Tuesday 30 July 2019

Blog Tour- The Night You Left

Publication date 22nd July 2019
About the book
IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT TO UNRAVEL A PERFECT LIFE . . .
When Grace’s fiancé vanishes without a trace the night after proposing, her life is turned upside down. But has Nick walked out on her, or is he in danger?
As Grace desperately searches for answers, it soon becomes clear that Nick wasn’t the uncomplicated man she thought she knew. And when she uncovers a hidden tragedy from his childhood, she realises an awful truth: that you can run from your past – but your secrets will always catch up with you . . . 
My Review
Oh my goodness! This is one of the most gripping books I have ever read. Honestly I just couldn’t guess what was going to happen and really you don’t find out until the end. From the minute you pick this up you just can’t put it down till you finish the book. The book is so well written, with so many twists and turns. Absolutely brilliant! 

Blog Tour - No-One Ever Has Sex on Holiday

Publication date 29th July 2019
About the book
No-one Ever Has Sex on Holiday
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Get ready to enjoy your first holiday abroad with small children. Highlights include: being woken at 5 every morning and working a gruelling day in 30-degree heat chasing kids around the pool with a bottle of sunscreen. Added features: screaming during mealtimes and toddlers moaning about sand. Absolutely no sex guaranteed or your money back!
Katy and Ben and their four closest friends are going to Spain for a week with their kids. Sun, sex and sangria? Almost certainly not.
The couples think they are prepared for all the joys and trials a family holiday has to offer but they have a shock coming, and not only from the kids. Into their first day by the pool crashes Ollie, who has just been dumped by his girlfriend, and Cassie, on her hen party holiday but having serious doubts about her impending marriage. A recipe for a relaxing week abroad? Let’s wait and see…
From the no. 1 bestselling author of No-one Ever Has Sex on a Tuesday, this is the perfect book to read on the beach – either with or without small children. Perfect for fans of Nick Spalding, Marian Keyes and Gill Sims.
About the author
Tracy started writing when her cruel, heartless husband ripped her away from her dream job shopping for rollercoasters for the UK's leading theme parks, to live in America with a brand new baby and no mates. In a cunning plan to avoid domestic duties and people who didn't understand her Derbyshire accent, she wrote her romantic comedy, NO-ONE EVER HAS SEX ON A TUESDAY. This debut novel went on to be successfully published internationally and became a #1 Best Seller.

You can follow Tracy on Twitter at @TracyBBloom, like her Facebook page on www.facebook.com/tracybloomwrites or get in touch via her website at www.tracybloom.com
My Review
Oh boy! Books by Tracy Bloom are what I look forward to so I was extremely excited to read this latest book and my goodness it was absolutely fantastic! I just love these reoccurring characters along with the few new ones, they really make this book fun and the hilarious moments they have are brilliant, I laughed so many times. When reading this book I just wished I was on holiday and it has really made me want to book one so I would definitely say this is the perfect summer read. I didn’t want this book to end! It is that good! But I must say this is Tracy’s best book to date. 

Saturday 27 July 2019

Blog Tour - The Single Mums Move On

Publication date 18th July 2019
About the book
Can neighbours become more than good friends...
After her husband left her, Ali and her daughter Grace enjoyed living in what became known as 'the Single Mums' Mansion'. However, with her best friends Amanda and Jacqui moving on, it's time for Ali and Grace to make their own way. Thankfully, a chance conversation leads to them moving into the infamous South London gated community known only as 'The Mews'.
In 'The Mews' everyone lives in each other's pockets and curtain twitching is an Olympic sport. The neighbours are an eclectic bunch – from Nick the alleged spy, Carl the gorgeous but clearly troubled Idris Elba lookalike, to Debbie who is about to face the hardest fight of her life, and TV agent Samantha who is not as in control as she likes to pretend.
Each day brings another drama, but along with the tears, real friendships grow. And her neighbours' problems might unlock the key to something Ali has yearned for all along...
Based on a true story – you'll never be able to look at your neighbours quite the same way again...
Perfect for fans of Marian Keyes, Mhairi McFarlane and Helen Fielding.

