The Bad Mothers’ Book Club by Keris Stainton is the new, laugh-out-loud novel from this bestselling author. Following her husband’s career change, Emma Chance and her family have recently moved from Ealing, London to the seaside district of West Kirby on the Wirral Peninsula, Liverpool. When she drops her children, Ruby and Sam, at their new school she finds herself … [Read more...] about The Bad Mothers’ Book Club by Keris Stainton – Book Review
The Sparkle Pages by Meg Bignell – Book Review
The Sparkle Pages by Meg Bignell is her first (published) novel. Susannah Parks, wife to Hugh, a forensic structural engineer, discovers that his craving to join a second Antarctic expedition is stronger than that for love and passion in their marriage. Their relationship has seriously lost its SPARKLE! In fact Hugh appears to have lost interest in her altogether and Susannah … [Read more...] about The Sparkle Pages by Meg Bignell – Book Review
Star Crossed by Minnie Darke – Book Review
Star Crossed by Minnie Darke is her debut, romcom novel of the riotous knock on effects after a young journalist tweaks her magazine’s horoscopes in the hope of winning a former friend’s heart. Justine Carmichael, Sagittarius, ‘copy runner’ for the Alexandria Park Star, an upmarket monthly magazine, unexpectedly runs into an old friend from her home town. Nick … [Read more...] about Star Crossed by Minnie Darke – Book Review
A Dream of Italy by Nicky Pellegrino – Book Review
A Dream of Italy by Nicky Pellegrino, the bestselling author of A Year at the Hotel Gondola, once again transports the reader to Italy to celebrate the people, their mountainside town and the glorious profusion of Italian food. Mayor Salvio Valentini has a dream to save the abandoned buildings in Montenello and so rejuvenate his beloved town. His assistant, Augusto, has the … [Read more...] about A Dream of Italy by Nicky Pellegrino – Book Review
The Gift of Life by Josephine Moon – Book Review
The Gift of Life by Josephine Moon, bestselling author of The Chocolate Promise and Three Gold Coins, reveals the complexities of life after a heart transplant, not only for the recipient, but also for the wife who signed away her husband’s heart. Gabby McPhee, heart transplant recipient, mother of three children and owner of the Tin Man cafe and coffee … [Read more...] about The Gift of Life by Josephine Moon – Book Review