Hilda Pride is misunderstood.

Friends let you down, romances don’t last and the only person you can rely on is yourself. Hilda believes this, so why is she still feeling so lonely…

Then life throws Hilda a curveball – an unexpected inheritance, a trip to Ireland and a huge but crumbling stately home that might just one day be hers to keep. Still stuck in her ways, Hilda is determined to tackle Mayfield Manor alone, but renovating a mansion single-handed might be beyond even her.

What Hilda needs is friends, so for the first time in years, Hilda Pride dares to lower her defences and everything in her world shifts in an instant. Hilda could never imagine what happens next, but it will change her and a community forever.

My Thoughts:

Hilda has lead a lonely life, she realises in later life just do you. But when something extraordinary happens she cannot believe her luck. After inheriting a stately home, she believes her luck is in but when she gets to Ireland, she does not realise the extent of the stately home that is in disrepair and needs a lot of work doing to it, but nothing will stop Hilda. The only way she is going to achieve this ginormous task is to ask for help and this is something she has not done for a long time and she is scared. But going forwards she knows this is what needs to be done. It was a good story about friendship and coming together to be part of a community. Also Hilda letting her guard down and realising it is not as bad as she hoped. I thought it was a good read, and I loved Hilda’s strength and determination.

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One summer storm. One split second. Two lives changed forever.

Ellie Harker doesn’t believe in fate, only hard work and keeping her heart safe. Rhys Davies used to believe in love, until heartbreak left him focused on his little girl. When lightning strikes them both, an unexplainable connection sparks between two strangers.

My Thoughts:

Ellie is a believer in free will, and working hard to earn money to do the things she loves. But when she meets Rhys one summer she does not know what to believe, things start changing and then one fateful day when something unexpected happens, can the two ever go back to normal. I loved reading this book, I have not read many of Danni’s books but I always find them compelling and emotional, a twist of fate and ever lasting love brings a new dimension to this powerful read. The message behind it for me was don’t lose hope. It was really good read.

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Everyone believes that Lenora Hope is a mass murderer.

When the Hope family was massacred decades ago, she was the only one left after that tragic night.

Mute, paralysed and confined to a wheelchair, Lenora has never been able to tell her side of the story.

Until her new live-in caregiver Kit brings her a typewriter.

And with one working finger Lenora begins to type:

I want to tell you everything.

My Thoughts:

When Kit comes into to be a live in care giver to Lenora Hope, she knows Lenora’s back story and what happened to her and her family many years ago. When Kit brings in her typewriter to help Lenora communicate, will she finally tell her side of the story? I loved the first half when the story was building up, it was tense and a little creepy, there are plenty of twists to keep you guessing but for me unfortunately the second half was a let down, it was all over the place and unconvincing and I really did not enjoy it. I think this is my first book by Riley so I may or may not read another one.

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Lights, hammer, action!

On this season of your favorite reality renovation show, four design teams compete to turn a home into a business.

Posh design editor Tabitha is desperate to transform her parents’ crumbling Cotswolds manor into a themed inn. It’s the only way to keep them—and their menagerie of animals—from moving into her tiny flat.

Tabitha is teaming up with Tim, a brawny, rugby-playing builder who needs the prize money to pay for his own … complications.

He also happens to be the jerk who ghosted her seven years ago.

Now they must work together to win the cash prize, but they can’t be in the same room without sparks flying—and that’s not just the faulty wiring.

Can they demo the walls they’ve built up to win the show … and each other’s hearts?

My Thoughts:

This was such a fun read to get stuck in to. A bright and fresh idea about four teams competing to turn a home into a business whilst being filmed for TV. Tabitha wants and needs to turn her parents home into a themed inn unless they may end up coming to stay with her and that is the last thing she needs as there is hardly any room to swing a cat as it is. She must do her upmost to win but when she is teamed up against Tim, she cannot believe it. Tim has his own reasons for wanting to win but when he meets Tabitha thoughts and memories all come flooding back as they knew each other many years ago. Can they work together to win or will everything come crashing down? I just loved how different the idea was and it worked really well. An easy read to follow along with and kind of interesting to read behind the scenes a little. This is book one of two in the Amor Inn series and I am so looking forward to book two. As a big animal lover, I loved all the animals too especially Larry the Llama, so cute. I loved how funny parts were too. It was a feel good read and it instantly lifted me up.

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What if the person you love the most is the one you can’t have?

Grace has loved Jackson since she was fifteen – when they spent every childhood summer exploring France’s breathtaking Ardèche region together. They were best friends, until life took its course and Jackson married someone else.

Years later, Jackson re-enters Grace’s life with an irresistible offer: her dream job in the very town where their story began. And he’s newly single.

As memories from those idyllic summers flood back, Grace encounters an old friend Étienne, who proposes a plan to help make Jackson jealous. But as their scheme unfolds, Grace finds herself questioning if the sparks between them might not be so pretend after all…

Unbeknownst to Grace, Étienne is harbouring a secret that could shatter her world.

