My Review for Snowflakes and Secrets in the Scottish Highlands

⭐⭐⭐⭐ This shouldn’t work, but it oh-so does! It’s cuteness overload and as much Christmas kitsch as you can ever imagine. Everything, literally everything, is Christmas, from the name of our protagonist to the village she’s residing in. Even the pub is called The Christmas Pud Inn!Merry (yep - that really is her name) is looking after her aunt’s cottage in the Scottish Highlands and the menagerie that comes along with it. She wants to turn her...

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My Review for Secrets at the House by the Creek

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Once again, we are heading off to Brambleberry Creek for the last part in this Elizabeth Bromke trilogy. This time around we discover the secrets behind Amber’s and Morgan Jo’s parents and just where Carla-May has been disappearing off to on her mysterious date!. Another slow burner from Elizabeth Bromke, but one I was more and more invested in as the story progressed.Family is important to the Coyle’s, and this is evident throughout all the...

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My Review for The Bletchley Girls by Anna Stuart

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I think I’d have liked to work in Bletchley Park and be part of the code-breaking team, which helped so much during the Second World War. When I read a book like this, the horrors of war and the actualities of what people suffered disappear into the background, as I become so immersed in the importance of what these amazing men and women did.Once again, Anna Stuart has written an amazing story of perhaps some of the unsung heroes of World War...

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My Review for The Boy in the Attic by Imogen Matthews

⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Boy in the Attic is the second book I’ve read by Imogen Matthews and, once again, I was hooked from start to finish. This time, the story is based on events that happened to Imogen’s family, back in 1944 and as she states at the end of the book, if it weren’t for the courageousness of her mother, then she herself wouldn’t be here today.The story skips back and forth between Ilse’s story in 1944 and Anna’s in 2005, and as we follow them both...

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