Blog tour: My Perfect Marriage by A J Campbell

Never mind the small details, just lose yourself I knew I would have to be at home for a substantial part of last week, to be able to sign off some builders as their work neared completion. So I decided to take the week off work in the hope of some much-needed reading and chillout

Blog tour: Mother of the Bride by Samantha Hayes

It showed me a life even crazier than my own. I’m not sure that’s a good thing Each year, I hold out a hope that the Easter bank holiday weekend will be quiet, relaxing and allow me to switch off for a while and just read a good book. And it seems like each year

Blog tour: The Split by S E Lynes

Here’s what I have to say. Please ignore anything critical Off the top of my head, I can immediately think of at least five reasons why I wanted to love The Split: The basic theme explored by the book – that of how easy it is for humans to make bad decisions during a heightened

Blog tour: The Custody Battle by Ellie Monago

So good that even man-flu allowed me to enjoy it Last week, I finally managed to reach a milestone on a big project that’s been dominating the day job and stressing me out for most of this year. And my body promptly responded by allowing my immune system to weaken enough that I caught a

Blog tour: The Spice Maker’s Secret by Renita D’Silva

It’s beautiful. I’m just not sure it’s complete I have never quite got round to writing a bucket list (or should that be a ‘book-et list’?) of new authors to read. Not least because I suspect that it would grow faster than I could add to it. However, had I ever produced such a list,

Blog tour: The Lodge by Sue Watson

Not at all a pleasant read, and all the better for it Have you ever felt obliged to attend a family, or social gathering, out of love for the person whose special occasion it is, even though you really, really didn’t want to go? Have you steeled yourself to put a brave smile on your

Review: We All Keep Secrets by Sheryl Browne

Give me a minute … I’m still undecided … I don’t normally think of myself as indecisive. If I have to buy, let’s say, a greetings card in a shop, I’m not one of those people that will stand for hours looking at every single card. Instead I’ll do what I understand is the typical

Review: Coming To Find You by Jane Corry

Proof that you can have too much of a good thing I’ve said it before, and I see no reason to change my mind now. Jane Corry is a master at writing a character-driven novel. And if the character in question is one to which I can relate, then the book may turn out to

Review: The Fall by Louise Jensen

Really, properly involving and compelling. But just a bit too busy to be perfect It’s not that I felt bitter or anything, but I can still clearly remember the final part of my first driving test that I took at the age of 17. If I tell you that the route back to the test

Blog tour: The Shadow Girl by Shannon Hollinger

The characters, and their author go from strength to strength I came home late after work the other night to discover my wife watching some TV show in which, as far as I could gather, some blonde woman with fake breasts and the IQ of a pencil was accusing some man of having slept with