A family wedding
Catherine Swift is a bestselling romance author, but her personal story hasn’t been quite so successful; three failed marriages have left her relationship with her daughters strained. Engaged once again, Catherine is counting on this wedding, at her villa in Corfu, to finally bring the family together.

A summer of secrets
Adeline can’t believe her mother is getting married for a fourth time, or that she’s expected to attend. It brings back the pain of her mother’s infidelity and the baby who was the result. Not that she blames her half-sister Cassie, but then she’s never tried to know her, either. Cassie, on the other hand, is thrilled by her mother’s news – she’s always admired Catherine’s resilience, and is excited to meet the mystery groom. Cassie also has a secret of her own, and a summer in Corfu will give her the time she needs to process everything.

A chance to start over again
As the guests arrive on the island, and the big day approaches, Catherine begins to reveal secrets from her past, and suddenly both Cassie and Adeline realise that they don’t know their mother at all . . .

My Thoughts:

Sarah is one of my go to authors and will always be. I feel as though her books just get better and better, the more she writes. I loved following Catherine through this story as she is a best selling author but her own life is not up to much, lots going on in her life which I am sure many people will be able to relate to, now she is engaged she wants to bring everyone together but will it be the happy ever after she craves for? I like how the chapters switch for Catherine to Adeline her daughter, so we get both of their perspectives. It was a good wholesome read that I thoroughly enjoyed. Also I now want to visit Corfu in the summer it sounds such an idyllic place. Very much looking forward to Sarah’s next book.

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Jack Fogel had always wanted to work in TV, not run the family business. He thought he’d escaped, until his father’s heart attack saddled him with Fogel’s Kosher Chickens, an operation built by his grandfather and mired in the past. Years later, his wife is long gone, his two teenage daughters perpetually disappointed and his mother insistent that he fund her expensive lifestyle. Even worse, he finds himself at war with business rival Lionel Gutterman, a former employee now prepared to use the most unethical tactics to exact revenge. Lonely and miserable, he meets Sonia Lewis on a blind date. When she reveals she owns a vegan cafe, Jack panics and doesn’t quite tell the truth about what he does. As their relationship blossoms, the lie becomes more difficult to sustain. With increasingly unpredictable attacks from Lionel, he faces personal and professional destruction unless he works out how the truth can save him. Chicken Wars is a romantic comedy about the conflicts we must overcome to accept who we are. For Jack, the prize is love or poultry. Can it be both?

My Thoughts:

This was such a brilliantly funny read that had me in stitches. Jack does not want to have to run the families business Fogel’s Kosher Chickens but here he is after his dad has a massive heart attack. His life is not going how he thought it would, his wife has left, his two daughters are not impressed by him and he is fed up with having a rival who is doing his upmost to seek revenge on him. A little hope when he goes on a blind date with Sonia but there are problems from the start, she owns a vegan cafe and he doesn’t have the heart to tell her what he does for a job. Can he open up to her and tell her? what is going to happen? There is lots going on in this book and some really good characters. It is a thought provoking read and one that will be very popular.

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Three years ago, Detective Saga Bauer received an ominous postcard describing a gun and nine white bullets – one of which was intended for her partner, Detective Joona Linna. The sender alleged that Saga was the only person who could save him. But as time passed, the threat faded.

Until now.

A sack with a decomposing body has been found hanging from a tree in the forest. A milky white bullet casing turns up at the scene. When the body count begins to rise, the police realise that the killer is sending riddles, offering them the chance to stop the murders before they happen.

But the police always seem to arrive a moment too late. As they begin to close in, the case becomes more and more tangled. Someone is spinning a fiendishly intricate web, pulling Joona ever closer to a trap he may not be able to escape.

My Thoughts:

Saga and her team has to work out who the killer is before it is too late? She receives little figurines of the next victim but can her and her team find that person before they end up the next victim? I loved the sound of this story it sounded really good, I really enjoyed the story, it had a good pace to it. There are a number of characters to this story some of whom intrigued me and I wanted to find out more about them. I think the second half was much better than the first half and the explosive ending was brilliant. I really enjoyed it.

