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<div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 12th March 2024</div>
<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Publisher:</b> Boldwood Books</div></b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Genres:</b> Time Travel / Romance</div>
<a name='more'></a><br /><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 11.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">It’s 1923 and in a decade that promises excitement
and liberation, Pearl Glenham and her father are invited to a mysterious
country house party on the Dorset coast, by a total stranger.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 11.0pt;"></p><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Her father claims not to have any prior association
with Highcliffe House, but upon arrival, it is apparent that he has a shared
history with several of the guests, although he won’t admit it. Belatedly
discovering that her father was blackmailed into attending, Pearl’s worries are
compounded when their host fails to arrive… <br /><o:p></o:p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqOzJ4CZ9dwdqG9u0EtY4Vaxhk380xkE147MekPsTN0A1eXgPITdoJ-tZpQ7icjn5Uzpx24Y8BQDRzlTApcCz43D2UraNPyPIXf-901Wj0UksxyjC-9pQlQYa8TP75b-pwf44_4i5emtlSvqbDZZXQmdrGES8cUDO8KvDI_BeIqYLP05DUFB6E7vwcx4/s1080/stroke%20of%20midnight3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqOzJ4CZ9dwdqG9u0EtY4Vaxhk380xkE147MekPsTN0A1eXgPITdoJ-tZpQ7icjn5Uzpx24Y8BQDRzlTApcCz43D2UraNPyPIXf-901Wj0UksxyjC-9pQlQYa8TP75b-pwf44_4i5emtlSvqbDZZXQmdrGES8cUDO8KvDI_BeIqYLP05DUFB6E7vwcx4/w200-h200/stroke%20of%20midnight3.png" width="200" /></a></div></span><p></p>
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the nearby cove and stumbles upon a mysterious mercury clock hidden in a cave.
This strange encounter sets in motion a series of events that will culminate in
an horrific house fire, claiming the lives of all the guests, including Pearl
herself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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destined never to live past midnight. She can repeat the day. But can she
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Pearl has lead a pretty boring existence. There's always been just her and her emotionally unavailable father after her mother died in childbirth. Pearl's life has been nothing short of mundane, turning her into a shy and retiring young woman, afraid to take chances or change her life in any way. Her days set to the routines dictated by her father and her strange relationship with time and time pieces, each one set to 10.04. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Unexpectedly, an invitation to attend a gathering at Highcliffe house arrives and her usually predictable father insists they step outside the norms of their existence and attend. They haven't so much been invited as been warned they'd better come. Pearl has little experience of life outside her home with her father and is naturally apprehensive, particularly as not all is as it seems. However, nothing could have prepared her for the discovery she makes while swimming in house's private cove and how it will turn time and indeed her life, on its head. Suddenly, Pearl finds herself caught in an endless loop trying to solve the mystery of her own and the other guests deaths and fears she will be destined to repeat the same day over and over again forever. Time now has an altogether new meaning, but will it be her undoing or the making of her?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Well, what can I say except to shout loudly about how much I loved this book! Jenni Keer has really outdone herself yet again with such an intriguing plot. As another reviewer has rightly said, 'Rebecca meets Agatha Christie meets Groundhog Day.' When I saw this on X (Twitter) I did laugh as the whole way through the book that's exactly what I was thinking! And given that Rebecca is my most favourite novel of all time, the book had me hooked from page 1. Its really hard not to draw the comparisons when At the Stroke of Midnight brings exciting elements of mystery, dark and brooding thriller and some supernatural elements into the story. I read the book and also listened to it on Audible in the car and I kept thinking about how it would not look out of place as an old black and white movie. It just had that sort of vibe about it. Jenni Keer has managed to capture the essence of the period with the wonderful language and the relationships of the main characters. I kept expecting someone to jump out of a wardrobe and shout, 'THE BUTLER DID IT IN THE LIBRARY WITH THE CANDLESTICK!' I changed my mind many times about what I thought was the answer to the different mysteries within the story and was wrong on so many levels. I absolutely love a book that keeps me guessing and guessing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Throughout the book, I could not help but be Pearl's greatest cheerleader as she evolved from a shy and easily intimidated young woman into a feisty amateur sleuth and discovered so many things about herself. Reliving the same day and your death over and over again must be exhausting! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">At The Stroke of Midnight is a fantastic read that will keep the reader enthralled, pique their imagination and curiosity and become as desperate as Pearl to get to the bottom of this unusual mystery. Highly recommended. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>
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is a history graduate who lives in the Suffolk countryside. Her lifelong
passion for reading became a passion for writing and she had two contemporary
romance novels published in 2019. She has now embraced her love of the past to
write twisty, turny historicals, and The Legacy of Halesham Hall was
shortlisted for the Romantic Historical Novel of the Year in 2023. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610391335121411781.post-87830612478053717832024-03-09T07:00:00.002+00:002024-03-09T07:00:00.130+00:00Lean On Me by Beth Moran : REVIEW<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dRvLxT7TpFeFO2rnG-dD0F8Cg7Bdq8lGBrgfQicV0e4n9C5KnoMRo_fjA54A_-AckyB3qaodt2zS1PAqpE_led7dosSVTdy2efBJAWaXmXkIK_TKL7v4jGnBmdZUbm9GaUwgdwK7VsVg14J49LJbIBURQtuSBq741W28T_CKd0XFJqQEzwmyMG4r6Kk/s1360/lean%20on%20me%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="881" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dRvLxT7TpFeFO2rnG-dD0F8Cg7Bdq8lGBrgfQicV0e4n9C5KnoMRo_fjA54A_-AckyB3qaodt2zS1PAqpE_led7dosSVTdy2efBJAWaXmXkIK_TKL7v4jGnBmdZUbm9GaUwgdwK7VsVg14J49LJbIBURQtuSBq741W28T_CKd0XFJqQEzwmyMG4r6Kk/w259-h400/lean%20on%20me%20cover.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> Lean on Me by Beth Moran</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 4th March 2024</div><div style="text-align: start;">
<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Publisher:</b> Boldwood Books</div></b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Genres:</b> Contemporary Fiction </div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 11pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As Faith tries on her
future mother-in-law’s wedding dress in preparation for her own wedding, her
tears are not of joy. The hideous frock is nicknamed ‘The Ghost Web’ by Faith’s
best friend Marilyn, who can’t understand why Faith would even consider wearing
it. But there’s a lot Marilyn doesn’t know about Faith – not the least of which
is that Faith is just the latest of the names she has called herself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Sam survived a traumatic childhood which included having to change their names
to hide from the past, but surviving has left scars. Faith’s generous fiancé
Perry doesn’t just promise to be a partner, he offers freedom and security, and
enough kindness to keep Faith squashing down any doubts on what ‘being in love’
really means.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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an extraordinary group of women at the Grace Chapel choir, that things start to
become crystal clear. As choir-leader extraordinaire, the indomitable Hester,
holds a mirror up to her ragtag group of singers, all with their own burdens
and insecurities, and teaches them to see how magnificent they are, so Faith
can dare to dream of a future where she and Sam can stop running and she might
even be ready to accept the love that she deserves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Faith is a woman of many secrets. Secrets she doesn't want her fiancé Perry to know. At least not yet. Perry comes from a very upper class family who have tons of money while Faith's background is anything but glamorous. She's had a difficult childhood to the point of being absolutely horrific and its taken her many years to get back on her feet from that scared child, to the lost teenager to the woman she's become. She's fighting so hard to keep her brother Sam on the straight and narrow with addiction and mental health problems having a tight grip on his life. Despite being engaged to a super rich man, Faith is determined to maintain her financial independence in the run up to the wedding and works harder than ever to look after herself. Perry's horrible mother is determined to have a say in everything wedding related and Faith just lets her. This marriage is a way to ensure that Sam is looked after and that Faith has the means to do it. She loves Perry of course, in her own way but does he really understand her or what she needs?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Things start to change for Faith when she accidently joins the choir of the church she is to be married in. Her friend Marilyn who cannot sing well at all even ends up becoming part of the choir. Little did Faith know at the time but the women in the choir would change her life completely. Throw in an extremely handsome Vicar and life just got a whole lot more complicated for Faith.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This is an absolutely amazing book but be warned, it does cover some hard hitting topics such as domestic violence, grief, addiction and mental health issues but it is done in the most sensitive and well handled way. Beth Moran has created a little bit of all of us in Faith. We all have secrets, a past that perhaps we need to run away from, albeit not as traumatic as Faith's but Faith shows us all, along with her fellow choir members that by grabbing the friendship and support that is offered to us we can survive anything. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I think what I loved most about this book was the theme of friendship and community and the fact that family is more than just blood. I adore books that have friendship groups featured. I have some amazing women in my life so I know groups of women like the choir ladies do exist and I just thought the ladies of the Grace chapel choir were simply amazing. Each had their own personal problems but through choirmaster Hester's somewhat unconventional guidance, they all grew in confidence and found their voices in more ways than one. There was just so much love. Marilyn had to be my all time favourite character. She was absolutely hilarious!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">While this book does have some serious undertones it is also full of humour and I found myself laughing out loud so much. To be able to write about some serious topics yet still add a comedic element to the story really takes skill and Beth Moran has really outdone herself. Add a sprinkling of romance and this book is a real winner and one of my highly recommended reads! Have some tissues ready because you'll either be crying laughing or crying because your heart is breaking. Either way, this book will not disappoint. This is the type of book I'd love to write!</div>
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<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b> The Graveyard Killings by Wes Markin</b></div></b>
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<b>Series:</b> The Yorkshire Murders, Book 4</div>
<div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 2nd March 2024</div>
<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Publisher:</b> Boldwood Books</div></b></div>
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girl is found exhumed from her grave, DCI Emma Gardner knows there’s more to
this grisly find than just misadventure. Penny Maiden was killed in a hit and
run accident forty years ago, and her killer was never found…Could someone be
trying to right an old wrong?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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dangerous gang of drug dealers to justice, DI Paul Riddick is trying hard to
play by the rules. After his previous reckless actions, he knows this is his
last chance to stay in the job he loves. But when his private life takes an unexpected
turn, Riddick begins to lose control again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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her with her case, especially when more bodies are found in the same graveyard.
