beautiful

I was asked by the authors friend Sharon Kleve to review this book.

takes place in December 1898 towards the end of Victoria's reign.

London music hall star, Honeysuckle Flowers is to be taken to Wales to meet his parents. At that time music hall stars were not seen as good and proper to the Victorian high society so there is concern for Honeysuckle that his parents will shun her.

Honeysuckle comes to the rescue when she discovers his mother needs money for a plaque in memory of  soldiers who have died in battle  from their village, what better than to put on a musical show to raise the money. 

Will this gain the memorial plaque, will his parents see her in a different light and accept- readers you will have to read this and find out.

Beautiful, well written and gives the true meaning of Christmas.

A recommended Christmas gift this Christmas.

Poppy Denby the new Miss Marple

I was asked to review this book by Lovereading.

This popped through my letter box on Friday and by this afternoon I had snuggled down in my arm chair and read this interesting mystery.

This is book 4 of the Poppy Denby books, and can be read as a standalone story.

Set in the 20s Poppy is a journalist gets caught up a masks curse, then there is a murder. This is Agatha Christie written in a modern age set in the 20s.

Well researched and as a fan of the British museum and Egyptology this was right up my street. Who owns these artefacts made me think of today and the Elgin collection -the same issues today.

The roaring twenties, country estate setting atmospheric and the reader is transported back to a different age.

Recommended with an excellent plot which keeps the reader hanging on till the end - a thoroughly good read.

magical

I was asked to review this book by Nudge.

I have not read any of this authors books before and was curious as I am reviewing a few Christmas related novels at present.

The story is set in Norway what could be more magical than the northern lights. Bo Loxley and her partner Zac are to spend the festive season in the wonderful fjords of Norway in a remote farms- idyllic and should be perfect- but Bo can only talk to the mountain guide as he appears to understand and listen to her.

Meanwhile the mountain guides grandmother has secrets that date back over 80 years and the story takes us to the 1930s and back to the present day. This gives a different slant on the story. Will Bo and Zac relationship survive this festive period?- readers will have to keep reading to find out.

This novel really has a good story, the author writes well and on a cold afternoon snuggled up in a chair with a festive hot chocolate, the reader is transported to a magical Norway with secrets as this story unfolds.

Beautifully written and due for publication 1st November 2018. The ideal holiday read this Christmas.

Beautiful

I am always pleased when I get an email from Sharon Kleve to review her books, they are always well written cute and wonderfully romantic. This was no exception.

Never too early for Christmas, which is a magical time.

We all want to be home at Christmas, but there is the travel bit that is involved and this story is just that Adair is leaving the town she was living in and taking up a job in Seattle to be back home with those she loves.

this is not all doom and gloom with traffic problems and cancellations as she meets Easton who is travelling in the same direction and are both affected by the delays and cancellations. They get to know each other and realise there is a spark between them. if this had not happened we would have not met - it does happen.

Beautifully written and as the weather gets colder the reader will snuggle up for an afternoon and immerse themselves in this lovely romance and Christmas as an added bonus.

Recommended

Thank you as always Sharon Kleve for the email that sets me up for a lovely read.

An adventure awaits

I was asked by the author to review this cute book- I have previously reviewed a few of the Tovi books.

This just shows St Patricks Day is not about the frothy Dublin beer that St Patrick day appears to be more about and Tovi proves this he travels to the Emerald Isle and even finds a crock of gold  at the end of the rainbow.

The illustrations are lovely as expected for readers already familiar with this author.

Utterly cute and such fun little stories, with an adventure, children will be saying at the end of this where will Tovi go next. This is my question where next.

Original and fun thank you for letting me read and review this.

I will think differently about March 17th in future.

Scary

I was asked to review this book by Nudge.

This thriller will grip the reader from the beginning until its thunderous end.

Audra, and her two children are running away from her abusive husband. after leaving New York she is driving through a remote part of Arizona the police pick her up for something trivial. She is being taken in by the police, and the kids are left with a deputy. This is where it gets scary. At the station they are saying her kids have disappeared and Audra is being blamed. 

This is fast paced, haunting, upsetting, terrifying and creepy. You want this women to get her kids back, and will she- the reader will read on through of this to find out just what the ending will hold for them.


Well written, this author can certainly write a terrifying nightmare story that no one ever wants to experience. Who will believe this woman and will anyone believe her kids were with her when she was arrested?

Thank you to Nudge and Vintage crime for sending me this book to read.

Inspirational

I was asked to review this by Nudge

Sport has come into our lives more and more three brits have won great cycling races, we love the London 2012 Olympics and for me more so the Paralympics. Gavin asked the question what would an ordinary runner achieve - and just what did he achieve - a run from John O'Groats to Land's End- the sort of challenge that you see on Sports Relief - and at the start the viewer thinks no, and at the start of this story the reader may say no this cannot be achieved.

Not only was I there in paper form rooting for him, and feeling like I was on this endurance too, but I like the guy a lot too.

The reader goes on the journey too, it was never going to be easy, there would be a lot of pain a long the way, you learn about Gavin the person, Scottish living in London, the author diaries this and there is part travelogue too - which makes this interesting a long the way. We all go through times when we need to discover yourself and this is all part of Gavin's journey. This is an extremely honest account.

I was so rooting for Gavin and found myself getting excited as he nears the end and finally fulfils this challenge.

Although some reviewers state this is great for runners, I would say anyone interested in sport and the reader will learn so much about this challenge and may spur them on to fulfil a challenge of their own be it sport or not.

Well worth the read, thank you to Nudge for letting me review and thank  you to the publishers Sandstone Press for sending this for me to read.

Just found out this is being made into a film also.