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Author Interview: Rhoda Baxter

Rhoda Baxter:

I’m visiting Holly at Bookaholic Confessions. I’m talking about Please Release Me, but got sidetracked and talked about cake…

Originally posted on Bookaholic Confessions:

I will save you the boredom of me blabbering on about how much I love publisher Choc Lit and their hugely talented authors – you already know that, right? Instead I will give a very warm welcome to Rhoda Baxter, who has stopped by to chat about her latest release, Please Release Me, which came out on September...

Goodreads Book Review: Afternoon Tea at the Sunflower Cafe by Milly Johnson

The Woman Who Gave Up Chocolate by Milly Johnson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I picked this book up after hearing Milly Johnson give a hilariously funny speech. I figured if she was that funny in real life, her books were worth a shot.

The story follows three (possibly four, if you count Ivanka) women – Della, Connie and Cheryl, all of whom are connected to the Diamond Shine cleaning company. It’s set in Barnsley and the Yorkshire accents took me right back to my teenage years in W Yorks.

An awful...

Goodreads Book Review: Midsummer Dreams by Alison May

Midsummer Dreams by Alison May
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I’m not big into reading Shakespeare (it’s meant to be watched, not read), but I do know A Midsummer Night’s Dream, thanks to A-level English Lit. It’s not all that relevant to the enjoyment of the book, really, because you can read this modern adaptation without needing to know the original.

I loved the two guys. Alex is bonkers, Dom is so, so sweet. I do like a clever hero. Of the women, I loved Helen and wanted to shake Emily. Really,...

Five Random Things about Me by Rhoda Baxter

Rhoda Baxter:

Taking Please Release Me on tour – today I’m telling Kirsty from Love of a Good Book some random facts about me.

Originally posted on The Love of a Good Book:

Today I would like to welcome Choclit author Rhoda Baxter to The Love of a Good Book!

Five Random Things about Me by Rhoda BaxterHi Kirsty, thank you for having me on your blog. I was dithering about what to write about and thought I’d cheat and tell you five random things about me. I’ve brought biscuits as compensation. Th...

#ReleaseMe blog splash -Please Release Me comes out today!

Please Release Me by Rhoda Baxter (Choc Lit)

Please Release Me is out today! Some of my fabulous writing friends are helping me celebrate.

Since all three main characters in Please Release Me are stuck in some way – Sally in a coma, Peter in limbo while he waits for his wife to wake up and Grace stuck in the rut of being a carer – I asked them to blog on the theme of being stuck. Their responses to the prompt are all so very different. Check the outand see for yourself.

If you’re on Twitter o...

Count down to launch #ReleaseMe

The early reviews for Please Release Me are in now and so far they’ve all been 4 and 5 stars. It won’t be live on Amazon until the 10th of Sept, so there are no reviews there yet, but if you want to see what people are saying about it, check of the reviews on Goodreads and on Netgalley.

Please Release Me is a rom com, but it’s actually about grief and depression. When I submitted the book to Choc Lit for consideration, I wondered if it would be rejected because of this. For all our complaini...

The first Book Review of Please Release Me

I saw the first review of Please Release Me today (the advance review copies have gone out to reviewers now and the book is on Netgalley.) I’m limp with relief that this reviewer liked it (4.5 stars! Yay!). I’m also delighted that she took from the story what I’d try to convey.

I tried to write a book that was about falling in love, falling out of love and inadvertently becoming friends with your enemy. A small part of me was worried that it had all come out in a jumbled mess. I’m very reliev...

Please Release Me book trailer (in Lego)

As some of you will know, I like playing with Lego. Given that I usually have more pressing things to do, it’s always nice to have an excuse to get the Lego out. With Please Release Me coming out on the 11th of September, I thought ‘I need a book trailer’. I can’t afford real actors, so here’s my book trailer in Lego.

I’m particularly pleased with the shot of Sally’s car accident. Playdoh may have been involved. Luckily I have kids, so there’s plenty of the stuff lying around in our house.

P...

There’s a long time between writing The End and publication; Looking back at Please Release Me

About two years ago, I wrote a post about the character Sally and Grace, who were mere doodles at the time. Now they are finally ready to be released into the real world. PLEASE RELEASE ME will be published by Choc Litnext month and is available to preorder now.

Look, isn’t it lovely!

Please Release Me by Rhoda Baxter (Choc Lit)

What if you could only watch as your bright future slipped away from you?

Sally Cummings has had it tougher than most but, if nothing else, it’s taught her to grab o...

Goodreads Book Review: The Wild One by Janet Gover

The Wild One by Janet Gover

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I’ve just finished reading this one. I really enjoyed the first book in the series The Flight to Coorah Creek (apart from the bit that made me cry. I’ve had words with Janet Gover about this making people cry business).

Dan is an ex-military sniper, now a park ranger with PTSD. Quinn is a photographer who lives in the back of her converted Humvee. I love that detail – she LIVES in a converted Humvee. And she knits when she’s bored. I like th...