly romantic Christmas can be?</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">A heart-warming, feel-good romantic comedy, perfect for fans of Holly Martin, Carole Matthews and Tilly Tennant</span></i></span></div>
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text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">They say you should never go back, but glamorous Ronnie Percy did just that, to the home she ran away from with her lover.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">But not everyone is finding it easy to forgive and forget.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /></i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><i>Daughter Pax, fighting for custody of her small son as her own marriage disintegrates, is furious to have to spend New Year's Eve waiting for some stranger her mother has invited to help run the family stud farm.</i><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Even more annoyed is the staunchly loyal stud head groom, Lester. Does Ronnie think he's lost his touch with the horses? And anyway, who is this so-called Horsemaker, Luca O'Brien? Why does he seem to be running away from something? And what is the true story of his relationship with grey stallion Beck, once destined for the Olympics, now broken and unrideable, screaming his anger from the Compton Magna stables.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Passionate, sexy, gripping, laced with her trademark wisdom and humour, this is bestselling Fiona Walker at her dazzling best.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Country Lovers' has lots of humour throughout the book.There are twists within the storyline and episodes of passion which spiced up the read, although nothing too graphic. Set in The Cotswolds, it has a beautiful backdrop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The cast of characters were great.There were some quirky characters, most likeable, a few I wasn't sure of and I especially liked, Luca, the Irishman with a sparkle in his eye. The horses and stables also play a big part in this book, now I must admit I don't really like horses, I have never had the urge to go horse riding and neither have I really read any books that are set around horses and/or stables but I really did enjoy Country Lovers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really like Fiona's writing style. It is easy to read, and although the book is over 600 pages long, it kept my attention and I lost a number of hours as I was engrossed in the stories.</span>Sarah's Book Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318199791006986620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204641755474081145.post-34089311605496258532019-12-04T09:00:00.000+00:002019-12-04T09:00:06.099+00:00Blog Tour - The Matchmaker by Catriona Innes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1553189230l/44563587._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="44563587. sy475 " border="0" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1553189230l/44563587._SY475_.jpg" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-image: none; border: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><i>For Caitlin Carter, love means business.</i></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><i><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">She's taken matchmaking back to basics. There is no swiping left. No creepy location tracker. Definitely no unsolicited pics of areas of the anatomy literally no one wants to see. She's made dating great again: personal, patient... and profitable. Her startup is going from strength to strength, the brand her very own happy marriage (her wedding went viral), and now she even has celebrities wanting to use her services.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Caitlin is living the perfect life.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Except it's all a perfect lie. And Caitlin doesn't know how long she can keep it up.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">In an era of social media and dating apps, when we have never been more connected yet more isolated, the matchmaker is a story about love, loss and loneliness, and learning to accept your reality.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">This is an emotionally charged, funny and warm novel, perfect for fans of THE MAN WHO DIDN'T CALL by Rosie Walsh, SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL by Giovanna Fletcher and IT STARTED WITH A TWEET by Anna Bell.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'The Matchmaker' caught my attention from the synopsis as it was something different and I was looking forward to reading it. Caitlin has set up a business as a matchmaker, in a world where social media and apps are taking the market to a new level, whereas Caitlin has kept it traditional and personal, where she matches potential partners to their ideal match.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did enjoy the book and loved the cast of characters. There were many characters that I could relate to friends and family and they each had their own traits and back story which all added to the story. It was great to read about a 'dating agency' that had the personal touch, where the owner used their own instincts to find their clients matches and I loved reading about the potential happily ever after dates. These all bought lots of humour and disaster to the read, all reflecting the world today and the perils of dating.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Matchmaker is a great, easy read, which is perfect for a long autumn weekend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you to the publishers, Orion, and to Compulsive Readers Blog Tours for inviting me to take part in the blog tour and for a copy of the book in return for an honest review.</span>Sarah's Book Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318199791006986620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204641755474081145.post-84521067363211182522019-12-02T09:00:00.000+00:002019-12-03T08:18:47.619+00:00Blog Tour - Happy Christmas Eve by Jackie Ladbury<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you to Rachel's Random Resources and the publishers, Ruby Fiction, for inviting me to take part in the blog tour and for a copy of the book in return for an honest review. </span>Sarah's Book Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318199791006986620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204641755474081145.post-4771406459687763502019-11-29T11:00:00.000+00:002019-12-03T08:12:14.849+00:00Blog Tour - Snowdrops on Rosemary Lane by Ellen Berry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><strong style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Last winter she had a plan.</strong><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Lucy fell in love with tumbledown Rosemary Cottage as a child. So thirty years on, when she loses her city job and discovers the cottage is for sale, it feels like fate. She’ll raise her children in Burley Bridge and transform the cottage into a B with her husband.