About the author
Janet Hoggarth has worked on a chicken farm, as a bookseller, children’s book editor and DJ with her best friend (under the name of Whitney and Britney). She has published several children’s books, the most recent ones written under the pseudonym of Jess Bright. Her first adult novel The Single Mums’ Mansion, a huge bestseller, was based on her experiences of living communally as a single parent.
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Extract from the book
The housing situation hadn’t always been this dire. A few years ago I’d had it all – the roomy Victorian semi near Amanda with the ubiquitous stripped wooden floors and a free-standing Habitat kitchen (something of great beauty in the noughties). Added to that, I’d had a mad chocolate Labrador called Max, a stepdaughter, and a fiancé who also happened to be my agent. I kept having to pinch myself when I finally fell pregnant – all my life goals were real and happening in vivid Technicolor. Until my now ex-fiancé, Jim, had left me holding a newborn baby and sold our perfect house from under my feet to move in with Hattie (now his wife). Completely heartbroken and homeless with baby Grace, I had ended up moving in with Amanda for a few years while Grace metamorphosed from a baby into a strong-willed toddler. During our time in the house we affectionately called the Single Mums’ Mansion, we became a patchwork family, along with Jacqui, another single mum. We spent Christmases together, hosted crazy parties, snogged unreliable men and helped each other through such an emotionally corrosive time that we formed an unbreakable bond. These women were like my family.
On the other hand, it gradually dawned on me that living in Amanda’s attic with Grace, as if we were a couple of students, wasn’t conducive to finding a much-wanted long-term partner. Grace and I needed our own space once she’d reached three, and we had to let Amanda move on with her life after she’d met Chris. Realising this had been a huge blow, but I knew it made sense. Leaving the safety net of the Single Mums’ Mansion to forge my new life had felt like losing a limb. In the first few weeks away from the house, I’d continually questioned my sanity on the matter. I desperately missed the cosy warmth of the attic and the nightly catch-ups in the kitchen over a glass of red. I’d found myself crying at the sink when washing up, and Grace had wailed for the entire first week: ‘Mummy, I want go home. I miss ’Manda.’ My heart broke for her – the Single Mums’ Mansion had been the only home she had ever known and Amanda was her other mummy. But every time anxiety swamped me, I heard Mini Amanda give me a pep talk inside my head: This is your life, own it, live it, accept it. What will be will be…
Mum had moved round the corner in Penge for a few months once her house in Spain had sold. Just having her there acted as a buffer against the low-level grey fug I couldn’t shake off since leaving Amanda’s. I’d been so excited about spending more time with Mum after she’d lived abroad for years, and Grace now had a granny she could see all the time. Dan and Alex, my brothers, were both married and had hectic family lives, and with Dad dying so suddenly four years ago it had felt all the more important that Mum lived near me.
However, after only six months it had been obvious that she was unhappy. I’d thought it was just because she didn’t like Penge. I didn’t blame her for that: every time I said ‘Penge’ out loud the word ‘minge’ reverberated in my head. I had suggested we club together to find a place in East Dulwich, but she’d been adamant. ‘I’ve missed my chance at London, love. It’s too busy, too impersonal. You and Grace are here and I love that, you know I do, but I can’t live your life. I have to live my own.’
Mum headed for the south coast to be near Uncle Graham. I’d balled my eyes out as I’d driven off, leaving her in the cute little cottage in the centre of Whitstable, but I could see she was thrilled. ‘Don’t worry, Mummy, we can always visit. Granny Annie said so,’ Grace wisely told me from the back seat. ‘Don’t be sad.’ But it wouldn’t be the same. I’d loved having that local family connection even if it had been only for a short while. It had made me feel cosseted, just like my time in the Single Mums’ Mansion. Grace and I were alone once more…
Left to my own devices my life started to go completely off the rails with no grown-ups to rein me in. I’d lost count of the number of times I would say on a Sunday night after a particularly wonky weekend: ‘Monday is the start of a whole new me!’, but it must have been quite a few because Jacqui had threatened to get it printed on a T-shirt. By Thursday I would be climbing the walls and, in the weeks that Grace was off to her dad’s, the bar-hopping treadmill would restart, more often than not dragging along terminally single Ursula, one of my uni mates, Jacqui, or Amanda. Not even the lure of my latest discovery, Radio Four, could keep the ants in my pants at bay. But my love of it did seem to mark my inevitable slide into middle age, especially when combined with a sudden interest in garden centres (I didn’t have a garden) and a new appreciation for the benefits of flossing one’s teeth in the knowledge that preserving your own set was essential with time ticking.

