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December 12, 2017
Two fantastic reviews
Just when things are starting to feel gloomy (we have frost and gloom, but no actual snow here), up popped two reviews which totally made my week.
Rachel’s Random Reads reviewed Girl In Trouble and gave it 5 stars: http://rachelsrandomreads.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/book-review-girl-in-trouble-by-rhoda.html
The San Francisco Review of Books reviewed Girl At Christmas: http://www.sanfranciscoreviewofbooks.com/2017/12/book-review-girl-at-christmas-by-rhoda.html
So all in all, happy me.
If yo...
December 6, 2017
Book review: A New Life For Christmas by Liam Livings
A New Life For Christmas by Liam Livings
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a cute, cheesy Christmas novella. It’s basically the plot of the film The Holiday. Oliver is the English guy who has been pining over someone who clearly isn’t interested. Kyle is the work-obsessed uptight American one who can’t cry. They swap houses for the Christmas holiday and meet their ideal partners.
All four guys are really sweet, as is the story itself. It’s refreshing to read an m/m novel that fades to black for...
November 29, 2017
Book review: When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Loved this book. It’s a cute NA romance about career focused coder and hopeless romantic Rishi.
I sometimes go on about diversity in fiction and this is exactly the sort of thing I go on about. It’s a lovely, quirky romance about a coding geek who meets a comic book geek. Dimple is serious, intense and completely focused on her goal of getting her app made. Rishi is courteous, charming and the quintessential dutiful son. They are...
November 28, 2017
It’s Christmas novella time!
It’s nearly December, so it must be time to break out a Christmas novella or two.
I have two Christmas novellas out this year. Girl At Christmas, which is set in the same world as the other ‘Smart Girls’ series books, and Snowed In, which is set in a fictional town in West Yorkshire. Here they are:
As you can see Milly Johnson and Jane Lovering have nice things to say about them, so you might like them too!
Both novellas have slightly geeky characters and at least one South Asian main c...
November 21, 2017
Visiting Lisa Hill on her blog
Today I’m over at Lisa Hill’s blog, talking about Girl In Trouble. Want to know who influenced my writing? Head over to Lisa’s blog and find out.
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November 8, 2017
Book review: Inferno by Dan Brown
Inferno by Dan Brown
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This was an interesting book – Robert Langdon has lost is memory, he has to solve a number of puzzles whilst being chased by people who are trying to kill him… except no one is quite what they seem to be.
It was high action all the way and there was quite a lot of interesting discussion about the population explosion and the limited amount of resources the Earth has. I think, if you’re familiar with Florence, Venica and Istanbul, you’d get a lot ou...
October 31, 2017
Inheritance Books: Hannah Ellis
Today’s guest on Inheritance Books is Hannah Ellis. Hi Hannah, welcome to Inheritance Books. Have a seat on the sofa. While I put the kettle on, why don’t you tell us a bit about yourself.
[image error]I was born in Durham and grew up in Sheffield, so despite living in Germany now, I’m a northern lass at heart. I studied Early Childhood Education at the University of Northumbria and then went on to work as a nanny in various parts of the world. I lived in America, Australia and Ireland before I finally se...
October 30, 2017
Girl At Christmas is out!
Hooray! Girl At Christmas is available to buy now.
If you like your Christmas novellas with a side order of beta hero and warm humour, then this is the book for you.
Here are some (very) early review quotes:
“Fresh and Fun.” Goodreads review
” … real, ordinary people, with real, ordinary lives, they are honest and believable.” Amazon review
“Simple truth about your day to day life that any woman can relate with” Amazon India review
And of course, the quote on the cover from the fabulous Jane...
October 26, 2017
Inheritance Books: John Jackson
Today’s guest on the Inheritance Books sofa is a regular at the RNA parties – the historical novelist John Jackson.
Hi John. Welcome to Inheritance Books. I’ll go put the kettle on, why don’t you tell us a bit about yourself.
[image error]I am a retired ship’s Captain, now living in York. I’ve loved historic fiction since I first read Treasure Island, and the romantic side of histfic since I discovered Georgette Heyer.
The history thing got combined with a love of genealogy and a REALLY good mix of ances...
October 25, 2017
It’s Christmas novella time! Girl At Christmas is out soon.
It’s that time of year when everyone starts thinking about Christmas. I’ve got not one, but TWO Christmas novellas coming out in the next month. The first one is out next week.
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Blurb
Tammy is normally at her happiest at Christmas when she has the flat to decorate and those perfect days between Christmas and New Year to relax. But when her long term partner dumps her with no real explanation, her Christmas starts to look very bleak.
Lawrence usually spends Christmas watching DVDs and catching...