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ellen Berry has previously written two other titles in this series of books set on Rosemary Lane: 'The Bakery on Rosemary Lane' and 'The Bookshop on Rosemary Lane'. I really enjoyed both these titles and have been looking forward to my next visit for sometime and 'Snowdrops on Rosemary Lane' has been worth waiting for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ellen Berry has written another heart-warming tale from Rosemary Lane and I am already looking forward to my next visit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thank you to the publishers, Avon Books, for inviting me to take part in the Blog Tour and for a copy of the book in return for an honest review. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The story is set in the Yorkshire Dales is full of Yorkshire cheer - add to this the fun and comedy of the pantomine and it all mixes together to make a great festive read which will have the reader laughing out loud throughout the book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really enjoyed reading 'The Perfect Fit'. The author, Mary Jayne Baker, has written a fantastic read, peppered throughout with Yorkshire twang and humour. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you to Rachel's Random Resources and Mirror Books for inviting me to take part in the blog tour and for a copy of the book in return for an honest review.</span></div>
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She would do anything for her three children. She drops them off and picks them up every single day. 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Susan is recently divorced and has been finding things hard recently, but she loves her kids – she’d never leave them. </span></i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><i><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline !important; float: none; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Susan’s sister Clare is furious. It’s just like her to go missing. It’s not the first time, either. Susan has always been a troublemaker. Always seeking attention. She knows Susan has been lying to the family for years. 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And, when Mary discovers Susan’s diary, she begins to uncover a dark secret from her childhood. Something no one in the family knew. When the final diary entry leads the police to a man who is discovered dead in a local park, they’re left wondering whether Susan has vanished because she is a victim. 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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love Carla's novels. They have everything a great crime, police procedural novel needs - a great crime, some gruesome moments, which all add to the police investigation and a cast of suspects, all of which are topped off by the strong police team who solve the crimes. DI Harte and her team are a great police team and I really enjoy returning to these characters each time.</span></div>
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North Devon coast, he sends in scientist Katie Flanagan as an undercover lab technician to investigate the rapid turnover of staff. After a colleague is struck down by a mysterious illness, Katie begins to suspect </span><span class="markwtouj2ltk" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-image: none; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">that</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #201f1e; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> the scientists are as deadly as the diseases…</span></i></span><b></b><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A scientific thriller novel initially worried me because I was worried that I would not understand or follow the terminology or plot, however 'An Air That Kills' was neither of these. When I read the synopsis I immediately believed that this could be a real situation and who knows this could of already happened!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is immediately obvious that the author, Christine Poulson, has done huge amounts of research and has a thorough understanding of the medical knowledge necessary to write such a book. Christine has written the book in a clever way where the readers and immediately drawn in and can follow the process, difficulties and importance of Katie, an undercover technician, as she works to solve the mysterious disease contamination. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As Katie progresses to solving why there is such a high staff turnover, the pace of the novel quickened and this all adds to the draw of the read. I had to stay up to finish the book and it was well worth it - It is a must read. </span><br />
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When Michael Rowland saves his younger brother Joshua from the clutches of his stepfather, he runs for his life with his brother in his arms. From his hiding place he sees the man who has made their lives a misery taken away in the trunk of a stranger's car, never to be seen again.</div>
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Doctor Dani Novak has been keeping soccer coach Diesel Kennedy at arm's length to protect him from her dark secrets. When they are brought together by the two young brothers who desperately need their help, it seems they might finally be able to leave their damaged pasts behind them.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Karen Rose is a favourite author of mine and when I was offered a place on the blog tour to celebrate the publication of her latest release, Into the Dark, I jumped at the chance and I am really glad I did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Into the Dark' is the fifth installment in Karen's Cincinnati series and although it is part of a series it could be read as a standalone although I recommend reading the whole series.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was immediately drawn into the book and did not want to put it down, as is the case with Karen's books. The book has been classed as a romantic suspense novel and I really like this genre. The main characters Doctor Dani Novak and Diesel Kennedy (a soccer coach) are great characters and although Dani tries to keep a distance from Diesel it is evident that there is an emotional tension bubbling under the surface which builds throughout the book. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Along with Dani and Diesel there are returns for a number of regular characters from the Cincinnati series and it was great to catch up with them throughout the book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although Karen's books are always thick books, as ever Into the Dark is jampacked with tension, crime and hard hitting themes and I recommend Into the Dark to all my blog readers - but be warned, once started you will not want to put it down until the very last word!