But hurt badly by Riddick once before, Emma's not sure she can trust him again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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begins to spiral even more, Emma worries she may have left it far too late to
save her old friend Riddick from his own destruction...</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Graveyard Killings by Wes Markin is the 4th book in the Yorkshire murders series and can be read as a standalone book. That being said, I do wish I had read the other books in the series as I do think it would have been interesting to have delved deeper into the relationship dynamics of all the characters. However, starting on book 4 certainly didn't take anything away from my enjoyment of this cleverly plotted book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Two detectives, old friends, colleagues and perhaps the suggestion of something more are brought back together when their cases seem to have some sort of an overlap and they need each other once again. Each character has their own demons to try to escape from and a past that they just can't shake. But, they are both dealing with those demons in very different ways with Riddick beginning to spiral once more and destroy any chance of happiness that he could have. The supporting characters are equally as interesting and weirdly I loved the annoying reporter. She totally irritated the life out of me as her character should have done. Sometimes I did get a bit lost with remembering the characters as there are quite a few with the different crimes being investigated. Flashbacks helped give some context to what was happening. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This is a really enjoyable book with quite a few twists and turns along the way with an ending I absolutely 100% did not see coming at all and I was quite shocked by. The storyline could at times be hard hitting as real life crime is but it was written very well. I love a strong female lead and Emma Gardner certainly took no nonsense. I really liked her. I felt very sorry for Riddick and the heartbreak he'd endured in his life. He often slipped up, doing the wrong thing for the right reasons and his relationship with a young man with additional needs was beautiful. Under the hard exterior he put up to protect his heart, was a kind and caring man. If I ever get the time I'm going to go back and read the other books in the series. A recommended read!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610391335121411781.post-74376648953147259302024-02-01T07:00:00.001+00:002024-02-01T07:00:00.128+00:00The Last Days of You and Me by Debbie Howells : Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOe3ZD6Mzx3mo9qUZbL1qDkl3ThrNpyoFWs9B49stlbg_579VEnOoJtdMHXrH0kbEIgDA4XXCxb8XL5uAUI6NmyKAlDMCwxk8348CVJP3_0VH-_beU2L96XyT96aOU5HALLwHP9EffAoAtddjCBV42u-YIEvkkBxLovYPOFrAV_gsdgrZf8bjSt2XVNQ/s2339/The%20Last%20Days%20of%20You%20and%20Me%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2339" data-original-width="1524" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOe3ZD6Mzx3mo9qUZbL1qDkl3ThrNpyoFWs9B49stlbg_579VEnOoJtdMHXrH0kbEIgDA4XXCxb8XL5uAUI6NmyKAlDMCwxk8348CVJP3_0VH-_beU2L96XyT96aOU5HALLwHP9EffAoAtddjCBV42u-YIEvkkBxLovYPOFrAV_gsdgrZf8bjSt2XVNQ/w260-h400/The%20Last%20Days%20of%20You%20and%20Me%20cover.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Last Days of You and Me by Debbie Howells</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 29th January 2024</div><div style="text-align: start;">
<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Publisher:</b> Boldwood Books</div></b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Genres:</b> Women's Fiction</div>
<a name='more'></a><br /><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 11pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">They didn’t know – when Winter gave way
to Spring that year – that their lives were all about to change…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 11pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Marnie didn’t realise – when she
stormed into a bookshop one day, demanding a self-help book – that she was
about to make a new best friend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 11pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Bookshop-owner Rae didn’t know she had
been living like a shadow since her parents died. But then Marnie exploded into
her life. And suddenly she realised things had to change… more so when she
meets handsome nurse, Jack.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 11pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">And when Forrest’s life is turned
upside down by a fatal car crash, he knew he was being given a second chance,
but didn’t know why. He thinks Marnie might just be the woman he’s destined to
be with. But – as she discovers that she has an illness she may never recover
from – what if it’s too late for them?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 11pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Can it ever be too late though? To make
friendships that change everything. To grow, to change, to start again. Even –
for two unlikely new best friends to find love at last…?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 11pt;"><span class="a-text-bold"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">The Last Days
of You and Me</span></i></b></span><span class="a-text-bold"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b> is a </b></span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><b>heart-breaking</b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>, uplifting, magical
story about friendship, love and above all what it means to truly live. Perfect
for fans of </b></span></span><i style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Me Before You</i><span style="color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>, </b></span></span><i style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Love Actually</i><span style="color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b> and </b></span></span><i style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">One
Day</i><span style="color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>.</b></span></span></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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psychological thriller, <i>The Bones of You</i>,
was a Sunday Times bestseller for Macmillan. Four more bestsellers followed,
including most recently <i>The Vow</i>, published
by Avon. Fulfilling her dream of writing women’s fiction, she has found a home
with Boldwood and her first title with them, <i>The Life You Left Behind</i> was published in February 2022.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></p>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 20th July 2023</div><div style="text-align: start;">
<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Publisher:</b> Century</div></b></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This book was recommended reading in my book club and oh boy was it a good choice. Alix is celebrating her birthday in a swanky restaurant. Also there is Josie with her husband, a much older man than Josie. She and her husband are slightly out of their depth coming to such a place but this is where Alix and Josie meet and realise they are both sharing a birthday, born on the same day in the same hospital. Birthday twins.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">When they meet again, Alix has the fabulous idea for Josie to appear on one of her podcasts. She is after all looking for something a little different to do and Josie would just be perfect for this new direction she wants her podcasts to take. However, Alix gets more than she bargains for when Josie begins to tell her story. Despite being birthday twins, their lives couldn't have been any more different. Josie is not all she seems and there is darkness lurking in every corner of her life. A darkness that Alix doesn't see until it begins to consume her own family and marriage which has its own problems. The people in Josie's life have secrets and soon those secrets are revealed slowly, bit by bit to paint a very dark picture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This book has that drip drip drip effect that eats into your brain and makes you question everything! Just when you think you know what's going on it throws a curveball at you and suddenly you begin to doubt the information you've been given about the characters. I literally could not put it down. Its totally gripping and I was completely hooked. I alternated between the audible version and paperback so that I could always be immersed in it no matter what I was doing. I absolutely loved it. With an ending I did not see coming, I have no problem highly recommending this amazing book. Well written, perfectly paced and full of shocks and surprises. What's not to love!</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 1st January 2024</div><div style="text-align: start;">
<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Publisher:</b> Beach House Books</div></b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Genres:</b> Women's Fiction</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On the night that Trudy Asp discovers her ex is engaged to the same
dental hygienist who’s been picking at her teeth for ten years, her daughter,
Madison, suddenly announces that she too is getting married, in Europe.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Frumpy, floundering, and forced to live with her martini-swilling mother,
Trudy is swamped by these revelations. And on top of it all, she’ll be wearing
the second most scrutinized gown at the wedding.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Having packed on the pounds during the demise of her marriage, the idea
of being eyeballed by her ex and his scrawny fiancée Zelda, is truly
horrifying. To make matters worse, there’s the paralyzing fear of a
transatlantic flight — something Trudy has avoided for decades.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When Zelda offers to stand in for her, Trudy is forced to confront the
forces that stole her marriage and threaten to steal her daughter’s wedding
too. With three months until the ceremony, Trudy must get to Europe, squeeze
herself into a gown, and claim the role she wants more than anything:
Mother-of-the-Bride.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Will this Odd Mom Out sink or swim? Or will she drown in a sea of
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poetry, memoir, and fiction. She has authored five books to date, with two in
the works. A graduate of Glendon College, she studied creative writing under
Michael Ondaatje and bp nichol. A lover of cheese, coffee shops, and
illustrations, she lives on the shore of Lake Simcoe in Georgina, Ontario,
Canada. You can find and follow her on Substack and sandyday.ca - it rhymes!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Amazon Author Page <a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/sandyday">https://www.amazon.com/author/sandyday</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 10th November 2023</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher:</b><b> </b>Boldwood Books</div></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Genres:</b> Mystery / Crime / Thriller</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">It was </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">‘their’</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"> dark
secret. For twenty-two-years </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">‘they’</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">
kept it buried. Time hasn’t healed my wounds. Instead, they’ve festered. Their
actions went unpunished. Until now…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 11.0pt;"><span style="color: #0f1111; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Shamed, scarred, and shunned, I watched, waited and plotted how
to shatter ‘their’ enviable lives. Now, finally, they will suffer as I did in
‘their’ cruel hands that fateful night.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 11.0pt;"><span style="color: #0f1111; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Time’s up. I am here for you, Dr Claudia Harper. But first,
you’ll witness your childhood friends, one by one, beg for mercy.<br />
And I’ve saved the best ‘til last, so watch your back; I’m closer than you
think. I’m here to expose your best friend’s secret. The one you’ve all kept
hidden...until now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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retribution. Perfect for the fans of Claire McGowan, Shalini Boland and S. E.
Lynes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">It's quite difficult to review this book without giving too much away as the blurb itself doesn't really hint at too much so I don't want to give any spoilers. Suffice to say, Claudia Harper's life is in a tailspin. Gutted by a recent bereavement and feeling like her marriage is on the rocks, who can she trust if not her own husband and then her friends. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">As the story progresses it seems that there are not many people in her life she can trust, even herself. Fuelled by doubt, Claudia herself makes some questionable decisions and in a way contributes to her own downfall. For this reason I did at times find her a difficult character to warm to. While I can understand her reasoning for doing some of the things she does and totally get that her life appears to be in tatters, I did feel that she tried to take the moral high ground on a few occasions when really she didn't have the right to do so. That being said, the story itself is really interesting and the plot has lots of twists and turns to keep the reader invested in the story.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I liked the background story of a group of friends first meeting when they were 11 years old and remaining friends right into adulthood. This happened to me. I am 53 years old and still have the same friendship group from school when we were 11 years old so I loved this element of the story. Friendships are important and the plot emphasises this and the supportive element of such friendships. Our friends often become the family we never had and when those relationships break down the affect is catastrophic. For Claudia this is a real fear. She is plagued with doubt and fears of betrayal from the most important women in her life and doesn't know where to turn to for support. However, there is more at play in this story and someone is out to get Claudia, infiltrating her life in the most devious and unexpected ways. The terrifying thing for me in this story is how easy this person was able to do so.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This book is a story of how the fabric of Claudia's relationships and marriage can survive the interference of a person hell-bent on destroying her life. Only her friends know why but the secret is theirs to keep and Claudia is kept in the dark. A good book and one worth reading if you like a psychological thriller with lots of twists and turns. The over-riding message is that your secrets will find you out, no matter how well you think you've buried them and the consequences are tragic!</div>
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Ramsay</b> is a Scot living in a small seaside town in the North-East of
England. Always a storyteller, it was only after completing a First Class
(Hons) Degree in Media Production that she then went on to follow an academic
career in literature. She was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger in 2009 and
2010, and appointed a New Writing North Read Regional author in 2011. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">She is the author of five DI Jack Brady crime novels and The Last
Cut, a dark thriller with DS Harri (Harriet) Jacobs. Danielle fills her days
with horse-riding, running and murder by proxy. She is also the proud Patron
of the charity SomeOne Cares, which counsels survivors of domestic violence,
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<b>Series:</b> The End of the World Running Club #1</div>
<div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 2nd June 2016</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher:</b><b> </b>Del Rey</div></div>
