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May 10, 2014
Goodreads Book review: Dear Thing by Julie Cohen
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I’ve been waiting for this book to come out in paperback ( I don’t hold with buying hardbacks). I love Julie Cohen’s books and this one sounded particularly intriguing.
Dear Thing is about parents – single parents, reluctant parents, wannabe parents, the lot. Claire and Ben want a baby. Romily, their friend, agrees to be a surrogate parent to Claire and Ben. Of course, it’s not that simple, because Romily has been in love with Ben for years.
This...
May 8, 2014
The lovely shiny new cover for Girl on The Run
Okay, here it is… ready?
Tadaaa!
My first novel has been re-edited, re-packaged, re-named and re-released under the Choc Lit Lite imprint at the end of May.
Girl On The Run (which used to be called Patently in Love) is the story of a girl who ran away from fame to become a lawyer. There’s gossip magazines, lawyers, pop stars, annoying little sisters, lots of emails and sharp dialogue. And ice cream. Lots of ice cream.
It’s also the only romantic comedy which has a patent attorney as the main char...
April 25, 2014
Goodreads Book Review: Army Wives by Fiona Field
Soldier’s Wives by Fiona Field
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I picked up this book, especially as it was described like ‘soap opera like’. In the event, I really enjoyed meeting the three very different heroines and their heroes. It was interesting to see how the women each saw different aspects of army life and their emotional response was so different.
Parts of it were sweet, others (Jenna! OMG!) were faintly horrifying. The stories wove through one another making i...
Goodreads Book review: The Wedding Cake Tree by Melanie Hudson
The Wedding Cake Tree by Melanie Hudson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a fun book about self discovery. Grace is interesting and strong without being annoying. Alasdair is lovely. There are some evocative descriptions. The ‘quest’ is a bit bonkers and Rosamund is irritating as hell, but I liked the way the resolutions panned out.
I had to look up shemag’s after reading this. I want one now!
April 24, 2014
Blog hit – Crazy Undercover Love
A few weeks ago, my friend Nikki Moore asked if I’d like to participate in a blog hit to celebrate the publication of
Nikki Moore’s Blog Hit
New Release – Crazy, Undercover, Love
The day has finally arrived!! Nikki Moore’s debut novel with HarperImpulse – Crazy, Undercover, Love – is released as an ebook today, 24th April 2014.
If you like pacy, sexy romance and fancy a long weekend in Barcelona with a smoking hot guy this one’s for you! Want to know more…?
When uber-feisty career girl Charley Cas...
April 19, 2014
Inheritance Books – Tina Susedik
This week’s Inheritance Books are from Tina Susedik, who is one of those busy ladies that seems to fit two people’s worth of output into one life!
Hi Tina, welcome to Inheritance books. Please, tell us a bit about yourself.
Thank you Rhoda for having me here. I live in Northern Wisconsin with my husband of 41 years. We own a tax and accounting business, which gives me little time to write during January through April, but I persist. I am published in non-fiction and fiction. My non-fiction book...
April 9, 2014
Inheritance Books – Karen Rock
This week’s Inheritance Books are from the romance and YA author Karen Rock, who is on tour with her latest book His Hometown Girl.
Hi Karen, welcome to Inheritance Books. Tell me a bit about yourself.
Hello and thank you so much for hosting me on your wonderful blog. I’m a former English teacher turned Young Adult and Adult Contemporary Romance author. While I’m a huge fan of fantasy, sci-fi, dystopian, horror, literary, supernatural, historical, and suspense thriller books, and not one for m...
Karen Rock – His Hometown Girl tour
Today is my stop during the blog tour for His Hometown Girl by Karen Rock. This book blitz is organized by Lola’s Blog Tours. The book blitz runs from March 31 till April 13, you can view the whole tour schedule here.
His Hometown Girl
by Karen Rock
Blurb:
He’d always managed to best her:
Jodi Chapman will do whatever it takes to get top care for her autistic son. If that means going home and convincing local farmers to sell their land, so be it. Even if her biggest opponent, childhood rival Dani...
April 6, 2014
Inheritance Books – Helena Fairfax
This week’s Inheritance Books are from fellow RNA member, Helena Fairfax.
Hi Helena, welcome to Inheritance Books. Please, have a biscuit and tell us a bit about yourself.
My name’s Helena Fairfax, and I’m addicted to reading. Since books don’t come with a health warning, no one except my long-suffering husband has ever commented on my affliction, but if books were ever taken away from me I would probably have to run amok before going seriously cold turkey.
Besides chain reading I’ve been scrib...
March 29, 2014
Inheritance Books – Linda MacDonald
This week’s Inheritance Books are from Linda MacDonald.
Hi Linda, welcome to Inheritance Books. Please tell us a bit about yourself.
I am a Cumbrian, living in Beckenham in south-east London. I am interested in many different things, some of which I like to sprinkle in my novels.
A careers officer once told me there was no perfect job for me. This was after I answered a questionnaire which showed I had scored equally highly on Art, Science and Education. It was suggested that either I become a...
