My Review for A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone, read by Joy Nash & Sebastian York

This was so not what I was expecting. From the title and the cover, I was expecting a cutesy, warm, happy, Christmassy book. What I actually got was fun and laughs and a whole lot of raunchy sex! Not a bad thing, just not warm and cosy!I listened to A Merry Little Meet Cute as an audiobook, read by Joy Nash & Sebastian York. The story was fun, Bee, a porn star who was trying to diversify into family-friendly movies alongside her co-star, Nolan,...

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My Review for Promise Me by Jill Mansell, read by Katherine Press

Another Jill Mansell belter which had me laughing out loud from the first few pages. I think that as I listened to it as an audiobook with such a great narrator, Katherine Press, made it even more hilarious and if Edgar doesn’t make you laugh from the very beginning, then there is something wrong with you. It’ll definitely cheer you up if you’re having a bad day.Lou loses her job and her home in Birmingham and begins a new life in the village of...

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My Review for Unnatural History by Jonathan Kellerman

This book is number 38 in the Alex Delaware series and it’s only the first one I’ve read, despite me having a copy of a previous book sitting on my shelf! I’ve read it as a standalone and it was absolutely fine. However, I guess if you want more of the backstory to the characters, then you’d need to start at the beginning.Alex is a psychologist and assists his police detective friend, Milo Sturgis, in solving cases, looking at them from a psychological...

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My Review for A Mother's Hope for the Cornish Girls by Betty Walker

There are four books (so far) in the Cornish Girls series by Betty Walker and I’ve only read two! It absolutely doesn’t matter. You can read it as a standalone or as part of the series. I will definitely go back and read the other two, even if the characters will all be upside down and back to front!A Mother’s Hope for the Cornish Girls is set during WWII and the story is told primarily by Sonya, Lily and Mary, each living and working in St Ives....

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My Review for Truly, Madly, Amy by Kerry Wilkinson, narrated by Joe Jameson.

I listened to Truly, Madly, Amy as an audiobook and it blew me away. The story is told from the point of view of Joe, our protagonist, who is now thirty-six, but tells the reader/listener all about his summer as a sixteen-year-old. Very much a coming-of-age book, Joe talks of new experiences in his life, a summer job, a girlfriend, and reading his first ever book for fun! Joe has to deal with many things during the six weeks of the summer of...

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My Review for The Last Letter From Paris by Kate Eastham

I really enjoyed this one. Mainly set in Paris during the first two years of WWII, the city has German occupation, but life isn’t yet as difficult as it will become in the later years. The swastika is flying above the Eiffel Tower and German soldiers are drinking in cafes and bars and moving themselves into apartments as though it’s their right.Cora is an American girl who has recently travelled to Paris to try to find her birth mother and inevitably...

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My Review for Escape to Futtingbrook Farm by Nicola May

Nicola May is an automatic read for me. I simply adore all of her books. Escape to Futtingbrook Farm (previously published as The Hub) is no exception. It was so funny and made me laugh so much; I didn’t want it to end!August, Max, Beryl, Ellie and all the other characters were fantastic. Each with their own unique personalities, some loveable, and some obviously a complete pain in the backside. Throughout the book, however, we learn the reasons...

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My Review for All My Love by Miranda Dickinson

Another lovely read from Miranda Dickinson. ‘All My Love’ is how you sometimes end a letter to a loved one, don’t you think? That’s what Archie and Esther are trying to do. Just write the perfect love letter. Both are family-orientated, however irritating they might sometimes be. They both know that their families will always be there for them, no matter what. I couldn’t put this book down. I just wanted to keep turning the pages to find out...

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My Review for Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

I’ve just completed my first ever buddy-read with Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurier. The fact that it was Rebecca made me join in, and I think I’m pleased I did. Some of the questions we had definitely made me look at the story differently.  These are two covers for Rebecca, the blue one is the first copy I had as a teenager and the white one is the one I am hoping for as a 50th birthday gift.“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again...”Ancient,...

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