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<a name='more'></a><br /><div><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;">When the world ends and you find yourself stranded on the wrong side of the country, every second counts.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />No one knows this more than Edgar Hill. 550 miles away from his family, he must push himself to the very limit to get back to them, or risk losing them forever...<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">His best option is to run.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />But what if your best isn’t good enough?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The Number One race-against-time bestseller as featured on Simon Mayo’s Radio 2 Book Club.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Ed hasn't been the greatest of husbands or fathers. In fact, he's simply plodded along for years doing the family thing, not even sure if he likes it or not. And, if he's honest he's been feeling trapped and resentful for a long long time. He drinks too much, eats too much and is about as helpful to his poor suffering wife as a chocolate teapot! But a cataclysmic event sees him trying desperately to save his family. Of course he might have had more time if he hadn't drunk himself into a stupor when all the warnings were being broadcast but he can only do his best moving forward. But, is it going to be enough? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Managing to get his family to a safety of sorts he is suddenly separated from them and its then that Ed realises just how much his wife and children mean to him. It's just a shame it took the world to end for him to realise that. So, he sets off on an epic journey with some companions to try to reunite with his family. And, the only way that the overweight and terribly unhealthy Ed can get there on time is to run. Good job his companions are more than up for the challenge and throughout the journey they spur him on, keeping him going. Along the way however the unlikely friendship group are held up by all manner of difficulties and Ed wonders if he's ever going to get to his family on time before they leave UK shores forever.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I'm not quite sure how I came across this fantastic book. I think someone recommended it on a Facebook book group and I thought it looked interesting. I love to run and I absolutely adore a good end of the world story! Of course the book is about more than that. It delves deep into the psyche of the human race and pushes the reader to think about just what they would do in order to survive. To protect the people they love. To protect themselves. I think this book explores that pretty well. It also forces us to take a good look into how society crumbles so quickly in the face of adversity and we revert to type - kill or be killed. The human race will always find a way to rebuild but we may not necessarily have learned from past mistakes, destined to make the same ones over and over again. For Ed, he has a chance to redeem himself and pray that he hasn't left it too late. I loved this book so much I've got the End of the World Survivors club which is Ed's wife's story is just sitting teasing me from my TBR pile. I cannot wait! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The End of the World Running Club is a highly recommended read!</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 31st October 2023</div><div style="text-align: start;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher:</b><b> </b>Boldwood Books</div></div>
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1927: One house. Three lives. A decision that will change everything. A
powerful, unique timeslip story, perfect for fans of <span class="a-text-italic"><i>The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo</i></span>, <span class="a-text-italic"><i>The Miniaturist</i></span>, and Lucinda Riley<span class="a-text-italic"><i>.</i></span></span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">On the morning of Friday 5th August, 1927, <span class="a-text-bold"><b>Miss Agnes Humphries</b></span> – the landlady of the
attractive, if-slightly-shabby, white-fronted townhouse at Number 23 Burlington
Square – has a decision to make.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The rooms of the second floor lie empty, since poor Mr Blandford’s
unfortunate demise, God rest his soul. And Agnes must make up her mind as to
who will be her new lodger… Will it be her spirited, young niece <span class="a-text-bold"><b>Clara</b></span>, who drifts through the glamorous world
of London’s Bright Young Things? Or <span class="a-text-bold"><b>Stephen</b></span>,
the sensible, church-going, respectable banker who seems just be too good to be
true? Or the timid war widow named <span class="a-text-bold"><b>Mercy</b></span>,
who is clearly running from something – or someone…?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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to? One of the choices could result in scandal, one in devastation, and one
could even lead to happiness. If only she gets it right…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Number 23, in alternate timelines, relationships are formed and destroyed,
feathers are ruffled, and secrets are exposed. Three different choices. Three
very different paths. And Agnes is to discover that nobody – including herself
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<span style="text-align: left;">No. 23 Burlington Square begins with the lovely wise old Agnes Humphreys who has a difficult decision to make. Who on earth can she welcome into her home after her lovely old lodger Mr Blanford suddenly passed away? His rooms now lie empty and Agnes needs to decide between 3 people who is most deserving of the rooms. Buts its more than just a business decision for Agnes. No. 23 Burlington Square is home to an eclectic mix of people who rent rooms from Agnes and she desperately does not want to upset the status quo of her own little thrown together family. For that is what these people are to Agnes and the wrong decision could upset those she cares about. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Agnes has lived in the house all her life, surrounded by a lifetime of memories, or 'clutter' as some would call it. Each object in the house invokes either a painful or a beautiful memory for Agnes and she refuses to part with anything, much to the displeasure of her sister who has married well and clearly has not recognised the sacrifices that Agnes made for her and their father when she was growing up. But, Agnes is getting on in years and sometimes her heart overrules her head in her decision making so the decision of who to rent to causes her great consternation. It could all go horribly wrong!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Agnes has the choice of renting to one of 3 people. Firstly there's her wayward niece Clara who constantly parties, has never worked a day in her life and just oozes entitlement. Yet behind the façade there's a real sadness to Clara and a secret she can reveal to no-one. Then there's the young widow Mercy who is as frightened as a deer caught in the headlights. For one so young it appears she's had enough pain in her life to make her run away from her home and come to London for a fresh start. What secrets does she hide? And lastly, there's Stephen who does appear to be a the perfect candidate. But, looks can be deceiving and Stephen is not who he appears. Yet more secrets!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">No. 23 Burlington Square is written in multiple timelines, relating to all 3 potential candidates for the rooms. Through each timeline we learn each characters story and how they relate to Agnes and the other characters in the story - Gilbert, Mr Gorski and Jemima. All have their own stories yet through each of the timelines all become intertwined in the stories of our 3 potential renters. This is such a cleverly written book and the multiple timelines works so well. Each giving a potential outcome for that person should Agnes choose them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The story itself has a very important message - Family is in fact what you make it and those we are tied to because of love, laughter, caring, respect and sometimes grief and circumstances hold the strongest bonds for us. Love can be found in the most unlikeliest of people and indeed places and No. 23 is more than just a place for our characters to lay their weary heads. Its a real home and at its very centre is its beating heart - Agnes. She has always been the one true constant within the house and her own story is both heart-breaking and beautiful at the same time. 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well-reviewed author of historical romances, often with a mystery at their
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<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b> THE LOST BOOKSHOP by Evie Woods</b></div></b>
<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 22nd June 2023</div><div style="text-align: start;">
<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Publisher:</b> One More Chapter</div></b></div>
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<a name='more'></a><br /><div><div><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 400; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">‘The thing about books,’ she said ‘is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of.’</span></span></h2><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found…</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books. And by unlocking the secrets of the shelves, they find themselves transported to a world of wonder… where nothing is as it seems.</span></span></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Lost Bookshop was my pick for my book club and I'm so glad I did pick it. The story is told along 2 different timelines and told in the first person narrative. We meet Martha and Henry set in the present day, and then Opaline from 1920's England. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Martha has always known she was different. She can 'read' people in a way that she doesn't fully understand. Running away from a violent marriage she finds herself in Dublin and on the doorstep of Madame Bowden where she finds a job as this intriguing lady's housekeeper, living in her basement flat and and trying to rebuild her life. Henry invertedly stumbles across her when he is looking for a lost bookshop and a missing manuscript. Henry is a rare book scholar and the search for the manuscript and indeed the bookshop has become all consuming for him. He and Martha strike up a friendship of sorts that takes them both by surprise. Martha soon finds that her new home, like her is strange and magical but she feels like its her safe haven.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Opaline Carlisle, like many women in the 1920's has had her life decided for her by her brute of a brother. He wants her to marry well to help him and their mother. Opaline has other plans and runs away into a world of books, artists and other creatives and although things don't go as she planned, Opaline finds herself in the most enchanted bookshop in Dublin and her life becomes almost as one of the many beautiful books she finds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">If you love books, magic, mystery and classic authors then you are absolutely going to adore this book. It's one of those books that breathes life into the magic that books bring to a reader. They are more than just words on a page. They are new worlds, dreams, desires, adventure and love. As someone who adores old books and actually collects them, this story intrigued me and I now want to leave my job and go hunt down missing manuscripts and old books! I want to fall in love with the classics all over again and find out more about the giants who wrote such wonderful books.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We are treated to meeting some real life characters such Sylvia Beach who owned Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris. The story is charming, terrifying, mysterious, beautiful and romantic all rolled into one. The excitement of tracking down the lost manuscript leads the reader along a literary treasure hunt that is impossible to ignore. I found this book hard to put down and it left me feeling all warm and fuzzy inside. The strength of the two female lead characters Martha and Opaline is inspiring and shows us that new beginnings are possible and can be found in the most unlikely places with the most unlikely people. We just need to open our minds and hearts to the magic that can lead us there. 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<a name='more'></a><div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit;">Lottie Daniels is dancing up the altar in Canada when she realises her whirlwind wedding is a big mistake. Chad isn't the right person for her at all! And, in that moment, Lottie goes from dancing bride to runaway bride.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Much to her brother's relief, Lottie decides to return to Bramblewood in the UK. But life has more surprises in store for her. After rescuing both a donkey and a little old lady called Doris - all with the help of a handsome stranger! - Lottie suddenly becomes a big part of Doris's life. And in return for her company and doing bits around the farm, Doris offers her the barn to run her dance classes.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: justify;">From broken dreams to second chances, Lottie finally has a chance to rebuild her life. And with an exciting dance audition to prepare for, who knows what might happen next?!</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit;">You are guaranteed to fall head over heels with this sweet and charming romance.</span></div><div><br /></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I just adore a book that builds a sense of community with its characters and so far all of Annette Hannah's books have done just that. Once again through Lottie's School of Dance this time, we are transported back to the absolutely wonderful Bramblewood where the wonderful cast of characters show us what true love really looks like. Though I would like to point out that this book can 100% be read as a standalone. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">In Lottie's School of Dance we are treated ( and it really is a treat) to Lottie's story which starts at a wedding of all places. Unfortunately for Lottie, things don't go according to plan and she has an epiphany about her future husband and makes a run for it. Think runaway bride with dancing shoes! Like every good escapee bride, she needs a place of safety, surrounded by those she loves and who love her. However, a chance encounter with the wonderful Denni the donkey, a very hot looking Italian dancer and a muddy ditch plus poor old Doris a lonely older lady who has had a mishap and we have all the ingredients for another Bramblewood love story. And with any good love story, the path to true love definitely doesn't run smoothly for our dancing duo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Throughout the novel, we see Lottie's attempts at trying to rebuild her life without any romantic complications. But, the heart wants what the heart wants and after accidently becoming involved in a tv dance competition, opening a dance school and being adopted by the very lovely Doris, Lottie's life has more twists and turns than a good old fashioned tango! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">What I loved about this book was that firstly the sexual chemistry between Lottie and Marco was hotter than a fiery salsa! Secondly, I adored the older characters in the book. They added such warmth, love and compassion with a fair amount of comedy too. They were full of surprises! Doris was such a beautiful person and I want her to be my grandmother! Lottie's School of Dance shows us that second chances can happen in the most unexpected ways with the most wonderful of people. It showed that we need to open our eyes to every possibility no matter how insane it might seem at the time. And, it also showed that love can happen to anyone, at any age and from any background. We just have to open ourselves up to the possibilities. I loved Lottie's tireless efforts to make everyone around her happy, even if she sometimes forgot about herself. This is a fantastic book. I started reading it on holiday and just adored it. If you want a lovely book to read then this is it. It will restore your faith in love. And dance! So cha cha cha yourself to Amazon and pick up a copy. Highly recommended.</div>
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She writes Romantic comedies in settings inspired by the beautiful countryside around her and always with a nod to her hometown.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">She worked in Marketing for many years as a qualified Marketeer which she loved as it tapped into her creative side.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">As an avid reader, she began to review the books she read, became a book blogger and eventually plucked up the courage to fulfil her life long dream of writing a book.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">For four years she was a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s new writers’ scheme, during which time she wrote a book a year.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">After signing a two book deal with Orion Dash in 2020 she graduated to full member of the organisation and is also their Press Officer.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">She loves long walks along the river, travelling to far flung places and spending time with her friends and family.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">You can follow her on</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">twitter @annettehannah</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.sincerelybookangels.blogspot.com">www.sincerelybookangels.blogspot.com</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.annettehannah.com">www.annettehannah.com</a></p><div><br /></div></div></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610391335121411781.post-51911529697284016322023-09-03T09:00:00.001+01:002023-09-03T09:00:00.143+01:00The Traitor by Ava Glass: REVIEW<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9Ymg7tPAXQg7172PqtKNb6ON7Qn2TqOoFZBw0Rd9KW5A2PVpVMqzOwiL6Bi8YgW3ADf9pHMkCblTnnXnFDim6jCt_FJra7OyOY7pyFF3bRWCKu3FLFRgDDI7cdLj2iM8W_RO6HzTSLi4bZeazVJb70BJgy4Wy8g5bn8HcJ1bfanm-4Z3eBJptg0qo0Q/s2560/the%20traitor%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1746" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9Ymg7tPAXQg7172PqtKNb6ON7Qn2TqOoFZBw0Rd9KW5A2PVpVMqzOwiL6Bi8YgW3ADf9pHMkCblTnnXnFDim6jCt_FJra7OyOY7pyFF3bRWCKu3FLFRgDDI7cdLj2iM8W_RO6HzTSLi4bZeazVJb70BJgy4Wy8g5bn8HcJ1bfanm-4Z3eBJptg0qo0Q/w273-h400/the%20traitor%20cover.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<b><div style="text-align: center;">The Traitor by Eva Glass </div></b>
