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Book Review: Five Days in Florence by Lorraine Brown
Apart from the gorgeous colours on the cover, Five Days in Florence is about a love triangle. Enters drama. Need I say more? Read my book review now.
Oct 83 min read


Book Review: Icebreaker by Hannah Grace
Taking social media by storm, and featuring on both The Sunday Times and The New York Times bestsellers list, for a period of time, you couldn't escape coming across Icebreaker if you tried; so it's really no surprise it was on my hitlist.
Sep 253 min read


Book Review: Game On by Matt Cain
June is Pride Month, so it's only right that I review 'Game On' by Matt Cain - a gorgeous little novella about the struggles of coming out.
Jun 63 min read


Book Review: Stealing Phoenix by Joss Stirling
"The notion that there is a soulmate out there for every person with a paranormal gift is mere myth is Phoenix's world. Phoenix was...
May 164 min read


Book Review: Finding Sky by Joss Stirling
Finding Sky is the first book in Joss Stirling's Benedict-Savant series. Sky Bright is adopted and doesn't know much about where she...
May 123 min read


Book Review: Paris for One by Jojo Moyes
As far as I go, novellas (short books) are notoriously hard to write. That’s because their length requires believable characters and...
May 53 min read


3 Books to Help Your Writing
Like most aspiring authors, there are a few things that I really struggled with in my journey to writing my first novel: self-doubt, not having a clue where to start, and having a full-time job that consumed a lot of my energy and time. These three books really helped me overcome these barriers to get my first novel finished, and so I thought I would share them with you in case you find yourself in the same position. 1. THE CREATIVE ACT: A WAY OF BEING by Rick Rubin Self-doub
May 44 min read


Book Review: Mennonite Meets Mr. Right by Rhoda Janzen
After going home and rediscovering herself in Mennonite in a Little Black Dress , Rhoda Janzen gets a second chance at love in Mennonite...
May 23 min read


Book Review: Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen
Janzen's prose is so beautiful and so entertaining that Mennonite in a Little Black Dress has become one of my references for good...
May 13 min read


Book Review: Happy Place by Emily Henry
Happy Place by Emily Henry was voted Best Romance of 2023 in the Goodreads Choice Awards. So I read it to find out why. And I wasn’t...
Apr 303 min read


Book Review: The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer
The Satsuma Complex is a romantic suspense novel - boy meets girl at a bar; boy falls for girl; but girl might be involved in a murder,...
Apr 272 min read


Book Review: Our Fault by Mercedes Ron
Our Fault is the third and final instalment in the Culpable trilogy. I enjoyed the first book in this series, My Fault , rating it four stars. But the second one, Your Fault , had me wanting to burn paper. It only scraped a two-star rating from me because I somehow managed to finish reading it. So did the final novel in the saga make up for the sins of the second book? BOOK SPECS: Number of pages: 512 Format: Paperback Genre: YA Romance, Billionaire Romance Tropes: Forbi
Apr 265 min read


Book Review: Your Fault by Mercedes Ron
Your Fault is the second book in the Culpable trilogy . It came into being after Mercedes Ron decided that My Fault , the first instalment and originally a standalone novel ( read my review here ), wasn’t where Nick and Noah’s story should end. Sometimes your characters do that to you. BOOK SPECS: Number of pages: 492 Format: Paperback Genre: YA Romance, Billionaire Romance Tropes: Forbidden Love, Stepbrother, Billionaire Romance, Emotional Scars Original language: Spanish
Apr 257 min read


Book Review: My Fault by Mercedes Ron
My Fault by Mercedes Ron is a forbidden love, enemy-to-lovers YA Romance that became a BookTok and Wattpad sensation. It has now also been made into a movie by Amazon Studios. Originally written and filmed in Spanish, it was the biggest non-English movie launch in Prime Video’s history at the time of its release. So of course, as an aspiring author, I had to read the book to try and figure out what was the secret sauce. BOOK SPECS: Number of pages: 479 Format: Paperback Ge
Apr 243 min read


Book Review: The American Roommate Experiment by Elena Armas
The American Roommate Experiment is Elena Armas’ second published novel and the second book in Love Deception duology. So was it as...
Apr 233 min read


Book Review: The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
I first came across Elena Armas reading the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook. She was quoted as a top selling author who had been part of the...
Apr 183 min read


Book Review: It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover
It Starts With Us is the sequel to Colleen Hoover’s most successful novel, It Ends With Us ( click the link to read my full review )....
Apr 174 min read


Book Review: It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
It Ends With Us is about falling into and surviving domestic violence. Amazon has it listed as the eighth most sold book of 2023....
Apr 164 min read


Book Review: The Bible
According to Guinness World Records, the Bible is the best-selling book of all times with over 5 billion copies sold. It’s also one of most studied texts in the world. In 2022, I set myself the challenge to read it in one year, it took me two.
Apr 156 min read


Book Review: Secrets at the Little Music Shop by Jane Lovering
How much can you hide? Jemima Hutton is determined to build a successful new life and keep her past a dark secret. Trouble is, her...
Apr 113 min read
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