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If you give this book a one-star review, you might end up dead.

Emma is house-sitting on the rainy Washington coast with only her golden retriever for company. She likes the isolation, the peace and quiet, and the opportunity to read.

But her latest pick, a poorly written and gruesome horror novel, is disappointing and Emma leaves a one-star review. A message dings back – the author, H.G. Kane, has replied and he’s furious. Emma brushes it off, until disturbing incidents start to occur. Scratches in the night. A figure crawling around in the shadows.

Kane has written sixteen other novels, all similarly sadistic tales of stalking and murder. He knows he’s a brilliant writer – he just needs to make Emma understand…

My Thoughts:

I loved the sound of this book, whilst Emma is housesitting, she is reading to keep her thoughts about her own life at bay but when she finishes a book that is not to her liking she would never realise the repercussions she is about to witness when she leaves a one star review. Cue the author messaging her back and forth as he knows what a good writer he is but needs Emma to work it out too. It was a intense and creepy novel that left me feeling like I had the chills. I wouldn’t say it was my favourite thriller but I did like the plot as it was unique. I have not read anything like this before and probably wont ever again. Taylor writes well with great description and I thought the ending was good.

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Claire’s family has gone nuclear. Her precious moppets keep calling Childline when she feeds them broccoli, she’s utterly Ottolenghied out at weekends, and her darling husband is having an affair with her best friend.

The question isn’t whether she needs a glass of wine, but is there one big enough?

Enter the Sauvignon Sisterhood, a new set of friends brought together by a shared love of liquid therapy. Together they might just be able to convince Claire that, like a good bottle of red, life really can get better with age. Or at least there’s more to it than the joy of an M&S non-iron school uniform.

My Thoughts:

I have read Gill’s previous books and absolutely loved them. They are the perfect pick me up and so incredibly funny. You don’t need to be a mother to enjoy this book. I was laughing from the get go and couldn’t stop. I am sure mums are going to find pretty much everything in this book relatable. I found it a little sad in parts but I loved it when the women helped each other and how they opened up to one another about their life struggles. You felt as though you were one of the girls whilst reading this book.

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In 1942 Cilka Klein is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices her long beautiful hair, and forces her separation from the other women prisoners. Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly given, equals survival.

After liberation, Cilka is charged as a collaborator by the Russians and sent to a desolate, brutal prison camp in Siberia known as Vorkuta, inside the Arctic Circle.

Innocent, imprisoned once again, Cilka faces challenges both new and horribly familiar, each day a battle for survival. Cilka befriends a woman doctor, and learns to nurse the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under unimaginable conditions. And when she tends to a man called Alexandr, Cilka finds that despite everything, there is room in her heart for love.

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This book is by the same author of

Bob Bloomfield is, in the words of his best friend’s wife, a ‘selfish, arrogant a*sehole’, who hasn’t spent a great deal of time making friends in his 49 years on earth.

But what if he could change? What if Bob could stop the very thing that has made him the man he is, the death of his younger brother, Tom in 1986.

If he could save Tom, could he save himself?

. . . And what if all it took was a phone call – to his childhood self?

My Thoughts:

I really like watching Steve on the TV as a presenter especially on F1, so when I heard he was releasing a book, I was ecstatic. It is a quirky and original idea that he has come up with for a book but it works so well. I knew I was going to enjoy this book as the first sentence is quite amusing and I couldn’t wait to get started. Bob likes to keep himself to himself, he has not really done much with his life but what if he could change all of it and become a better man? changing his past when his brother was alive would change his life dramatically. All it takes is a phone call to his younger self. If your wondering what I am going on about, read it for yourself. It is such a brilliant and emotional read that I want to re-read it over and over again. It was just too good. It is up there in my ten reads of this year so far.

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THE DETECTIVE
DS George Cross has always wondered why his mother left him when he was a child. Now she is back in his life, he suddenly has answers. But this unexpected reunion is not anything he’s used to dealing with. When a disturbing case lands on his desk, he is almost thankful for the return to normality.