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<a name='more'></a><br /><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700 !important;">A body is found in a padlocked suitcase.</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Investigator Emma Makepeace knows it's murder. And it's personal.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />She quickly establishes that the dead man had been shadowing two oligarchs suspected of procuring illegal weapons in the UK. And it seems likely that an insider working deep within the British government is helping them.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />To find out who the traitor is, Emma goes deep undercover on a superyacht owned by one of the oligarchs.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />But the glamorous veneer of the rich hides dark secrets. Out at sea, Emma is both hunter and prey, and no one can protect her.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Never has the turquoise sea and golden sands of the Rivera seemed so dangerous.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As the hunt intensifies, Emma knows that she is in mortal danger. And that she needs to find the traitor before they find her ...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Traitor is the second novel from Ava Glass, the spy handler turned author who is giving James Bond a run for his money by writing gripping female led spy thrillers in glamourous settings that are loved by women. Ava Glass’s critically acclaimed debut The Chase is currently in the running for Spy Novel of the Year alongside Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) and is being made into a new TV series by the team behind BBC’s The Night Manager.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">When I first started reading this book I'd actually no idea this was the 2nd book in the series. However, small nuggets of information about a previous case were very cleverly woven into the opening of the story and now I want to go back and read the first book, although it was absolutely not necessary to enjoy this book at all. It was written so well that the story just seemed to flow brilliantly. It was an easy book to read with lots of little surprises along the way. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Spy thrillers aren't normally something I'd read too often as I get a bit bored with the stereotypical male characters who seem to be all about blowing stuff up throughout these type of novels. However, the main character here is the very clever Emma Makepeace who is fearless, yet smart, cunning and still totally relatable to the reader. We see her human side and she is compassionate, vulnerable and desperate for human connection. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Emma belongs to an agency that is so secret, very few people know of its existence. It deals 'off the books' with a variety of scenarios that could have potential life changing consequences for the world. Tasked with identifying and taking down Russian operatives, Emma's job is all consuming to the detriment of her relationships with others. But, she is supported by Ripley who felt very much like a father figure to Emma. Sometimes he was harsh with her but he always appeared to have her best interests at heart. With this new case however it was difficult to know who to trust and who had their own hidden agendas. I spent a lot of the time second guessing everyone's motives and this really helped me reflect on how our main character Emma must have been feeling during her investigation. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">I started reading this book on my flight home from holiday and I'd finished it by the following day. I simply couldn't put it down. An excellent read if you like a strong, female lead. A gripping storyline and cleverly written book. </span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 17th August 2023</div><div style="text-align: start;">
<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Publisher:</b> Orion Dash</div></b></div>
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<a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #800180;"><b><i>Goodness me! It's been such a long time since I've blogged. For various reasons I've not been as active online as I once was but thankfully I'm pleased to be back to blogging proper and what better way to herald the end of my blogging vacation than with an absolutely stunning cover reveal. Lottie's School of Dance is the latest book by the amazingly talented Annette Hannah and I am thrilled to be on the blog tour for what promises to be a fantastic book. Well, I wouldn't expect anything less from this author! Just look at that cover! Its stunning! Read on to find out more about the book and click on the Amazon link to pre-order. You know you want to! </i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit;">Lottie Daniels is dancing up the altar in Canada when she realises her whirlwind wedding is a big mistake. Chad isn't the right person for her at all! And, in that moment, Lottie goes from dancing bride to runaway bride.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit;">Much to her brother's relief, Lottie decides to return to Bramblewood in the UK. But life has more surprises in store for her. After rescuing both a donkey and a little old lady called Doris - all with the help of a handsome stranger! - Lottie suddenly becomes a big part of Doris's life. And in return for her company and doing bits around the farm, Doris offers her the barn to run her dance classes.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit;">From broken dreams to second chances, Lottie finally has a chance to rebuild her life. And with an exciting dance audition to prepare for, who knows what might happen next?!</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit;">You are guaranteed to fall head over heels with this sweet and charming romance.</span></div><div><div><br />
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She writes Romantic comedies in settings inspired by the beautiful countryside around her and always with a nod to her hometown.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">She worked in Marketing for many years as a qualified Marketeer which she loved as it tapped into her creative side.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">As an avid reader, she began to review the books she read, became a book blogger and eventually plucked up the courage to fulfil her life long dream of writing a book.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">For four years she was a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s new writers’ scheme, during which time she wrote a book a year.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">After signing a two book deal with Orion Dash in 2020 she graduated to full member of the organisation and is also their Press Officer.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">She loves long walks along the river, travelling to far flung places and spending time with her friends and family.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">You can follow her on</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">twitter @annettehannah</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sincerelybookangels.blogspot.com">www.sincerelybookangels.blogspot.com</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.annettehannah.com">www.annettehannah.com</a></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb97sd8OH0tJYsZ5RutMVSr99Gcan6GNCoxlGU8yMiFtZszZfN_0f1rHFUIi6GV_QnKDvadaQGL0E7algX0cNIc-0sEhz-EIktAPqwrJjWd0A1eX8X5sG4yqcYOF92Qoazcc2pC1p6KH9FwLliYZP2H0y01Cops54-jZdnc3i60HvbgITs2aqQY5Hv6iY/s2328/LOTTIES%20SCHOOL%20OF%20DANCE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2328" data-original-width="1542" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb97sd8OH0tJYsZ5RutMVSr99Gcan6GNCoxlGU8yMiFtZszZfN_0f1rHFUIi6GV_QnKDvadaQGL0E7algX0cNIc-0sEhz-EIktAPqwrJjWd0A1eX8X5sG4yqcYOF92Qoazcc2pC1p6KH9FwLliYZP2H0y01Cops54-jZdnc3i60HvbgITs2aqQY5Hv6iY/w424-h640/LOTTIES%20SCHOOL%20OF%20DANCE.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><u><br /></u></b></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 10th November 2022</div><div style="text-align: start;">
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<a name='more'></a><br /><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;">A thrilling debut that has been likened to John Le Carré and Raymond Chandler . . .</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;" />Paris, 2037. Alexandre Lamarque of the French external security service is hunting for eco-terrorists. Experience has taught him there is no one he can trust – not his secretive lover Mariam, not even his old mentor, Professor Fayard, the man at the centre of the web. He is ready to give up. But he can’t.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />In search of the truth, Alex must follow the trail through an ominous spiral of events, from a string of brutal child murders to a chaotic coup in North Africa. He rapidly finds himself in a heart-thumping race against chaos and destruction. He could be the world’s only hope of preventing THE COMING DARKNESS . . .<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important;">"Superb – there's an ominous drumbeat throughout, and pace and tension, and a subtle and scarily plausible dystopia – and above all there's main character Alex Lamarque, who could be one of the greats. Greg Mosse writes like John Le Carré's hip grandson.”</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;">LEE CHILD</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;" /></span><span class="a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important;">“This is exactly the sort of big, meaty, ambitious thriller that the market needs. I haven’t read a book like this since I AM PILGRIM.”</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;">ANTHONY HOROWITZ</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Set in the not-too-distant future of 2037, Alex Lamarque is an intriguing, mysterious sort of character who carries out security missions, hunting down eco terrorists in the world that is now feeling the cruel hand of world disasters, brought about by the fact that the world's population carried on as we are doing right now, not caring about its impact on the planet. A world beset by sickness, poverty and the disastrous consequences of global warming. Caught up in a major threat that could ultimately bring the world to its knees, Alex must race against forces that are determined to bring about a sort of reset to the world. But at what cost? Alex's unique ability to foresee coming events in a type of sixth sense means that we are carried along with his sense of foreboding about what is to come and whether he can stop it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I have to admit that initially I found this book really hard to get into. The beginning of it was largely scene setting with a lot of characters to get my head round, but I stuck with it and I'm glad I did. It's a very cleverly written book with undertones of what is happening to the world right now and carries with it a chilling message. Sometimes it felt that this wasn't a story set in the future but was in fact our current reality, or at least something not too far off. Because the book is set in 2037 and not hundreds of years into the future it was much easier to relate to although the technology used in 2037 did seem quite advanced. I did struggle a bit with some of the French names and remembering who was but soon found my stride. I sometimes switched between the paperback and the audio version and enjoyed going between the two and listening to the story while in the car driving. I found the audio book helped me relate a little more to the characters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Coming Darkness is a tense thriller that can be hard going at times but definitely worth the read if you can commit to getting to know the characters and which ones are the major players in this story of intrigue and a terrifying familiarity of what might be and what we've actually all endured through the recent pandemic. If we're not careful, Alex's world might very well soon become our own! </div>
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Click or tap to follow the link."><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Gilroy Medium"; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Criterion New Writing</span></b></span></a><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: "Gilroy Medium"; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> programme at <span class="mark5s9o605u4" color="inherit" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span> <b>Criterion <span class="mark5s9o605u4" color="inherit" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The</span>atre</b> in London, running workshops in script development to a diverse community of writers, actors and directors. In addition, since 2015, Greg has written, produced and stage 25 plays and musicals.</span></span></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Gilroy Medium"; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Gilroy Medium"; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Greg set up both <span class="mark5s9o605u4" color="inherit" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span> <b>Southbank Centre Creative Writing School</b> - an open access program of evening classes delivering MA level workshops - and <span class="mark5s9o605u4" color="inherit" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span> <b>University of Sussex MA in Creative Writing</b> at West Dean College which he taught for 4 years. </span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Gilroy Medium"; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Gilroy Medium"; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="mark5s9o605u4" color="inherit" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The</span> husband of <span class="mark5s9o605u4" color="inherit" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span> bestselling novelist <b>Kate Mosse</b>, Kate’s hit novel <b><i>Labyrinth</i></b> was inspired by a house that Greg and his mother bought together in <span class="mark5s9o605u4" color="inherit" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span> French medieval city of Carcassonne, where <span class="mark5s9o605u4" color="inherit" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span> couple and <span class="mark5s9o605u4" color="inherit" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span>ir children spent many happy summers. Following <span class="mark5s9o605u4" color="inherit" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span> success of <i>Labyrinth</i>, Greg created <span class="mark5s9o605u4" color="inherit" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span> innovative readers-and-writers website mosselabyrinth.co.uk <b>MosseLabyrinth</b>. <span class="mark5s9o605u4" color="inherit" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The</span> first of its kind MosseLabrynth was <span class="mark5s9o605u4" color="inherit" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span> world’s first online accessible 3D world, and <span class="mark5s9o605u4" color="inherit" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; 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font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Gilroy Medium"; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A multilinguist, Greg has lived and worked in Paris, New York, Los Angeles and Madrid and has worked as both an interpreter at a variety of international institutions and a teacher in <span class="mark5s9o605u4" color="inherit" data-markjs="true" data-ogab="" data-ogac="" data-ogsb="" data-ogsc="" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span> UK.</span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; 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<div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 8th December 2022</div>
<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Publisher:</b> Orion Dash</div></b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Genres:</b> Historical Romance</div>
<a name='more'></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Don't miss the next achingly romantic read from Suzie Hull,
winner of the RNA Joan Hessayon award 2022</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #0f1111;">December 1913. Clara Thornton won't allow being
jilted at the altar to squash her spirit. Against the wishes of her aunt and
uncle, Clara decides to travel to Madagascar to learn more about the tragic
shipwreck that took the lives of her missionary family and marked her forever.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #0f1111;">Clara is escorted abroad by Xavier Mourain, a
handsome young merchant who works with her uncle. The two of them start off on
the wrong foot, but Clara can't help but be drawn to the mysterious Frenchman
who helps her unravel the mystery that has always haunted her. But as their
love blossoms, war begins. And the world will never be the same again.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #0f1111;">For Clara, all the answers seem to lie far
across the ocean. But some of them might be closer than she thinks...</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Prepare to be swept away in this wonderfully written historical romance that you can't help but be drawn into. Suzie Hull has outdone herself with an intriguing plot and a wealth of knowledge around the era that shows in-depth research and a passion for the time.</span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The book opens quite dramatically in 1895 in the middle of the Indian Ocean with a heart stopping scene that pulls no punches and immediately has the reader pulled into the drama, ensuring that the groundwork for emotional investment with the main character Clara is set.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Clara's young life was almost taken from her and now she bears the scars not only physically but emotionally too. But life continues to be cruel to her and finding herself jilted at the alter actually presents more opportunity for her that she had dared hope. Needing to escape the stifling love of her aunt she must leave England and go in search of the answers to the questions about her past that have haunted her since she was a small child. Clara's dogged determination will ensure that nobody can stop her, despite the confines of her gender.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Clara must return home to Madagascar and learn the story of her family and the tragedy that took them from her. Annoyingly, because it is not the done thing for a young lady to travel alone, she must be escorted by the very rude Xavier Mourain who she soon realises is nothing but a cold-hearted man who is a closed book, revealing nothing of himself and making it his mission to mock her. At least that's Clara's perception of him. And so, Clara's journey to find out the truth about what happened to her family begins. However, the scars from tragedy run deeper than just skin and Clara must prepare herself for answers she wasn't expecting and truths that may hurt more than they help. Family secrets abound, Clara's whole life has been shrouded in secrets and untruths.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I really enjoyed this book and Clara's journey to find out just who she really is. Her sense of identity would remain stripped from her until she knows what happened to those she loved. Until then she will never feel whole. She must also change her perception of Xavier too for he is not all he seems, bearing his own scars and memories of a childhood that caused him so much pain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Far Across the Ocean is a superb read I'd highly recommend it. An amazing book to get well and truly lost in.</div>