My Thoughts:
Paige is one of my go to authors, I don’t even need to read the blurb to know I am going to fall in love with her books. They are such powerful and easy reads all rolled into one. Don’t get me wrong you will shed a few tears so remember to bring some tissues. The main characters are Grace, Jackson and Etienne, it is like a love triangle where two men are after one woman but who will become victorious, until a secret comes out that could change Grace’s life for the rest of her life. It was tense, passionate, gripping and undeniably captivating. I read it in half a day because I felt as though I could not let go.

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World famous author Arthur Fletch is dead. His final novel, the most anticipated book in history, remains unfinished. But the ending won’t write itself.

Fletch’s publisher, Merriweather Press, has invited six authors to Fletch’s private island in Scotland. Authors whose books have never had the big marketing budgets or publicity opportunities. In other words, midlist. And they’re about to be presented with the opportunity of a lifetime.

Whoever writes a worthy ending will receive one million dollars, and a further one million dollars for a new three-book contract.

They have just seventy-two hours, with no access to the outside world, just a typewriter and a blank page. All they have to do is write…

Starting is often the hardest part. But getting to the end could be murder.

My Thoughts:

When a famous author dies, the final book has no ending so his publishing company decides to send six authors away to a private island for a big opportunity for finish the book, and if they win they get one million dollars and a three book contract, sounds exciting doesn’t it? but there are rules and will everyone play fair, it is an in it to win it and who will come out victorious? it was a great story to follow along with, reading about the different authors interested me, working out who might win was the hardest part. I really liked the concept of this book and I found it different and unique but really enjoyed it overall. The twists have me gasping and the outcome was…. brilliant. A book that is going to get some great reviews. I loved it.

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SOMETHING UGLY’S WAITIN’ FOR YOU

Honey’s working weekends down at the Six Mile, trying to figure her life out. Her boyfriend’s about to leave the country, her college advisor hates her guts, her momma ain’t listening, and she’s got this cop breathing down her neck just about all the time.

She finds a friend in her new colleague Lisa, but when one of their regular customers turns up dead, everything goes sideways faster than a greased hog at the county fair…

My Thoughts:

What a brilliant short novella that I gobbled up within the hour, you will not want to put it down. The story is about Honey and whilst working at the store she is trying to work out what she wants to do with her life as it is a bit of a dead end right now, until she meets Lisa. Lisa is feisty and Honey decides she wants to be more Lisa but when tragedy strikes at the store, Honey is unsure what to do next. It will lead you on a trail and one that you do not know where it is going to lead to. The story starts slow but it gives it that creativity when things start to happen and gets the ball rolling. I loved the storyline and I liked the fact it was a short read as it definitely a powerful read.

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Sometimes all your hopes and dreams really do come true… ✨🌈

Life at the Chocolate Pot Café has never been sweeter for Tara Porter. Nestled on Castle Street in Whitsborough Bay, her café is thriving, her friendships are close, her foster parents are back where they belong—and she’s finally let herself fall in love with artist Jed Ferguson.

For Jed, returning from Australia feels like coming home in every sense. His teenage daughters have settled, his gallery opening is a success, and with Tara by his side, the future looks full of promise.

But the past can’t stay at bay forever.

When Tara’s estranged foster sister reappears, old wounds resurface. And when Jed is reunited with twelve year old Aaron – a boy he once believed was his son – secrets unravel and loyalties are tested.

Now Tara and Jed must decide whether facing the past will shatter everything they’ve built—or hope it gives them the strength and courage to dream again.

My Thoughts:

One of my go to authors is Jessica, you just cannot go wrong with one of her books and this enticed me in with the title. It is set around The Chocolate Pot Café. Tara is the owner and everything is sweet, she is in love and her business is going well but what will put a spanner in the works as life is not all plain simple. Tara’s foster sister turns up and she means business but Tara is good at diffusing situations and she comes up with a solution. Jed is Tara’s partner and he also has some family issues that need sorting but with Tara by his side anything is possible. It was a lovely comforting and warm read to escape with. I like the way Jessica writes, I can’t describe it but it is so different to any other authors I have read. Loved it so much.

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One lucky ticket is about to change everything

Edie and Ron have been together for nearly fifty years, keeping each other afloat by the skin of their teeth. They’ve always been ordinary – until something very extraordinary happens.

Winning the lottery is everything they’ve ever wanted – well, almost.

Because for the last twenty years, Edie and Ron have been running from a secret that tore their family apart. And when you can suddenly buy everything you’ve ever wanted, you realise that the only thing you really want is the one thing money can’t buy.

Join Edie as she finally takes control. She’s had enough of playing the hand she’s been dealt – it’s time to risk it all.

My Thoughts:
Edie and Ron are a match made in heaven , going through all kinds of things in their marriage and staying with each other through thick and thin that is how a marriage should be. Their family haven’t wanted to know them since a secret tore their family apart. But now the most amazing thing has happened they have won the lottery. It was interesting to see if the family would come back with their tails between their legs. But Edie wants something else and this time she is going to get it. I felt as though the story was multi layered, it had a kind of depth to it that there was more to it than meets the eye. It was a powerful and thought provoking story. It was a read that it did not blow me away but was readable.

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