THE QUESTION
The body of a monk is found savagely beaten to death in a woodland near Bristol. Nothing is known about Brother Dominic’s past, which makes investigating difficult. How can Cross unpick a crime when they don’t know anything about the victim? And why would someone want to harm a monk?

THE PAST
Discovering who Brother Dominic once was only makes the picture more puzzling. He was a much-loved and respected friend, brother, son – he had no enemies. Or, at least, none that are obvious. But looking into his past reveals that he was a very wealthy man, that he sacrificed it all for his faith. For a man who has nothing, it seems strange that greed could be the motive for his murder. But greed is a sin after all…

My Thoughts:

I was very intrigued by the sound of this book, I normally love a good thriller and this book started off by interesting me alot. I liked DS George Cross, he is a good detective, I didn’t know much about him not having read any of Tim’s books before but I have learnt that DS Cross is on the autistic Spectrum and I feel that he can inspire others to go out there and do what you want to do, there should be no stopping you. I did find the middle half a bit too slow for me however the ending was good and I liked the level of mystery to the story, I felt all the monks were under suspicion and I didn’t know who to trust. Overall a good story.

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Nice, France — Retired CIA agent, Cain, is living a quiet life, trying to stay out of trouble.

But he can’t turn off his old instincts like a lightswitch.

When an unsuspecting American woman becomes the target of criminals, he can’t sit back and do nothing.

What starts as one good deed puts Cain in the sights of highly-trained mercenaries, brings him to the attention of INTERPOL, and puts him on a collision course with evil personified.

With no one he can trust, in a land of double-crosses, Cain must rely on his wits to survive.

My Thoughts:

This is book two in the Cain Thrillers and I couldn’t wait to continue with this series. We meet up with Cain who is trying to keep a low profile and enjoy his retirement, but things don’t always go according to plan. Cain can never let things go especially when someone could be in trouble. In this story he helps a woman who has become a target for a nasty bunch of criminals, Cain goes above and beyond to help her as best as he can, but getting caught up in her problems is the least of his worries as he has his own problems to sort out too. I really enjoyed seeing what Cain was up to, he is a great character and Tom the author writes fantastic descriptions to make the reader feel immersed into the story. It is a captivating thriller that leads to some shocking twists. Full of drama and suspense, you won’t want to miss out on this epic read. I am excited for the next book.

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One hot summer’s afternoon, five-year-old Ava Sawyer went to a party. She never came home…

Two years later, Ava’s body is found and another little girl, Audrey Briggs, goes missing. Audrey also attended that party …

Leading the investigation is Detective Natalie Ward. A mother of two teenagers, this case chills her to the bone, and is a disturbing reminder of the last job she worked on. One that still keeps her awake at night…

Natalie soon discovers that Ava’s mother has some worrying gaps in her alibi and as she digs deeper, she’s sure Ava’s father is not telling the full story. And what did the owner of the garden centre Elsa see that day? Something that she’s not telling Natalie …

Just as Natalie is facing up to the grim possibility that Ava and Audrey were killed by someone close to home, another little girl from the party doesn’t come home from her ballet lesson. Can Natalie find a way to stop this killer before more innocent lives are taken?

My Thoughts:

I have not read one of Carol’s books for ages so when I saw this one, I thought I must read it. The story centres around a birthday that happened a few years back where a child went missing. Spring back to today and a body has been found, Detective Natalie Ward is on the case and she will stop at nothing to find out who the killer is. But along the way another child is found dead and suspicions arise as it looks as though it could be the same killer. Can Natalie and her team find the killer before more deaths happen? I liked how it was fast paced and I couldn’t wait to become involved, I felt as though I was part of the team. There are a twists that changes things up a bit and I thought I knew at one point but it was a red herring. I liked how some chapters are in a different font and we see the back story of the actual killer and why he did it. It was such a good read and I need to read more of Carol’s books.

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