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her family and numerous rescue cats.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 10.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">As a child she dreamt of being a ballet dancer but instead
trained as a Montessori Nursery teacher and has spent the last thirty years
working with children in a variety of settings. Suzie has always had an
enduring passion for reading and history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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novel, In This Foreign Land.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Series:</b> A Kate Palmer Mystery #6</div>
<div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release: 7th November 2022</b></div>
<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Publisher:</b> Bookouture</div></b></div>
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<a name='more'></a><br /><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">Nurse Kate Palmer is Cornwall’s answer to Miss Marple! But when a body turns up in her own garden can Kate solve the crime? Or is the murder a bit too close to home?</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">Kate Palmer</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"> is stunned when she wakes up one morning to discover the body of a man in the beautiful garden of Lavender Cottage. She’s spent the last few years renovating her cozy, clifftop cottage with its gorgeous views of the sparkling Cornish sea. And a death right under her nose is more than a little unsettling…<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />When </span><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">Woody Forrest</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;">, Kate’s new husband and the village’s retired detective inspector, takes a closer look he realises the victim is none other than </span><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">Frank Ford</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"> – Woody’s old nemesis. Now, Frank is lying dead amongst the daisies… strangled with Woody’s blue police tie.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Kate is certain the man she loves is not a murderer and is determined to prove his innocence. But who would want to kill Frank and frame Woody? As Kate investigates, Frank’s family seem to be the obvious suspects. </span><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">Could it be Jason Ford, the youngest son, who has an odd obsession with birdwatching? Sid Kinsella, the angry father-in-law? Or Sharon Mason, the troublesome daughter?</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />When another member of the Ford family bites the dust while Woody is tending his allotment, it’s clear the killer is determined to bury Woody’s reputation. But when a chance conversation on Bluebell Road provides Kate with a clue, she must find a woman named Rose, who could hold the answers Kate is looking for.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">But Kate needs to dig up the truth – and fast! – before poor Woody is thrown behind bars. Can she solve the case and save her husband before it’s too late?</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">If you love murder mysteries with a brilliant cast of characters, twisty plots and plenty of red herrings, </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">A Body at Lavender Cottage </span><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">will have you hooked until the very last page! Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Faith Martin and Joy Ellis.</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span>
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<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b> Poppy's Christmas Wishes by Annette Hannah</b> </div></b>
<div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 2nd December 2021</div>
<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Publisher:</b> Orion Dash</div></b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Genres:</b> Romance / Rom Com</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /><i>What would you wish for if you were granted three wishes?</i><br />
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For the first time she can remember, Poppy is dreading Christmas.
Unceremoniously dumped by her boyfriend after moving across the country for
him, there's nothing cheery about the festive season this year.<br />
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Dragged to a Christmas ball by best friend Layla, Poppy meets gorgeous actor
Gabe, who stars as a genie in a play. When he asks her what three wishes she
would make, she realises it's quite simple: love, a job she's happy in and,
just once in her life, to do something extraordinary.<br />
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Gabe and Poppy make a pact to help each other make their dreams come true. As
they tick off their wishes, their friendship blossoms... But, as they discover,
sometimes, what you want for Christmas isn't necessarily what you need...<br />
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<b>A delicious romance to snuggle up with this festive season from
the author of Wedding Bells at the Signal Box Café and The Cosy Little Cupcake
Van.</b></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Poor Poppy moves across the country so she can start afresh with her boyfriend. They've found the most beautiful flat to live in, in the most beautiful place and everything just seems so perfect. And then, her world comes crashing down around her. Dumped at Christmas and what's worse, there have been lies, omissions and downright cowardice from the man she thought she was going to marry. Poppy's future which had been so sure, was now taking on an uncomfortable air of uncertainty. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Then Poppy meets the wonderful Gabe who might only be an actor starring as a genie in a play he himself wrote, but it appears that he is steering Poppy towards her 3 wishes. Along with her best friend Layla and now new best friend Gabe, Poppy can see some light at the end of the tunnel and life starts to look very different but wonderful for her as both she and Gabe help each other to realise their dreams.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Oh my goodness! There just aren't enough ways to tell you how much I loved this book! The only way to describe it is to imagine if Sleepless in Seattle, White Christmas, You've Got Mail and It's a Wonderful Life all had a baby then Poppy's Christmas Wishes is that love child! It's a beautifully written book and Annette Hannah has really outdone herself with this absolutely wonderful story.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The course of true love or making wishes come true doesn't always run smoothly for our main characters with lots of misunderstandings about the basis of their friendship, one or two villains, Burger Breath Brian for example to hate and an absolute multitude of wonderful heart-warming moments and people to love. It was so wonderful to visit Bramblewood again which has featured in previous books by the author and say hello to some of the characters again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The overriding theme throughout this book is how our friends can become our family. There are so many beautiful souls in this book that I really want to be part of this great big, wonderful friendship group within this hugely supportive community. They all care so deeply for one another and go the extra mile for one another. Gabe is simply delicious and its clear to see why everyone loves him. I adore the name Gabe too and have actually used it myself for a character in a novel so he was always going to be a favourite for me, but he could have been called anything. I was always going to fall in love with him! He's my new book boyfriend! I can't recommend this book highly enough. Go out and buy all Annette Hannah's books! You deserve such a treat! You're worth it!</div>
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Hannah is a Liver Bird who relocated to leafy Hertfordshire in the 80's and now
lives near a river with her husband, two of their three grown up children and a
crazy black cocker spaniel. She writes Romantic comedies in settings inspired
by the beautiful countryside around her and always with a nod to her hometown.</span><span style="color: #0f1111; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">She worked in Marketing for many years as a
qualified Marketeer which she loved as it tapped into her creative side.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">As an avid reader, she began to review the books
she read, became a book blogger and eventually plucked up the courage to fulfil
her life long dream of writing a book.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">For four years she was a member of the Romantic
Novelists' Association's new writers' scheme, during which time she wrote a
book a year.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">After signing a two book deal with Orion Dash in
2020 she graduated to full member of the organisation and is also their Press
Officer.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">She loves long walks along the river, travelling
to far flung places and spending time with her friends and family.</span><br />
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<b><div style="text-align: center;">THE SQUIRE'S HAZARD by Carolyn Hughes</div></b>
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<b>Series:</b> Meonbridge Chronicles #5</div>
<div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date: 6th October 2022</b></div>
<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Publisher:</b> Riverdown Books</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Genre: Historical Fiction</b></div></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">
<a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>How do you
overcome the loathing, lust and bitterness threatening you and your family’s honour?<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">It’s 1363, and in Steyning Castle,
Sussex, <b>Dickon de Bohun</b> is enjoying life as a squire in the household of
Earl Raoul de Fougère. Or he would be, if it weren’t for Edwin de Courtenay,
who’s making his life a misery with his bullying, threatening to expose the
truth about Dickon’s birth.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">At home in Meonbridge for Christmas,
Dickon notices how grown-up his childhood playmate, <b>Libby Fletcher</b>, has
become since he last saw her and feels the stirrings of desire. Libby, seeing
how different he is too, falls instantly in love. But as a servant to Dickon’s
grandmother, <b>Lady Margaret de Bohun</b>, she could never be his wife.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Margery Tyler</b>, Libby’s aunt, meeting her niece by chance, learns
of her passion for young Dickon. Their conversation rekindles Margery’s
long-held rancour against the de Bohuns, whom she blames for all the ills that
befell her family, including her own servitude. For years she’s hidden her
hunger for retribution, but she can no longer keep her hostility in check.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">As the future Lord of Meonbridge,
Dickon knows he must rise above de Courtenay’s loathing and intimidation and
get the better of him. And, surely, he must master his lust for Libby, so his
own mother’s shocking history is not repeated? Of Margery’s bitterness,
however, he has yet to learn…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Beset by the hazards these powerful and
dangerous emotions bring, can young Dickon summon up the courage and resolve to
overcome them?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ahhhhh here we are back in good old Meonbridge. I've read every book in this series and they have just kept getting better. I have to say this is a series that I've really become invested in. While the book is part of a series, it can absolutely be read as a standalone, but I don't like jumping into the middle of a series so take the plunge and read the other books. You won't be sorry. With the handy list of characters at the front of the book to keep you on track with each character, this is a marvellous series.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Squire's Hazard follows young Dickon De Bohun as he trains as a squire at Steyning Castle under the tutelage of the <span style="text-align: justify;">Earl Raoul de Fougère. Despite his humble beginnings, he has taken to all aspects of life at Steyning well and has become an accomplished horseman. All is as it should be but for the constant pranks and bullying he must endure at the hands of the absolutely vile Edwin De Courtenay who feels that Dickon has no place at Steyning due to his parentage and early upbringing and threatens his future there. Yet Dickon feels he must remain honourable and not tell anyone what is happening despite the fact that his future as a squire is now under threat.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The responsibility of not letting his grandmother down and becoming worthy of the title of The Lord of Meonbridge, Dickon feels that his life is spiralling out of control. The pressure of his future responsibilities and the difficulties Edwin heaps upon him make his life a misery. Thrown into the mix his confusion about how to deal with his feelings towards his childhood friend who is blossoming into a beautiful young woman and his new station in life leave him feeling confused and at odds with his responsibilities and the different way those he grew up with now treat him. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I can't recommend Carolyn Hughes highly enough. She has really written such an interesting character driven book that is so well thought out and researched that the book flowed with historical accuracy and gave an interesting view into the period. As a reader I was once again totally transported to Meonbridge and the differing houses with their rich and colourful characters. It has an immersive and authentic use of the language of the time without feeling overpowering. Never did this book or any of the others feel bogged down with historical fact or too much information. In fact, I learned a thing or two reading it! The story flowed seamlessly, and the plot was interesting and kept me hooked from start to finish. If you love historical fiction, then I highly recommend this wonderful and interesting book. </div>
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a first degree in Classics and English, she started working life as a computer
programmer, then a very new profession. But it was technical authoring that
later proved her vocation, as she wrote and edited material, some fascinating,
some dull, for an array of different clients, including banks, an international
hotel group and medical instruments manufacturers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Having written creatively for most of her adult life, it was
not until her children flew the nest several years ago that writing historical
fiction took centre stage, alongside gaining a Master’s degree in Creative
Writing from Portsmouth University and a PhD from the University of Southampton.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i> </i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Squire’s Hazard</i> is
the fifth MEONBRIDGE CHRONICLE, and more stories about the folk of Meonbridge
will follow.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You can connect with Carolyn through her website <u>www.carolynhughesauthor.com</u>
and on social media.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: red;">Social
Media Links:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">Website: </span><a href="http://www.carolynhughesauthor.com/">www.carolynhughesauthor.com</a><span style="color: red;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">Twitter: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/writingcalliope">https://twitter.com/writingcalliope</a><span style="color: red;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">Facebook: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CarolynHughesAuthor/">https://www.facebook.com/CarolynHughesAuthor/</a><span style="color: red;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Series:</b> The Royal Maids #1</div>
<div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 17th October 2022</div>
<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Publisher:</b> The Wild Rose Press</div></b></div>
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<a name='more'></a><div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">It should be a dream come true to serve the Queen of England…<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
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be Queen Victoria’s personal housemaid, she cannot believe her good fortune.