Thursday 25 July 2019

The Cottage at Plum Tree Bay

Publication date 25th July 2019
About the book
One summer can change everything...
Catherine Bromley has spent her life in Penhallow Sands, dedicating herself to work and supporting her emotionally fragile mother. Since her father left, it’s always been the two of them and Catherine has no interest in romance. What’s the point when men just leave? And besides, her mother needs her.
But when handsome novelist Mark Coleman arrives eto stay at the cottage overlooking nearby Plum Tree Bay, Catherine’s world is changed. She’s soon bumping into Mark everywhere – or being thrown at him by her matchmaking friend! The chemistry is undeniable. But can Mark let go of his painful past to be the man that Catherine can rely on? And will Catherine find the courage to let love in?
A heart-warming romance set in Cornwall and perfect for fans of Holly Martin and Phillipa Ashley.

My Review
This book is Women's Fiction/Romance at it's best! Honestly this has been one of the easiest books I have ever read. I absolutely loved it. The characters are fantastic I found myself so attached to Catherine and Mark's story.  The two of them are just adorable and I knew that these two were characters destined to be together- I just prayed for a happy ending for them.  The location is stunning, I really wish I lived there. Everyone is so friendly and there is just so many little places to visit and walk to/around. Oh and the cover is just BEAUTIFUL! This is pure perfection! 


Saturday 20 July 2019

Blog Tour - How to Make Time for Me

Publication date 11th July 2019

About the book

No-one said being a single mum would be easy... 

Everyone knows that being a single mother means having no time to yourself. But for Callie Brown, its more exhausting than most. She's juggling the needs of three teenage children, two live-in parents, a raffish ex-husband, and a dog who never stops eating. 
The last thing Callie needs is anything more on her plate. So when she bumps (quite literally) into a handsome, age-appropriate cyclist, she's quick to dismiss him from her life. After all, if she doesn't have time to brush her hair in the morning, she certainly doesn't have time to fall in love...
My Review
This book is absolutely blooming fantastic! It is so modern and current and so relatable for many people. Honestly it is so full of drama and exciting little twists which makes it so easy to read and you will find you read this so quick. Brilliant story and fabulous characters. I am very much looking forward to reading the next one. 
Extract
It was clear that I wasn’t injured, just dazed and confused. I was in the back of an ambulance and a friendly paramedic was telling me I needed to come to A & E to get checked out. The contents of my bag had been gathered up and given back to me by the lady in the hatand everything was there, including my phone, miraculously uncracked. I held my bag on my lap as my vision started to become more normal.
From outside the white shiny doors I could hear people saying things about the lighting near the station not being good enough ‘since they fixed the road’, and the voice of the hat-lady telling someone that, ‘She keeps going on about being invisible.’
‘No one sees me any more, that’s the joke,’ I said to the paramedic who was strapping me into one of the ambulance chairs. I could see this other version of me – the one who’d been sideswiped by Thai green curry – but I couldn’t seem to control her. ‘I’ve lost my actual mind,’ I said. ‘Not just my mind, but my actual one.’
She nodded and smiled. ‘We’re going to make sure you’re OK,’ she said in a voice designed to reassure.
‘Do I smell of curry?’ I asked her, but she was busy plugging in something else.
The cyclist appeared in the doorway of the ambulance. ‘I’m really, really sorry,’ he said again. ‘What can I do? Shall I come to the hospital with you?’
I smiled at him, ‘the man who thought I was invisible,’ and bent over laughing again.
He grinned – a kind grin – but mostly, as you’d expect, he looked confused. I was clearly mad. I’d look confused myself if I came across me.
‘You’ve got to let me do something to help,’ he carried on. The paramedic was preparing to leave.
‘Wait,’ I said. ‘Have you got my dinner?’ I was still sane, then, because I was thinking about the kids’ dinner.
The man handed me the Sainsbury’s bag. ‘One of the pasta packets split and the jar burst,’ he said and then started apologising again. ‘Listen, shall I bring some food later? I mean, it’s the least I can do and… Look, please, can I have your number? I want to check you’re OK.’
‘First you knock me down and then you want my number?’ Now I was a stand-up comic. But he looked confused again, so I rattled it off twice while he punched it into his phone and then said, ‘I live at number 42 Patchett Road.’
The cyclist looked even more confused. ‘What a coincidence,’ he said. ‘I’ve just moved into number 36.’
‘Really?’ I hadn’t seen him outside in our street even though this was three doors down; I would’ve remembered a middle-aged man in Lycra.
‘So, we’re neighbours,’ the man went on.
‘You could’ve just come round to borrow a cup of sugar,’ I pointed out. ‘You didn’t need to run me over.’
The cyclist’s face crinkled again in a smile, but the paramedic was getting impatient. ‘What’s your name, love?’
‘Callie,’ I said. ‘Callie Brown.’
She signalled to the cyclist to get out of the way as she wanted to close the doors. He disappeared from view, saying, ‘I’ll get in touch later and make sure you’re OK.’
‘Now is there someone we should phone?’ the paramedic said. ‘Husband, partner – other responsible adult?’
‘None of the above,’ I said.
She raised an eyebrow and cocked her head to one side. ‘What about your parents?’
I thought about my generally batty mum and dad – they meant well but weren’t exactly responsible adults. ‘They won’t be much help. Look, I’ll call one of my friends.’ She pressed a button to her side, which must have been a signal to the driver as the engine kicked in. ‘No blue light?’ I asked. ‘The traffic’s going to be shit.’
She laughed. ‘I’m not sure you’re an emergency,’ she said. ‘You haven’t broken anything, and you seem all there to me.’ Then she muttered to herself, ‘Apart from all this stuff about being invisible and curry.’

