Sunday, 23 February 2014

Shannon’s Law by Emma Calin



When Police officer Shannon Aguerri takes over the beat as a village constable, it is far from the quiet village life you would expect. There is plenty of crime to keep her busy, and when she meets a young lad called Ben on her beat and this introduces her to his father who happens to be an Earl, her patrol is about to get passion and two completely different worlds are about to collide with an almighty bang!

The story is quite fast paced and it had me gripped from the very beginning. I liked Shannon as a character and found her very likable and there are strong scenes of an adult nature in this book. Which are thrown into the storyline. I say that because they seem to jump out of you just when you are getting into the storyline. They are quite well written but I didn’t personally think they were necessary to the storyline. But if you are into erotica you will like these kinds of scenes and find them sensational.


Saturday, 8 February 2014

Road to Rouen by Ben Hatch



Ben and wife Dinah and their two children are on the road again. Following on from their last guide book on Britain, fasten your seatbelts, this time they are off to France, on a three month road trip. To participate in all that is French tourism, from a Vegetable theme park to the Eiffel Tower, throw in a deadly donkey, a strange cult and a pair of must have speedos! And you know you are in for a good fun and entertaining read.

I really enjoyed Are We Nearly There Yet? And I was really looking forward to reading Road to Rouen and I was not disappointed, I was laughing out loud from the first few pages. It is hilarious and funny read and Ben writes in such a wonderful way that you can be laughing one minute then be moved and touched by the more personal thoughts and memories.  This is a must-read. I loved it!





Sunday, 19 January 2014

Wicked Wives by Anna-Lou Weatherley



Tom Black is bad! A womaniser and gambler, who always leaves behind a string of trouble, and many broken hearts.

Ellie Scott was Tom’s childhood sweetheart, and step-sister! Who although now Ellie is happily married to Vinnie with a daughter, she still has feelings for Tom and he is not the only thing from her past that may come back to haunt her, especially when she meets up with Loretta Hassan.

Loretta Hassan, she’s sees her chance to get her hooks into Tom by making him an offer he can’t refuse.

Victoria Mayfield is a successful writer who is happily married, but struggling to cope since she lost her baby in tragic circumstances. After trying hard for another baby and things not working out, she comes up with what she thinks is the perfect plan for her to have another baby. But is this really what she wants or needs?

Tess Scott is Ellie and Vinnie’s daughter who finds herself in deep trouble, and she finds help from an unlikely source.

Welcome to the world of the rich and the glamorous. This is a sensational novel, loaded with drama, suspense, love, lies, affairs, secrets and much, much more. The storyline is sensational and explosive.  That will have you gripped from page one and leads to a dramatic ending. Even though most of the characters are bad to the bone you cannot help but like them. The ending was a complete surprise to me. I just did not see that coming. I really enjoy books like this, pure fantasy and fabulous.




Wednesday, 15 January 2014

The Green Hills of Home by Emma Bennet



Writer Gwen Jones is thrilled when her manuscript is about to be published, but editor John Thatcher is looking like he will be difficult for Gwen to work with and he is not happy that Gwen’s commitment to her ill mum Edith means that she cannot travel to London to work, so he must make the journey to the remote part of Wales were Gwen lives.

Gwen is really hoping to land this book deal as she desperately needs the money to save her home, but with John been moody and them having to spend so much time together. Will all go to plan?

This book had me intrigued from page one. It is a delightful story mainly just featuring the two central characters of Gwen and John. The book is really well written with a story line that will just make you want to keep on reading. 




Monday, 13 January 2014

Midsummer Magic by Julia Williams



When newly engaged Josie goes to visit her parents in Cornwall with her fiancé, and his best friend Ant and her best friend Diana, the idea was to begin making wedding plans, but when they meet a well-known TV hypnotist called Freddie Puck in a local pub and he invites them to take part in a hypnosis experiment to do with a local myth. Freddie claims that he can hypnotise a couple and make them fall in love on Midsummers Eve at the stepping stones just like it says in the myth.

The four agree to take part and what follows is a calamity of events that will test their relationships with each other and push boundaries of love and friendship. That could change their lives forever.

This is a great storyline and modern take on A Midsummer’s Night Dream that has some really great characters, the hypnosis theme is really good and sometimes the results are hilarious. It is a love triangle or a love circle spinning round so fast you have no idea who will end up with whom! The book keeps you guessing right up to the end. I just could not put this book down and before I knew it I was over half-way through!  So I will certainly be looking forward to reading more books by Julia Williams.