She finally has the chance to escape her overbearing mother, a servant to the
Duchess of Kent. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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and what the world has to offer without her mother’s schemes overshadowing her
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assistant to the queen’s chief political adviser, Lord Melbourne. From entirely
different backgrounds and social class, Violet and James should have neither
need nor desire to speak to one another, yet through their service, their paths
cross and their lives merge—as do their feelings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I've always loved Rachel Brimble's books and this one is no exception. It's just perfect and it didn't take me long to really get into the story. Poor Violet Parker is handed the opportunity of a lifetime by her mother. To be part of the Queen's household. However, not long after the news is given to Violet does she learn the real reason why her mother has organised this opportunity for her. She really should have known better given how horrible her mother is. She's overbearing, rude and cruel and her treatment of Violet is definitely not what one would expect of a mother. Despite her initial disappointment at her mother's ulterior motive, Violet tries to immerse herself in the royal household with a Queen of similar age who is delighted at her arrival and the pair quickly become friends. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Violet soon catches the eye of James Green, also part of the royal court. But despite Violet's initial statement to the Queen about having no interest in romance of any sort, she soon finds that her heart has other ideas. But like Violet, James has expectations of duty put upon him by his overbearing father. The pair seem destined to never have control over their own lives. With so many obstacles put in their way by Violet's mother and James's father, it seems that the path to true love will definitely not run smoothly. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This is such a beautifully written novel that was so easy to fall into and forget to come up for air. Rachel Brimble has undoubtedly captured the era perfectly and as a reader I felt that I was right there alongside Victoria and Violet and could feel their frustrations at the limitations imposed on their gender, for even the Queen of England was not a woman free to do as she pleased despite the many privileges her life had to offer her. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">If you love historical romance, then you'll absolutely love this book. Highly recommended. Looking forward to the next in the series.</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" sandbox="allow-popups allow-scripts allow-modals allow-forms allow-same-origin" scrolling="no" src="//ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=GB&source=ss&ref=as_ss_li_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=brocotboo-21&language=en_GB&marketplace=amazon&region=GB&placement=B0B6T47ZX5&asins=B0B6T47ZX5&linkId=cc4ae85b43c4bfd0ca1225a2951a7cc3&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe> <iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" sandbox="allow-popups allow-scripts allow-modals allow-forms allow-same-origin" scrolling="no" src="//ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=GB&source=ss&ref=as_ss_li_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=brocotboo-21&language=en_GB&marketplace=amazon&region=GB&placement=B0B6T47ZX5&asins=B0B6T47ZX5&linkId=cc4ae85b43c4bfd0ca1225a2951a7cc3&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>ABOUT RACHEL BRIMBLE</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaeALFRsq4HFR3mx59nQWGld3idfDoCj1XDPiFPblmgFDfFay8DEnmFCTc2XCwtnTXxn1GCO5Upyuv9arpEJz-TJpx_limHFEDxn71okiSbaLa8cXyno5rC0QtgeZ1gU9lwZ3WhPAor1ys2DQQIv9DluZ7o1cWVZM-Bhg7beBSBBNUGmgEx2tqIeJX/s3498/rachel%20brimble.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3498" data-original-width="2391" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaeALFRsq4HFR3mx59nQWGld3idfDoCj1XDPiFPblmgFDfFay8DEnmFCTc2XCwtnTXxn1GCO5Upyuv9arpEJz-TJpx_limHFEDxn71okiSbaLa8cXyno5rC0QtgeZ1gU9lwZ3WhPAor1ys2DQQIv9DluZ7o1cWVZM-Bhg7beBSBBNUGmgEx2tqIeJX/s320/rachel%20brimble.jpg" width="219" /></a></div></b><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk31095380">Rachel
lives in a small town near Bath, England. She is the author of 29 published
novels including the Ladies of Carson Street trilogy, the Shop Girl series
(Aria Fiction) and the Templeton Cove Stories (Harlequin). Her latest novel,
Victoria & Violet is the first book in her new Royal Maids series with the
Wild Rose Press.<o:p></o:p></a></p>
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a member of the Romantic Novelists Association as well as the Historical Novel
Society and has thousands of social media followers all over the world. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 10th October 2022</div></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Genres:</b> Historical Fiction</div>
<a name='more'></a><h1 style="border: none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Squire’s Hazard, the
Fifth Meonbridge Chronicle</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="Normal1" style="border: none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><i>How
do you overcome the loathing, lust and bitterness threatening you and your
family’s honour?<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class="Normal1" style="border: none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><i><br /></i></b></p>
<p class="Normal1" style="border: none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; text-align: justify;">It’s 1363,
and in Steyning Castle, Sussex, Dickon de Bohun is enjoying life as a squire in
the household of Earl Raoul de Fougère. Or he would be, if it weren’t for Edwin
de Courtenay, who’s making his life a misery with his bullying, threatening to
expose the truth about Dickon’s birth.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="Normal1" style="border: none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; text-align: justify;">At home
in Meonbridge for Christmas, Dickon notices how grown-up his childhood
playmate, Libby Fletcher, has become since he last saw her and feels the
stirrings of desire. Libby, seeing how different he is too, falls instantly in
love. But as a servant to Dickon’s grandmother, Lady Margaret de Bohun, she
could surely never be his wife.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; text-align: justify;">Margery
Tyler, Libby’s aunt, meeting her niece by chance, learns of her passion for
young Dickon. Their conversation rekindles Margery’s long-held rancour against
the de Bohuns, whom she blames for all the ills that befell her family, including
her own servitude. For years she’s hidden her hunger for revenge, but she can
no longer keep her hostility in check.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; text-align: justify;">As the
future Lord of Meonbridge, Dickon knows he must rise above de Courtenay’s
loathing and intimidation and get the better of him. And, surely, he must
master his lust for Libby, so his own mother’s shocking history is not
repeated? Of Margery’s bitterness, however, he has yet to learn… <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; text-align: justify;">Beset by
the hazards triggered by such powerful and dangerous emotions, can Dickon
summon up the courage and resolve to overcome them?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; text-align: center;"><b>Secrets, hatred and betrayal, but also love
and courage –<br />
Squire’s Hazard, the fifth MEONBRIDGE CHRONICLE</b> <b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I love gardens – and gardening. I also enjoy reading about
medieval gardens. It was inevitable really that they would have an important
place in my novels. I have an as-yet unpublished novel (<i>The Nature of Things</i>), in which the garden is used both as a vital
element in the lives of my principal characters and also as an affirmative
metaphor for the hope that can come out of even desperate struggle and tragedy
– a symbol of the continuity of life.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But, in the Meonbridge Chronicles, gardens are the stuff of
everyday, both for the lady of the manor and her more humble tenants. In the
Middle Ages, nearly everyone had a garden of some sort – especially those who
lived in the countryside, as of course most people then did. Those on the very
bottom rung of society might have very little or no land alongside their tiny
cottage, and there are a few such folk in Meonbridge. But most do have some
land attached to their tenant cot, and they use it to grow food, and perhaps
keep a few animals – hens, geese, maybe a pig. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">These peasant plots are a vital source of food. My character
Alice atte Wode is a reasonably prosperous peasant, the widow of the village
reeve, and mother of its current bailiff. She has a large garden plot and grows
lots of onions and leeks, cabbages, “worts” or “porray” of many kinds and
turnips, all essential ingredients for the daily pottage. Beans and peas, also
pottage ingredients, eaten fresh or dried for use throughout the year, might be
grown in the garden too but more often as a field crop. <o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrn2ToFxkMIwKlytztqCTB1RrNNTB_PGQaLEwuPRG8AgyqA4vDcwgXbDs0xTI3HTBq_j6seE13GF9e90iYooSmTlaqKIxLmm9Exptk1AJKQWVkW-j2f5DZGnfMffEhczVnTZwvwsApAXq3J9RJrrUL7oLPDqC-bb7OHqq-gAbCECpvqMSX3mIrwhU/s142/CH1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="142" data-original-width="126" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrn2ToFxkMIwKlytztqCTB1RrNNTB_PGQaLEwuPRG8AgyqA4vDcwgXbDs0xTI3HTBq_j6seE13GF9e90iYooSmTlaqKIxLmm9Exptk1AJKQWVkW-j2f5DZGnfMffEhczVnTZwvwsApAXq3J9RJrrUL7oLPDqC-bb7OHqq-gAbCECpvqMSX3mIrwhU/w178-h200/CH1.png" width="178" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIDkwg3wjTr9K354sjH6PeTdDFL51uGTZA6bx9QRQ1u8X7i3tovcJ0ogut6DguepmVBDp7pU_cu-Z8TOCRN2Gd6uyUB-mukkQC7Ya0ryXdN_Nxnq5Y6i5vZFX7gZOz9L2b-y1D6RyRtwmR8ZSbCd6Iyk1XDpRihWGj0S_s79ff_aFK8yA84NSZUqG/s189/CH2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="189" data-original-width="162" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIDkwg3wjTr9K354sjH6PeTdDFL51uGTZA6bx9QRQ1u8X7i3tovcJ0ogut6DguepmVBDp7pU_cu-Z8TOCRN2Gd6uyUB-mukkQC7Ya0ryXdN_Nxnq5Y6i5vZFX7gZOz9L2b-y1D6RyRtwmR8ZSbCd6Iyk1XDpRihWGj0S_s79ff_aFK8yA84NSZUqG/w171-h200/CH2.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrn2ToFxkMIwKlytztqCTB1RrNNTB_PGQaLEwuPRG8AgyqA4vDcwgXbDs0xTI3HTBq_j6seE13GF9e90iYooSmTlaqKIxLmm9Exptk1AJKQWVkW-j2f5DZGnfMffEhczVnTZwvwsApAXq3J9RJrrUL7oLPDqC-bb7OHqq-gAbCECpvqMSX3mIrwhU/s142/CH1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> </div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><i><span style="border: none; color: #333333; font-family: "Baskerville",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Tacuinum Sanitatis</span></i><span style="border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville, serif; font-size: 9pt;">, Cabbage harvest and
Onions. </span><span style="border: none; font-family: Baskerville, serif; font-size: 9pt;">Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="border: none; font-family: Baskerville, serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="border: none;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She also has an orchard, with several trees – probably apples
and pears, and perhaps medlars and cherries. Even a smaller plot might have at
least one or two fruit trees. Susanna,
of somewhat lower standing, has a small area of orchard at the far end of the
main garden:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoQuote"><span style="font-family: inherit;">…There was a bench under the fruit trees where they might
sit. … The pear tree …
was covered with white blossom, and its branches hung low around them. They
pulled the blossom to their noses and sniffed in the sweet, fruity scent. <i>Chapter
6</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoQuote"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Herbs were also grown, and I think most peasant housewives would have understood both
the value of herbs as taste-bringers to their food, as well as their properties
as simple everyday remedies. A medieval gardening book (see * below) says:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoQuote"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“<i>A syrup of violets is
a good remedy against the pleurisy and cough, and also fevers or agues, especially
in young children. Apply the petals of Saint Mary’s Gold (marigold) to painful
stings to soothe them… Wormwood is a bitter herb…that cures the stomach ache
