Reviewed by Cressida McLaughlin Rose Pritchard has fled her home with her seven-year-old daughter Maddie. As Dearest Rose begins, she is knocking on the door of a B&B in a remote Cumbrian village, miles away from her home, in the middle of the night. The only place Rose can think of to flee to is a place she has dreamt about finding since before the birth of her … [Read more...] about Review – Dearest Rose by Rowan Coleman
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Review – The Day You Saved My Life by Louise Candlish
Reviewed by Jenny Banks When two year old Mikey falls from a boat into the River Seine while on a trip to Paris, those closest to the accident have little idea as to how much it will come to affect them in Louise Candlish’s latest novel, The Day You Saved My Life. Mikey’s mother, Holly, is inches away from her son as he falls. She is a shadow of her former self, unable to … [Read more...] about Review – The Day You Saved My Life by Louise Candlish
Review – The Runaway Actress by Victoria Connelly
Reviewed by Kirsty Nicole Pole Connie Gordon is a very popular actress who, after the toils and commotion of being in the spotlight, feels the need to escape to somewhere with a bit of normality... so she jumps on a plane and flies across the world to Lochnabrae, Scotland, where her mother was born. What Connie doesn’t plan on is meeting swooning playwright, Alistair or having … [Read more...] about Review – The Runaway Actress by Victoria Connelly
Review – The Village Vet by Cathy Woodman
Reviewed by Debs Carr When animal welfare officer and part-time fire-fighter Jack Miller storms into Tessa Wilde’s wedding and announces that her fiancé, Nathan isn’t quite what he seems, he triggers off the concerns that Tessa has been working hard to ignore. When Nathan still can’t say those three little words, Tessa decides that marrying him would be a dreadful mistake. She … [Read more...] about Review – The Village Vet by Cathy Woodman
Review – Welcome to Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop of Dreams by Jenny Colgan
This book was buried in my TBR pile until last weekend when I was full of a cold and couldn't think of anything I'd rather do than snuggle up in bed with some Buttercup Syrup and a bit of Jenny Colgan. What a brilliant, brilliant read this was. Truly. I think a lot of Jenny's earlier books are kind of 'Bam! Funny stuff! Bam, Bam! Someone trips over!' (which … [Read more...] about Review – Welcome to Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop of Dreams by Jenny Colgan