Paris, 1940, a city under German occupation. A young Jewish girl, Judith, meets a young man, the son of a wealthy banker and Nazi sympathizer – his family will never approve of the girl he has fallen in love with. As the Germans impose more and more restrictions on Jewish Parisians, the couple secretly plan… Continue reading A Jewish Girl in Paris by Melanie Levensohn
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The Orphanage Girls by Mary Wood
Thank you to Anne of Random Things Tours and Pan MacMillan for the opportunity to read and review The Orphanage Girls for the blog tour. Synopsis: The Orphanage Girls is a gritty and moving saga about an orphanage in London’s East End, from the bestselling author of The Jam Factory Girls, Mary Wood. Children deserve a family… Continue reading The Orphanage Girls by Mary Wood
One Good Thing by Alexandra Potter
Thank you to Anne Cater of Random Things Tours and Pan Macmillan for the invitation to join the blog tour for One Good Thing by Alexandra Potter. Synopsis: In life, nothing is certain. Just when you think you have it all figured out, something happens that changes the course of everything . . . Liv… Continue reading One Good Thing by Alexandra Potter
The Secrets of the Lake by Liz Trenow
Thank you to Anne of Random Things Tours for the invitation to read and review for the blog tour. Thank you to Pan Books for a copy of the book to read and review. This is the first time I’ve read a novel by Liz Trenow and I will be adding her previous books to… Continue reading The Secrets of the Lake by Liz Trenow
The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex
Today I’m pleased to share my thoughts about The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex. Thank you to Picador, Viking Books and Pan MacMillan for a digital review copy via NetGalley. Synopsis: Cornwall, 1972. Three keepers vanish from a remote lighthouse, miles from the shore. The entrance door is locked from the inside. The clocks have stopped. The… Continue reading The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex
The Promise by Lucy Diamond
Thank you to Pan MacMillan for a digital review copy via NetGalley. My thoughts are my own and not influenced by the gift. Synopsis: Life isn’t a spreadsheet, Dan! You can’t fit people into boxes and charts.’ But Dan had never before come across a spreadsheet that had let him down. At the top of… Continue reading The Promise by Lucy Diamond
#BookReview Mum and Dad by Joanna Trollope
‘What a mess, she thought now . . . what a bloody, unholy mess the whole family has got itself into.’ It’s been twenty-five years since Gus and Monica left England to start a new life in Spain, building a vineyard and wine business from the ground up. However, when Gus suffers a stroke and… Continue reading #BookReview Mum and Dad by Joanna Trollope
#BookReview Only You by Kate Eberlen
One person is all it takes to change a lifetime . . . But how will you know if they’re the one? PresentLetty and Alf are the only English speakers at an Italian class in Rome, where they discover the language that really connects them is dance: Letty’s first love was ballet, while Alf was… Continue reading #BookReview Only You by Kate Eberlen
An Almost Perfect Holiday by Lucy Diamond (Publication 6/2/2020)
An Almost Perfect Holiday by Lucy Diamond My rating: 5 of 5 stars The blurb: Summer is here, and down in Cornwall Lorna’s holiday cottages are fully booked. The sun loungers are lined up beside the swimming pool, the sky is blue and a new set of arrivals are on their way… Em’s planned the… Continue reading An Almost Perfect Holiday by Lucy Diamond (Publication 6/2/2020)
Nothing Ventured by Jeffrey Archer
Nothing Ventured by Jeffrey Archer My rating: 5 of 5 stars William Warwick has always wanted to be a detective, and decides, much to his father’s dismay, that rather than become a lawyer like his father, Sir Julian Warwick QC, and his sister Grace, he will join London’s Metropolitan Police Force. After graduating from university,… Continue reading Nothing Ventured by Jeffrey Archer
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