Tuesday 16 July 2019

Blog Tour - Hattie's Home for Broken Hearts

Publication date 10th July 2019
About the book
Escape to the daisy-strewn windswept Dorset cliffs, to the donkey sanctuary at Sweet Briar Farm, where Hattie Rose is about to find, that in this world, the most unlikely opposites can sometimes attract …

Hattie was once thrilled to call the beautiful city of Paris her home. But when her heart is broken by her boyfriend and she loses her dream job, she bids farewell to the city of love and hurries home to Gillypuddle, a sleepy village on the Dorset coast. But as she returns home she finds her parents struggling to cope with a terrible family tragedy.

In a desperate search for a new start, Hattie takes a job at the donkey sanctuary nearby on Sweet Briar Farm where Jo, the taciturn owner, certainly loves her animals far more than humans. Hattie can’t help but fall in love with the donkeys (and the opportunity to get close to dreamy Canadian vet Seth) but Jo is harder to get to know and when she finds her boss sobbing in her sleep one stormy night, she knows that her new friend is hiding a dark secret. 

And when handsome newspaper reporter Owen does some digging into Jo’s past he finds something that connects her to Hattie on a whole new level. Can Hattie trust what Owen says, especially when he seems intent on standing in the way of her blossoming romance with Seth? And can Hattie help Jo to start healing and the donkeys of Sweet Briar Farm?

A beautiful story that will melt the hardest of hearts. If you love Jenny Colgan, Lucy Diamond and Josie Silver you will be enchanted by this life-affirming read that reminds you that home is wherever the people you love are.
 
 
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About the Author 
Tilly Tennant was born in Dorset, the oldest of four children, but now lives in Staffordshire with a family of her own. After years of dismal and disastrous jobs, including paper plate stacking, shop girl, newspaper promotions and waitressing (she never could carry a bowl of soup without spilling a bit), she decided to indulge her passion for the written word by embarking on a degree in English and creative writing. She wrote a novel in 2007 during her first summer break at university and has not stopped writing since. She also works as a freelance fiction editor, and considers herself very lucky that this enables her to read many wonderful books before the rest of the world gets them.

Hopelessly Devoted to Holden Finn was her debut novel; published in 2014 it was an Amazon bestseller in both the UK and Australia. In 2016 she signed to the hugely successful Bookouture and is currently working on her next Tilly Tennant novel. She also writes as Sharon Sant, where she explores the darker side of life, and Poppy Galbraith, where things get a little crazier.
 
