The Ghost Ship by Kate Mosse - The place is the Barbary Coast. The year is 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water. Those, who claim to have seen it, have named it the Ghost Ship. For many months, it has hunted down the ships that hold those enslaved by Barbary pirates. A lionhearted crew of mariners from Italy, France, Holland and the Canary Islands … [Read more...] about The Ghost Ship by Kate Mosse – Book Review
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One For My Enemy by Olivie Blake – Book Review
One For My Enemy by Olivie Blake, the no.1 bestselling author of The Atlas Six, tells of the deadly conflict between two rival witch families, each prepared to fight to the death to gain the upper hand in New York City.The Antonova sisters, seven in all, are comely, cunning and extremely ruthless. Their mother – known only as Baba Yaga – is the elusive supplier of … [Read more...] about One For My Enemy by Olivie Blake – Book Review
Fling by Joseph Murray – Book Review
Fling by Joseph Murray – is a love story that proves that an affair doesn’t always lead to infidelity. When Tara and Colin first met, for Tara it was love at first sight, and for Colin, love at first fight! It seems they were meant for each other.After six years of marriage and three failed rounds of IVF, however, their marriage is in crisis. Unknown to each … [Read more...] about Fling by Joseph Murray – Book Review
What’s Love Got to Do with It – Film Review
What’s Love Got to Do with It is a cross-cultural film about the tradition of arranged (assisted) marriages. Zoe grew up with the next neighbours Kaz and his Pakistan family. When Kaz tells her his parents are going to help find a bride from their home country, she decides this could make a good documentary. She pitches the idea and it’s accepted. So, she follows Kaz … [Read more...] about What’s Love Got to Do with It – Film Review
The Couple Upstairs by Holly Wainwright – Book Review
The Couple Upstairs by Holly Wainwright – the author of the bestselling I Give My Marriage A Year. Mel turfed her husband out of their apartment five months ago. She is living alone quite happily with hertwo young children, Eddie and Ava. When a man, who reminds her of a past lover, moves in upstairs! The lover she has never been able to forget! The lover who changed … [Read more...] about The Couple Upstairs by Holly Wainwright – Book Review