and a constipation of the bowel… It also repels fleas…”</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoQuote"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoQuote" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJRePvPFvoNRkOGPX8pJOXe0CKUFc9q0VZnNwXS8hg6jzdPRFsilcUPWn9zatGtXdNNYR2vElogISogeYnhehBFbsfQnSfOgmaY_15M7KU4bf3cB0ngUGg0PaOHWFYiJX3YQHNgaHwsrdqYzxtQxmDmqrAWaJRJJBkZrK0zMOuTbpRgowHccTrefh/s189/CH3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="189" data-original-width="169" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJRePvPFvoNRkOGPX8pJOXe0CKUFc9q0VZnNwXS8hg6jzdPRFsilcUPWn9zatGtXdNNYR2vElogISogeYnhehBFbsfQnSfOgmaY_15M7KU4bf3cB0ngUGg0PaOHWFYiJX3YQHNgaHwsrdqYzxtQxmDmqrAWaJRJJBkZrK0zMOuTbpRgowHccTrefh/w179-h200/CH3.jpg" width="179" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="border: none; color: #333333; font-family: "Baskerville",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Tacuinum Sanitatis</span></i><span style="border: none; color: #333333; font-family: "Baskerville",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">, Violets. </span><span style="border: none; font-family: Baskerville, serif; font-size: 9pt;">Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">On many peasant patches, a few flowers might be grown, amongst
or around the vegetables and herbs, in the manner of what we call “cottage
gardens” now. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">But, in the larger plots of wealthier gardeners – such as that
of Meonbridge’s “lord” of the manor, Lady Margaret de Bohun – there would be a
“vegetable garden” (a potager), a “herb garden”, a “flower garden”, and an
orchard, divided into “rooms” as we would now say… Keeping flowers and
vegetables separate was apparently an ideal, according to the gardening book:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoQuote">“<i>Have two gardens, one
for flowers and one for porray… Not that the flower garden can have no herbs
and the potager no flowers, but keep them separate for the most part, else your
flowers may be affronted if you intermingle them with onions and leeks</i>…” *<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoQuote"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Her ladyship’s passion for gardening is significant in the
storyline of <i>Squire’s Hazard</i>. Her enormous garden is certainly divided
into “rooms”:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoQuote">…they entered the great potager, burgeoning with vegetables
on every side: onion spikes, great spheres of cabbage and the frothy tops of
carrots. Passing the gate that led to the herbier and flower gardens, they
continued along the grassy path towards the orchard. <i>Chapter
26</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoQuote"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal">But, sadly for her, Margaret has given up working in the
potager, simply because her body is “less forgiving than it once was”. She’s
decided to leave the labour of growing vegetables to her team of gardeners but
refuses to give up the pleasure of being amongst her flowers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoQuote">It was such a beautiful morning; Margaret could not resist
putting on her hessian apron and heavy gloves and going down to her rose
garden. The snowdrops were long gone but violets and primroses should still be
abundant, carpeting the ground beneath the still bare-stemmed roses. The blue
irises she loved so much would also be pushing through and might even be in
bloom. …<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoQuote"><br /></p><p class="MsoQuote">Collecting her tools and wheelbarrow from the little wooden
shed just inside the entrance to the gardens from the bailey, she trudged
happily along the paths that criss-crossed the grand potager and herbier to the
flowery gardens beyond. The gardeners had made a good start on tilling the soil
in readiness for the cabbages and colewort, turnips, beets and fennel. The
onions they had sown last month were already nudging through. <i>Chapter 9</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoQuote"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal">Margaret’s
rose garden is in a special area of her flower garden:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoQuote">…one of her favourite parts, her “inner sanctum”… <i>Chapter
9</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoQuote"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal">This inner sanctum is based upon the concept of the
“paradise garden”, which alludes to the<i>
hortus conclusus</i>, meaning “enclosed garden”. The medieval idea of the
enclosed garden is related to the worship of the Virgin Mary, and is mentioned in
medieval poetry and depicted in painting and manuscript illuminations from
about the middle of the fourteenth century. It became popular as a theme in
garden design. I’m not ascribing any religious sentiment to Margaret’s garden,
but rather using it to illustrate that wealthier people could afford to make
gardens that are essentially for pleasure.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoQuote">“<i>Pleasure gardens are
devised for the satisfaction of both sight and smell…so, around the lawn should
be planted every sweet-smelling herb, such as rue and sage and basil, and all
sorts of flowers, such as violet and columbine, lily, rose and iris.”</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoQuote"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoQuote">“<i>In the middle of the
garden there should be a meadow, the grass deep green, spangled with a thousand
different flowers, violets and periwinkles, primroses and daisies… And also,
perhaps, a clear fountain in a stone basin in the centre of the lawn, for the
pureness of the water gives great refreshment...” *</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoQuote"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal">Some gardens became quite elaborate and I’ve allowed
Margaret such a flight of fancy, giving her little enclosed garden a sense of
mystery and privacy:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoQuote">…a circular tunnel trellis, profuse in summer with a heady
mix of honeysuckle and roses, with a little enclosed herbier half way round
with a fountain and a seat. <i>Chapter 9</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoQuote"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal">The
honeysuckle and roses of course have to be kept in check:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoQuote">Starting inside the tunnel, she secured a dozen shoots to the
willow trellis. But several whippy shoots were growing on the outside and out
of reach, and she walked round onto the burgeoning bed. She edged carefully
between the thorny rose stems and the sturdy leaves of sprouting irises and
mats of pale yellow primroses, but she soon wished she had left the errant
honeysuckle to its own devices. For her skirts kept snagging on the spiky
thorns and it was tricky to avoid crushing the iris tubers underfoot, as she
tried to disentangle the fabric. <i>Chapter
9</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoQuote"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal">I won’t spoil the story, but those “whippy shoots” and
“thorny stems” give poor Lady Margaret considerable bother…<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadtfFx_KwtS1nQ1XRsJPh471gwww8VSH-zy-L7vzYvsBS4MMVCWpeee7osgWOoNyPMTlBkTx6EZA9kBOHNdX9e7M92bR56Rki5ziYB9giHH8xW492JmoSlRPjhPJg4cxKbKDp72PLxS6zFrKbw4RPm21Mll3C40qG6h-MEhuEtttngEN2mlb3mgYO/s142/CH4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="142" data-original-width="132" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadtfFx_KwtS1nQ1XRsJPh471gwww8VSH-zy-L7vzYvsBS4MMVCWpeee7osgWOoNyPMTlBkTx6EZA9kBOHNdX9e7M92bR56Rki5ziYB9giHH8xW492JmoSlRPjhPJg4cxKbKDp72PLxS6zFrKbw4RPm21Mll3C40qG6h-MEhuEtttngEN2mlb3mgYO/w186-h200/CH4.png" width="186" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i><span style="background: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt;">Tacuinum Sanitatis</span></i><span style="background: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt;">, Roses. Public
domain, via Wikimedia Commons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">* The gardening
book extracts come mainly from the words of medieval friar and scientist, Albertus
Magnus, in his <i>De vegetabilis et plantis</i>, translations of which I found in
John Harvey’s <i>Mediaeval Gardens</i><span style="color: #fb0007;">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 27th April 2022</div><div style="text-align: start;">
<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Publisher:</b> Nielson</div></b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Genres:</b> Paranormal Romance</div>
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Book Award</span></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Amber
Carmichael splits her time between her nursing career and community spirited
acts of kindness. This life fulfils her; she has no interest in nightclubs or
the men her friends tirelessly chase. The spark of attraction has never lit
within her and of this, Amber is glad.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until one
day her dreams begin to shift; something deep in her subconscious begs to
awaken.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This
stirring within her attracts the attention of an enemy. An enemy she doesn’t
know exists; a threat she can’t possibly hide from.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Because
how do you hide from the one soul in the world who truly sees you? <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A heart
has to fall before it can soar.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The latest
release from Nicola Lowe - forbidden love and enemies to lovers collide to form
a perfect storm of paranormal romance that will leave you begging for the
sequel.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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has been that way for all of her forty years. She is happiest when curled up
with a glass of white wine and a very romantic book. Liar is her first
paranormal romance, following the success of her Contemporary Romance books.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21530381.Nicola_Lowe">Nicola Lowe (Author of The Missed Kiss) | Goodreads</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nicola-Lowe/e/B0957SQNQH/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">Amazon.co.uk: Nicola Lowe: Books, Biography, Blogs, Audiobooks, Kindle</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><b><u></u></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610391335121411781.post-5856336099564897652022-10-06T07:30:00.001+01:002022-10-06T07:30:00.240+01:00LOVE & AGITA by Grayson Avery: REVIEW<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidnGea_jc7ELSuI3pUre3yQgLsTP1yipjzo0oL8KpHFc66SI2YNxtbmsPr162ssLDDFihGcLIhFTurH4iVCC2ONjgtsOG0wG_YelD9wgH6a1IFSUXQF2eHGJMGB2zFKn0ZG3BsyME1bYRsebZ7u2-SUVNfXX7D1Sx1RLUZTfIWOok2hPyP-0pGvoXp/s1600/love%20and%20agita%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidnGea_jc7ELSuI3pUre3yQgLsTP1yipjzo0oL8KpHFc66SI2YNxtbmsPr162ssLDDFihGcLIhFTurH4iVCC2ONjgtsOG0wG_YelD9wgH6a1IFSUXQF2eHGJMGB2zFKn0ZG3BsyME1bYRsebZ7u2-SUVNfXX7D1Sx1RLUZTfIWOok2hPyP-0pGvoXp/w250-h400/love%20and%20agita%20cover.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Love & Agita by Grayson Avery </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 27th September 2022</div><div style="text-align: start;">
<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Publisher:</b> Farcical Press</div></b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Genres:</b> Romantic Comedy</div>
<a name='more'></a><br /><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">"<i>The
Hating Game </i>meets <i>My Big Fat Greek Wedding!"</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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have a crazy family? Meet Leo Donati, a great guy from a wacky NY Italian
family, who is expected to live his life a certain way. There are a few family
rules etched in stone that he has done his best to follow:</p>
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Sunday family dinner. It’s at 2:00. Nobody knows why.</p>
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mother. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Nonna you're full. Unless you have a death wish. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Italian. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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comes first. Always. Friends come and go, but family is forever. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">The only
problem? He's not living his best life. Not even close. Single, lonely, and
spending way too much time at the gym burning sexual energy and ungodly amounts
of pasta, Leo hopes his life will change when his father hands over the family
business. If only things were that simple. A takeover offer on the business
puts Leo on the war path against a strikingly sexy, but overly competitive
Jewish woman who is seemingly intent on ruining his life. At least that's how Leo
sees it.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">As tension
rises and Italian tempers flare, Leo wonders if perhaps hate isn't the most
accurate word for how he feels about his new nemesis. But it could never work.
