Thursday, 4 September 2025

Blog Tour - All Wrapped Up

 

Publication date 11th September 2025
About the Book

In Wynbridge, the scent of autumn is on the breeze and love is in the air…
 
Clemmie Bennett has been renovating beautiful Rowan Cottage on the outskirts of the small town of Wynbridge, for eighteen months following a very public heartbreak back in her childhood hometown. The popular Instagram influencer, lost her husband, sold their home, and has been cosied up the Fens and living a very private life, but now she feels it’s time for a change.
 
A chance encounter with co-owner of The Cherry Tree CafĂ©, the bubbly Lizzie Dixon, pulls her into organizing Wynbridge’s first-ever Autumn Festival, and her once quiet life is soon a distant memory. With the whole town rallying behind the event, she discovers a new sense of purpose.
 
 And when local vet Ash falls hard for Clemmie, she begins to wonder if she’s ready to move even further on from her past and fall in love again…
 
This autumn, cosy up with Heidi and this perfect seasonal romance.

My Review 

My favourite time of the year again.. getting my hands on the latest book by Heidi Swain! Even better it was a book that featured heavily on Autumn - my favourite season. So you can imagine the smile on my face as I tucked into this cosy treat of a book and let me tell you it was everything I wanted this book to be and more. 
Getting back to the village of Wynbridge is just a joy, I feel like I live there and know every single resident and what the village looks like. It's like going home and visiting family you know that feeling, well I feel that everytime I read Heidi’s books. 
Clemmie is the main character and I just loved her, I wanted to give her a hug and was desperate for her to have her happy ever after. 
Oh and the hunky Ash… I particularly enjoyed his character. 

This is the most perfect Autumnal read and I loved every single page.

Blog Tour - I Want What You Have

Publication date 2nd September 2025

About the book
She wants to be me. But I want to take what’s hers.

I smile as I welcome Gemma and her husband to the exclusive resort. I picked Gemma, my biggest fan, to win a romantic holiday for two. But as we toast the start of a week of luxury, I notice we look exactly alike. It’s almost like she wants to be me…

I’ve planned every detail of their week. From the carefully placed black lilies around her luxury room to the ex who broke her heart turning up unannounced. Because I need to jog her memory, so she remembers who I really am. The girl whose life she destroyed and heart she smashed into a thousand pieces.

But soon, I’ll learn just how far Gemma will go to stop the truth about her past – and who she really is – from coming out. Because she wants something from me too…

And by the end of the week, one of us will be dead.

An utterly gripping and addictive psychological thriller that will keep you flipping the pages deep into the night. Perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Emily Shiner and Daniel Hurst.

My Review 
Wow this book is addictive! One chapter in and I was hooked. I found myself desperate to find out what was going to happen and what was going to be revealed. I was genuinely shocked at the twists. The suspense in this book is crazy, you will literally hear your heart beating at moments throughout you’ll fear what’s going to happen, I know I was definitely on the edge on my seat. 
This book is very easy to read in a matter of hours and let’s face it when you can start and finish a book in a few hours you know it’s a good one.

About the Author
Hayley Smith is married with three children and lives in a north Derbyshire village. She has worked as a graphic designer, youth worker and musician, and has been involved for many years in organising music festivals and gigs. She studied English Language and Creative Writing with the Open University and is an avid reader of psychological fiction. Having a penchant for all things alternative, she often dips into the counter-culture scene for writing inspiration, producing quirky rough-edged characters and dark, unpredictable twists, turns and moral dilemmas.

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Tuesday, 26 August 2025

Blog Tour - The Liar I Married

 

Publication date 22nd August 2025

About the Book
I trusted him with my life. I shouldn’t have…
Opening my eyes, I see a nurse standing over my bed. She wipes away my tears as she tells me I was in a car crash and it was my fault. Confused, I only remember snapshots of my life, but I’m not convinced the crash was an accident.

My marriage had been perfect, until my husband, John, met Rebecca. He said they were just friends and that I was imagining things when I saw them cosied up like they were on a date. Now, as I lie in my recovery bed, fragments of that night come back to me—John late home from work, an empty wine glass, Rebecca climbing out of John’s car, a blazing row on the doorstep…

I beg John to tell me what happened, but he insists I don’t try to recall any details, that it’ll harm my recovery. He reminds me that I’m lucky to even be alive.

But when someone leaves a note, my blood runs cold: Don’t trust anyone. Were my instincts right? Did someone try to kill me? As I look into my husband’s lying eyes, all I can think is, will I make it out of this marriage alive…?

This absolutely nail-biting and addictive psychological thriller is perfect for readers of The HousemaidThe Girl on the Train and The Perfect Marriage. Prepare to be hooked!

My Review 
If you are looking for a book that you will be completely hooked on then this is definitely the one for you. I was addicted, I couldn’t put this down at all. My heart was pounding throughout and I had to keep reading as I was desperate to know what was going to happen.
The twists just kept coming and I was so shocked with what was coming next I couldn’t believe it.
 The book itself is very fast paced and full of intense drama and suspense. 
This author is truly fantastic and definitely knows how to grab your attention and not let it go.
I will most definitely be recommending this book to everyone, even if they don’t read they will still hear me go on about this! 

About the Author
D.K Hood is THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, USA TODAY, and #1 AMAZON, INTERNATIONAL 1.7 MILLION COPY+ bestselling author of the Kane and Alton and Beth Katz series and upcoming psychological standalone thrillers.
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Monday, 11 August 2025

Love and Lattes at Pumpkin Hollow

 

Publication Date 4th August 2025

About the book


I remembered my mum telling me that autumn was a chance for nature, and for people, to let go of anything that was holding them back…

Willow Connor has one shot to save her family’s farm – turning it into Birchbrook’s first ever pumpkin patch. There’s just one problem: she has exactly zero pumpkins and only six weeks to make it happen. Everyone in the close-knit town thinks she’s crazy, but she’s determined to prove them wrong.

Enter Dylan Henderson, a hotshot property consultant with a clipboard full of reasons why selling is the smarter choice. Determined to stand her ground, Willow makes him a bold offer – stay and watch her turn the farm around. To her surprise, he agrees.

Now, as Willow throws everything into making her pumpkin patch a success (even if it means buying every pumpkin in the county), she also finds herself learning a thing or two from Dylan – about business, about ambition… and maybe about love?

Will she save the farm and prove everyone wrong? And when the deal is up, will Dylan walk away – or has he found something worth sticking around for?

My Review

This is the most perfect Autumnal read! In fact it has got to be one of the best and if you read anything this Autumn make sure it’s this book you won’t regret it. 

From that very first chapter you will just fall in love with this book and be completely absorbed in it.

I absolutely adored everything about this story, from the characters, to the location, to the pumpkins and mouth watering food and drinks. 

I will be recommending this book to everyone! This book will definitely become a bestseller!

Love love loved it!