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><strong style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">This gorgeous love story is loosely set in St Albans only half an hour away from London, where chef Jake relocates having lost everything that was dear to him. Enter actress, Kirsty Castille, who lives mostly in a world of her own until she meets Jake and realises she'd quite like to share the real world with him. If only he thought the same, things would be wonderful.</strong></i></span><b></b><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was expecting a festive read, full of pantomime humour and festive cheer and although this is set in Winter, it does not have the usual Christmassy feel and I really enjoyed this read as an alternative, but great, winter read.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The author, Jackie Ladbury, has written a great story. I really enjoyed visiting Hollywell Hill, the location sounded beautiful and Kirsty Castille is a fantastic character. She has a great sense of humour which kept popping up throughout the book and had me chuckling at many times (which wasn't perfect as have a terrible cough which made laughing not advisable!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is a great romantic story throughout the book as the title suggests, which is between Kirsty and Jake. Their initial meeting is a really beautiful moment and I enjoyed watching their friendship turn to romance but will she get her happy ever after ending?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you to Rachel's Random Resources and to the publishers for sending me a copy of the book in return an honest review. </span>Sarah's Book Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318199791006986620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204641755474081145.post-52889119379052847332019-11-17T11:00:00.000+00:002019-11-20T08:33:38.606+00:00Blog Tour -A Convenient Marriage by Jeevani Charika<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">'A Convenient Marriage' is Jeevani Charika's latest release. I really like Jeevani's books, they feature ethnic minority characters and I really enjoy learning about their lifestyles and customs.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">'A Convenient Marriage' features a very real situation where two people are bought together to marry but each have their own secrets which mean they don't want to marry but also know that they can't tell their parents why not for fear of upsetting their family and potentially alienating them from their community. There are many other themes throughout this book and the one I was most interested in was the mental health aspect with both characters struggling as they try to understand their own feelings, accepting who they are before they ask others to accept who they are too.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Thank you to Hera Books and Sarah Hardy's blog tours for inviting me to take part in the blog tour and for a copy of the book in return for an honest review.</span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Sarah's Book Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318199791006986620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204641755474081145.post-87133870515556564912019-11-17T09:00:00.000+00:002019-11-19T08:45:55.758+00:00Books on Tour- My Mother's Silence by Lauren Westwood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-family: "Merriweather","Georgia",serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">S<i>ome things you can never escape. I should know. I’ve been running away for fifteen years, and now I’m right back where I started…</i></b><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Skye Turner’s</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> family fell apart the day her twin sister </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Ginny</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> died. Everyone in their tiny community in the Scottish Highlands accepted it was an accident, but more than one person in town is haunted by a secret from that night... </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Skye left after the funeral, believing her mother blamed her for Ginny’s death. Skye should have taken care of Ginny, should have been there to stop her falling from the cliffs that night. Over the years, she’s barely spoken to her mother, until the day she receives a phone call asking her to return home. </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">As soon as Skye arrives in her childhood home, she knows something isn’t right. Her mother has kept the bedroom she shared with her sister like a shrine, Ginny’s clothes and diaries gathering dust, as though her mother thinks Ginny might come back. And there are whispers in town that Ginny wasn’t alone when she died… </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Skye is desperate to find out the truth, but her mother just wants her family back together.</span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> As Skye begins to unravel everyone’s lies, she realises the truth might tear her family apart for good…</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">My Mother’s Silence is a twisty and emotional novel about the bonds between mothers and daughters, and what happens when we hide things from those we love the most. Fans of Diane Chamberlain, Liane Moriarty and Kerry Fisher will be gripped.</b></i><b></b><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">'My Mother's Silence' is about a mother and her twin daughters. Sadly, Ginny, one of the twins, drowns while they are young and Skye suffers a car accident which leaves her with amnesia and her mother continuously tells her that she is responsible for Ginny's fatal accident.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'My Mother's Silence' is a fantastic read. It has parts which are difficult to read and I found myself shedding silent tears for Skye as she tries to rebuild her life and find out the truth about what actually happened on that fatal day. On the way Skye tries to rebuild her relationship with her mother and along the way discovers home truths and there are many layers to her mother, who of course is grieving, and although there are many times that I found myself wanting to shout at her mother to talk to Skye and tell her the truth, I also found myself pitying her and, at times, feeling sorry for her.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is a truly emotional book and I recommend reading it with a box of tissues to hand. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Thank you to Bookouture for inviting me to take part in the blog tour and for a copy of the book in return for an honest review.</span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Sarah's Book Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18318199791006986620noreply@blogger.com2