Yeah, the pizza bagel exists, but real-life cultural divides are more complicated
than that, aren't they?</p>
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as corporations and cultures collide. Leo tries to thwart the takeover, find
love and happiness, while also trying to avoid being bludgeoned to death by his
Nonna's wooden spoon.</p>
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Agita </span></i><span lang="EN-US">is a laugh-out loud, romantic comedy that has it all: twists, turns,
emotional depth, sparkling chemistry and hilarious banter that flies off the
page.</span></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Poor Leo is constantly being berated by his mum because he still hasn't found a nice Italian girl to marry. Leo's family is a slightly crazy but totally loving large Italian family with their own particular rules and quirks and being Irish I can totally empathise! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Leo has worked so hard in the family printing business and looks forward to the day he takes over from his father. However, his plans don't quite go the way he was expecting, and Leo's plans take a complete nosedive. To complicate matters, he crosses paths with the stunning Rae who is set to derail Leo's business plans and take over the business. Leo plots to throw a spanner in the works but even that doesn't go the way he plans. Who is this stunning woman and why does she turn him into a babbling idiot? Throw a culture clash into the mix and things are set to ignite! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Let me first start by saying, I LOVE THIS BOOK! It is such a fun and easy read, and the author gets it absolutely right from page one! I was totally hooked. Told from Leo's perspective, his descriptions of his family members had me laughing out loud. I love all their foibles and rules and despite some of the cringe worthy experiences they put him through, it is clear to see how much they all love one another. That really shines through. Some of the scenes are absolutely brilliant and so funny. I found Leo adorable and if he was really stuck, I'd marry him! I loved how Rae took no prisoners and was strong and sassy. I can absolutely see why this has been likened to My Big Fat Greek Wedding. It's equally enjoyable and just as funny and heart-warming. This book has just the right combination of laughter and love and it is delivered beautifully. A highly recommended read! </div>
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Series, a romantic comedy series that focuses on childhood friends in their 30s
and 40s as they help each other navigate the stormy waters of dating, marriage,
divorce, and a whole lot of inappropriate, naughty, and downright hysterical
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Series:</b> Broken Wings #4</div>
<div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 26th September 2022</div>
<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Genres:</b> Saga / Romance /Wartime</div></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">
<a name='more'></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">During a hectic couple of weeks in February 1944, the girls of the
Air Transport Auxiliary Mystery Club must face devastating personal loss
amongst their number. A member of an illegal faction blackmails Betty, whilst a
mystery at Mary's ancestral home threatens to cause more trouble than anyone
thought possible. In the midst of what should be the happiest of times, the
portents seem to be catching up and little is what it seems to be. Can the
girls find the strength to battle forces both internal and external, yet still
maintain their dignity and friendship?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<center><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><u>Character Interview – Jane Howell</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Jane, welcome, please could you introduce
yourself.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sure. Hi everyone, my name’s Jane Howell
and I’m the officer in charge of the Air Transport Auxiliary unit at RAF
Hamble. Sorry, but if I told you where the base was, I’d have to have you
arrested and that’s not the best way to start an interview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>That’s quite alright. We all have to be
very careful what we say. The walls have ears, and all that. So, you mentioned
you’re in charge. From what I understand, all your pilots are also women, do
you find you have any particular problems because of this?</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hmm, it you were a man asking me this
question, you and I would have our own problems. However, I’m delighted to let
you know that I haven’t had to deal with anything which I would face with a
group of male pilots. Mind you, having said that, and I’m not going to name any
individual, there is a group of four or five of my girls who fancy themselves
as amateur detectives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Really! Is there any particular reason for
this?</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Well, I suppose it started when they
discovered they all loved the Miss Marple books of Agatha Christie. They were
billeted with a friend of mine who’d lost her twin sister in, shall we say,
suspicious circumstances and they became privy to this information pretty
quickly. One thing followed another, and before long, they’d actually dug up
evidence which appeared to back up my friend’s beliefs. I won’t go into </span>details,<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> but the end result proved satisfactory. Now, I’ve what has come to be called
the ‘ATA Mystery Club’ on my hands.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>And has this proved to be a problem? Does
this make them difficult to manage?</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I don’t believe it’s their fault, though
it’s undeniable that mystery and adventures seem to be attracted to this lot,
as a moth to a flame. They don’t go out looking for it, but it finds them
nonetheless. Does it cause me trouble? No, not really. These girls are
professionals and take their job very, very seriously. Delivering planes is
their main passion and all of them hate it when they can’t fly. Overall, things
tend to run quite smoothly, probably as smoothly as it’s possible, given
wartime circumstances.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>I see the wings on your chest Jane. I
assume you’re a pilot too? Do you get to fly much?</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Not as much as I’d like, I’ll have to
admit. My job is mainly administrative, keeping things working smoothly.
However, I do keep my flying license current and am quite capable of flying
anything with wings, should the need arise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>If I may, a personal question. Is there a special
someone in your life? I’m sorry. I noticed you flinched a little at this. Would
you prefer not to answer?</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I’ll answer, but briefly. There was
someone, a yank, but he was killed quite </span>recently,<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> and I’d prefer not to say
anything else on that matter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>I quite understand, Jane. Please allow me
one more question. Do you believe that you and your girls are doing a
worthwhile job?</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Oh, yes! Most definitely! Think about it.
If we and all the other Air Transport Auxiliary squadrons weren’t here, each of
the operational squadrons would have to detail some of their pilots to go and
pick up replacement and new aircraft. That would take a pilot away from
operational sorties and there’s always the possibility he’d be injured and
killed whilst performing that duty. Now, of course, that’s possible when flying
against the Germans, but to lose one on such a mundane task would be a waste.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Sorry to interrupt, but does that mean
your pilots are expendable?</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Certainly not! The point I’m trying to
make is that if we deliver the aircraft, we allow an operational pilot to do
the job he’s been trained to do; take the fight to the Germans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Many, many thanks Jane for your time and
for such a wonderful interview. May I wish you good fortune and, safe flying.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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fifteen years roaming around the world in the pay of HM Queen Elizabeth II in
the Royal Air Force before putting down roots and realizing how much he missed
the travel. He’s replaced it somewhat with his writing, including reviewing
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domination, is mad on the music of the Beach Boys, and enjoys the theatre and
humouring his Manchester United-supporting wife. Finally, and most importantly,
Mick is a full member of the Romantic Novelists Association. <i>In the Mood </i>is
the fourth novel in his Broken Wings series and he is very proud to be a part
of the Vintage Rose Garden at The Wild Rose Press.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Series:</b> My Manual Worker #1</div>
<div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 2nd August 2022</div></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Genres:</b> Contemporary Fiction / Rom Com / 18+</div>
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Skills – a steamy rom-com novella<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">She has no intention of falling
for anyone soon – but then she meets Tony.</span></b></div><span style="background: white;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Susie is a businesswoman, settled, successful, and in love – until one day, her
world crashes down around her.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
<span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Tony is from another world. A mechanic who hasn’t an ounce of ambition. She’s
hired him to fix up her beloved Morris Minor, and she can't stand his arrogant,
judgemental ways.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
<span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Their lives couldn’t be more different.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
<span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Two people so unalike could not possibly have anything in common. Falling for
him is not an option. Is it?</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
<span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: justify;">- A strong female lead</div></span><span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: justify;">- Learning to love</div></span><span style="color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: justify;">- And a Mediterranean hero.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Susie loves her old classic Morris Minor car, Moggie. Given to her by her mother, she is devastated when her car needs lots of work and her only hope is moody Italian mechanic Tony who she is convinced sees her as a bit of a joke. And to be honest, she does give him ammunition when she finds herself doing and saying all manner of daft things, making it a habit to turn into a bumbling idiot when she's around him. Her life had seemed on track until suddenly it wasn't, and now it seems the only remaining love of her life, her car is broken too! What she definitely does not need is to be attracted to a man with a large spanner! ;-) Or does she?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Fine Motor Skills is a fun and easy read. A novella that is just perfect for those days when we can manage to grab some self-indulgent 'me' time and allow ourselves to be swept away with the image of a well put together shirtless Italian mechanic. There's lots of humour, sexual innunedo and steamy flirtation and I loved it! Go on, treat yourself! </div>
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for the modern woman -- with a touch of spice!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Release Date:</b> 8th September 2022</div><div style="text-align: start;">
<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Publisher:</b> Boldwood Books</div></b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Genres:</b> Historical</div>
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widowed British Army officer father, are starting a new life in England. But
Evie is struggling. With her dearest mother gone, Yorkshire with its cold, damp
countryside and strict societal rules makes Evie feel suffocated and alone.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Her friendship with Sophie Bellingham, the gently reared daughter of a wealthy
rail baron, is Evie’s only comfort. Until the arrival of local cotton mill
owner, Alexander Lucas.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Newly returned from America, it is expected Alexander will marry and finally
make England his home. And Sophie with her family connections and polite
manners is the obvious choice.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But when Alexander meets Evie, a simmering passion ignites between them. Evie,
with her rebellious spirit is like no other woman Alex has ever met, but to
reject Sophie for Evie would cause a scandal and devastate everyone Evie loves.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Evie knows she must do her duty. But in doing so faces the unbearable future of
being without the man she loves.</div><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNg0lwJa4Nm1-Rzbvv1qklA6Pg1-zeWvwyyQwh1AtfOTRRFeE6Pp4Ml4j4Xfu46F35LKOZeC2tG_bprT8ubgjLqDkJBMrWXIEKCyulHPl1eFWHIREaNObfog4gIpg5PT6Kx_25_R_D5PSsDYVyze6Om4zyyrxu0wxMXdG6WeYFPEpW-oyslmIZfoPP/s700/The%20Soldiers%20Daughter.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="700" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNg0lwJa4Nm1-Rzbvv1qklA6Pg1-zeWvwyyQwh1AtfOTRRFeE6Pp4Ml4j4Xfu46F35LKOZeC2tG_bprT8ubgjLqDkJBMrWXIEKCyulHPl1eFWHIREaNObfog4gIpg5PT6Kx_25_R_D5PSsDYVyze6Om4zyyrxu0wxMXdG6WeYFPEpW-oyslmIZfoPP/w400-h158/The%20Soldiers%20Daughter.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div><div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">When her father retires from the British Army, Evie Davenport and her family leave their home in India to return to England, Evie's home of birth. However, tragedy strikes and Evie and her father finally settle in a new home in rural England which is a far cry from her beautiful India. She doesn't have the same freedoms in England that she had in India and it takes her time to get used to a different lifestyle. She becomes close friends with young Sophie Bellingham and her life is once again thrown into a spin when she meets the man that is destined to be Sophie's betrothed. Alexander has an effect on her like nobody has before and Evie must fight every desirous thought she has. She loves her friend too much to hurt her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This is a really enjoyable novel with lots of things going on for Evie and lots of dilemmas on top of her feelings for Alexander to contend with. The widow Mrs Myer has her sights set on Evie's very vulnerable father whose grief for the loss of his wife is all consuming and poor Evie is desperate to do anything to bring him back to his old self. As well as Mrs Myer's casting a shadow over Evie's life there is also the son of her cook causing her despair and fear. There's just so much happening to throw Evie's world into one of confusion, worry and fear.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Evie is a brilliant character. A free spirit who refused to conform to what was expected of a woman of her station. She did her own thing and stood up for herself. She had real grit and took no nonsense from anyone though would do anything to protect her father. She also has a great sense of social justice, not afraid to voice her views on slavery for example.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I really enjoyed the story and thought it was interesting and well paced with lots of historical context to give the reader a real sense of time and place. Clearly lots of research has been undertaken to ensure historical accuracy. There are lots of themes covered in the book, ranging from domestic violence to grief and women's rights. A recommended read from me. </div>
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UK. Her books are mainly set in Yorkshire, from where her family hails, and
Australia, between the nineteenth century and WWI. Her first title for Boldwood
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