Published: ArcturusPages: 128Date published: 01/08/2021Date read: 10/07/2021 This beautifully illustrated compendium brings the Bard’s timeless tales to life for a younger generation, with wit and panache. Sam Newman’s cleverly reworked text retains many of Shakespeare’s own inimitable turns of phrase, while simplifying and clarifying the language to make stories accessible to children. Khoa Le’s opulentContinue reading “Shakespeare’s Stories by Samantha Newman”
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Broken (Book #3) – R.V Biggs
Pages: 221Date published: 22/02/2021Date read: 13/07/2021 Scarred by a tragic past, eleven year old Jamie Walker chooses not to speak. Consumed with jealous rage, Jimmy Gillespie is driven to violence. And John Macintyre awakens from a vivid nightmare convinced he is going to kill. Living high upon the Scottish hills, John and Sarah Macintyre enjoyContinue reading “Broken (Book #3) – R.V Biggs”
A Strange and Brilliant Light – Eli Lee
Published By: QuercusPages: 304Date Published: 22/07/2021Date Read: 12/07/2021 Lal, Janetta and Rose are living in a time of flux. Technological advance has brought huge financial rewards to those with power, but large swathes of the population are losing their jobs to artificial intelligence, or auts, as they’re called. Unemployment is high, discontent is rife andContinue reading “A Strange and Brilliant Light – Eli Lee”
Reunion (#2) – R.V Biggs
Pages: 332Date published: 01/08/2018Date read: 05/07/2021 One random, violent act is enough to change Sarah Macintyre’s life forever. Left unsettled, and yearning for a new beginning, Sarah is unsure of what to do with her life. But one day she discovers an anonymous letter hidden amidst a pile of unopened mail. The note, however, containsContinue reading “Reunion (#2) – R.V Biggs”
The Gentleman’s Daughter The Gentleman Spy Mysteries Book 2 – Bianca M Schwarz
Published By: Central Avenue PublishingPages: 352Date Published: 06/07/2021Date Read: 29/06/2021 Sir Henry, secret agent to the crown, must marry a lady above reproach to afford his illegitimate daughter entrance into society. After narrowly escaping marriage to a highborn bigot, he takes an assignment in Brighton, leading him to an abandoned abbey full of dark whispers,Continue reading “The Gentleman’s Daughter The Gentleman Spy Mysteries Book 2 – Bianca M Schwarz”
The Inkeeper’s Daughter The Gentleman Spy Mysteries Book 1 – Bianca M. Schwarz
Published by: Central Avenue PublishingPages: 416Date published: 12/01/2021Date read: 27/06/2021 In the twilight of a November evening, Sir Henry March, a man of wealth and charm — and a secret agent for the Crown — comes across a badly beaten Eliza Broad, desperate to escape her cruel stepfather. Knowing she has nowhere to go, SirContinue reading “The Inkeeper’s Daughter The Gentleman Spy Mysteries Book 1 – Bianca M. Schwarz”
How To Save a Life – Eva Carter
Published by: Mantle/pan MacmillanPages: 480Date published: 01/04/2021Date read: 24/06/2021 Kerry Smith is going to save lives–and so is her best friend, Tim Palmer. After years of working towards medical school, they are about to sit for their entrance exams. But on the eve of the new millennium, a classmate goes into cardiac arrest, changing everything.Continue reading “How To Save a Life – Eva Carter”
Mrs England – Stacey Halls
Published by: Manilla PressPages: 419Date Published: 10/06/2021Date Read: 20/06/2021 West Yorkshire, 1904. When newly graduated nurse Ruby May takes on a position looking after the children of Charles and Lilian England, a wealthy couple from a powerful dynasty of mill owners, she hopes it will be the fresh start she needs. But as she adaptsContinue reading “Mrs England – Stacey Halls”
Less Than Little Time – Sabina Green
Published by: Thorpe BowkerPages: 348Date Released: 20/03/2021Date Read: 18/06/2021 She has the choice to wipe out most of the human race, reset the world, and save the planet with only a few survivors…can she do it? When Connie finds out she has a few months left to live, she’s gripped by fear for her daughterContinue reading “Less Than Little Time – Sabina Green”
For The Love of Friends – Sara Goodman Confino
Published by: Lake Union PublishingPages: 363Date Published: 01/07/2021Date Read: 15/06/2021 Lily Weiss is her mother’s worst nightmare: thirty-two and single – the horror! She’s also a talented writer but hides behind a boring job at a science foundation. To her friends, she’s reliable and selfless, which is how she winds up being a bridesmaid inContinue reading “For The Love of Friends – Sara Goodman Confino”
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