 
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My Review
This is another truly fantastic read by Tilly Tennant. I thought the location for this book was excellent and I loved the way the author described the little Village and Farm as it was so easy to imagine, I actually felt like I was there. The character Hattie, she is fabulous. She had a dream lifestyle and unfortunely things took a turn and she finds herself back at home. It seems like its one thing after another for her and I just desperately wanted things to work out for her and for her to find happiness.  This is a really lovely easy to read book. Once you pick it up you will find you just can't put this down until you reach the end. 

Sunday 14 July 2019

Blog Tour - One Last Greek Summer

Publication date 6th June 2019

About the book

Beth Martin is 31, newly divorced and wondering just what life holds for her... 

Best-friend, Heidi, is adamant that all the answers lie in Corfu – the island where the girls partied away their youth. So cue a trip to a sun-drenched Greek island, ouzo cocktails, a trip down memory lane... and Alex Hallas, the man Beth has never quite forgotten. 

As they dance under the stars, the sand beneath their toes, old feelings begin to resurface and Beth might just have a chance to take back her life. If they can learn to love the people they've become...
My Review
Mandy Baggot’s books are the ones I look forward to reading every summer! I just love being whisked away to Corfu as its somewhere I would love to visit and the way Mandy describes it I can just imagine it so well. I must say this is definitely Mandy’s best book to date. I absolutely loved this. It is the perfect summer read. Really hot and steamy! With sizzling hot romance. You will definitely fall in love with this book! 

Wednesday 10 July 2019

Blog Tour - The Garden on Holly Street

Publication date 11th July 2019
About the book
Sometimes you have to dig a little deeper to get the life you want . . . 
Abby Hamilton's world has turned upside down in a matter of months - it seems that change is definitely in the air. But moving into Willow Court might just be the fresh start and happy distraction she needed.
Meeting her intriguing new neighbours helps push Abby out of her comfort zone. Then she finds an overgrown patch of garden in desperate need of love and time - something Abby has in spades! Throwing herself into bringing the garden back to life, Abby discovers that new beginnings can come from the most surprising places... 
An uplifting, feel-good novel, perfect for fans of Holly Hepburn, Heidi Swain and Isabelle Broom.
My Review
This is a really beautiful read that just captures your heart. It really makes you want to go out to the garden and really give it a make over. The characters are fantastic, Abby is such a lovely kind and caring girl that you would love to be friends with. Willow Court sounded like a really stunning place that I would love to live in.  The friendliness of each person that lives there is just so nice and it was great to see them all be there for each other.  This is a really heart warming read that will stay with you forever. I absolutely adored this book. 


Sunday 7 July 2019

Blog Tour - The Little Village of Happiness

About the book

The beautiful new story from the bestselling author of The Summer of Chasing Dreams. Escape to a little seaside village, where the sea sparkles, the sunshine is guaranteed, and change is in the air. The perfect place to fall in love this summer…

Willow McKay needs a fresh start. Her recent break-up may not have left her heartbroken, but it’s certainly wounded her pride. Desperate for a change, an advert offering free homes in a picturesque village on the Cornish coast sounds like just what she needs. Without thinking twice Willow packs up her life and heads to the village of Happiness.
But when Willow arrives, she finds ramshackle cottages, shops lying empty and villagers that seem in need of cheer themselves. It's nothing like the pretty picture the advert had boasted. It seems Happiness was too good to be true. That is until she meets the handsome estate manager Andrew Harrington.
His passion for restoring the village to its former glory is contagious and soon they are working together, forming a secret society to bring happiness back to Happiness. And as sparks fly between them Willow can feel herself falling. But Andrew is holding something back.
Will they succeed in transforming the old village to its original beauty before it’s too late? Can the gift of happiness really save a village, and can it save Willow herself?
Get swept away to the sun-kissed Cornish coast with this gorgeous love story, perfect for fans of Jill Mansell, Sophie Kinsella and Katie Fforde.
My Review
I have got to say this has got to be Holly’s best book to date. I absolutely loved every single thing about it. The location was lovely it was so easy to imagine with the way Holly has described the place. I loved imagining all the little cottage’s all painted. I just wished I could actually live there. The characters are amazing, I loved getting to know them all an the main two were definitely my favourite. Oh and the raunchy scenes... oh my! Hot hot hot! A truly fantastic book and a real joy to read.