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Today I am on the tour for The Sleeping Beauties by G N Lawson, thank you to Zoé at Zooloos Book Tours for organising it and inviting me to take part and thank you to the author and the publisher for my copy.

Pages: 240

Synopsis: Gordon White has a problem: there is a hole in his memory and four murders he may be connected to. Fleeing to a remote seaside town, the retired civil servant does not know whether he is hiding from danger or from the police. When news breaks of an arrest, fragments of the missing hours begin to surface.

Pushed by a Catholic priest to write down everything he can recall, and drawn into an uneasy relationship with Josie, aunt of one of the victims, Gordon starts piecing together the truth. Notes left by a former colleague point him back to Manchester’s long-abandoned underground railway, where two of the killings took place, and where Gordon now realises he had been.

Twenty years later, living in a care home, Gordon is given an identity tracking chip that maps every step of a person’s life. It finally reveals part of what happened during those lost hours, but not everything. Some answers remain buried, and some memories refuse to return.

My Thoughts: this was a really intriguing book, imagine being able to look back on your life when you’re older, just by being given a tracking chip, you can look back and relive all your favourite moments, but also try and remember the things you may have forgotten.

Gordon is given this exact opportunity, the problem being he doesn’t necessarily want to relive parts, he knows he connected to, but he doesn’t know how or why or if he was even the culprit! His brain had blacked it out for a reason.

The book is fantastically written, the writing flows so easily whilst also being eerie and a little creepy, I don’t know how the author has done it but the book is written in a way that makes you as the reader feel like you’re the one missing chunks of your memory, yet gives you enough to get glimpses whilst still leaving most of it just out of reach.

I really enjoyed the whole experience, I thought I would be disappointed after reading the synopsis at the idea of not getting all the answers but really it just added to the overall intrigue of the book and made it feel more real.

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Today I am on the tour for The Cold Shore by Rachel Amphlett, thank you to Zoé at Zooloos Book Tours for organising it and inviting me to take part and thank you to the author and the publisher for my copy.

Pages: 263

Synopsis: A chilling murder.

A coastal town full of secrets.

A detective with everything to prove.

When a man is found savagely murdered on an abandoned vessel off the north Kent coast, what begins as a routine inquiry turns deadly.

Detective Gavin Piper had intended only a brief visit to assist his superior officer – but when circumstance forces him to take command, he finds himself leading his first homicide case in a place that feels both unfamiliar and unforgiving.

As the investigation deepens, a key witness is found dead and dark secrets begin to surface. With the body count rising and the pressure mounting, Gavin must race against the clock to find the only surviving link – before the killer strikes again.

Will Gavin’s inexperience cost him more than just the case?

Or can he uncover the truth before it’s too late?

My Thoughts: I am almost ashamed to admit that this is my first Rachel Amphlett book, but what a perfect place to start with it being the start of a new series! I am aware it is a spinoff of one of her previous series but I found it read perfectly fine without reading that.

We’re following Gavin Piper, who just so happens to be in the area of a murder so is asked to help out until someone else can get there.. he’s nervous, this is the first investigation he’s been in charge of, but after soon realising that most of his team are newbies he knows he has to dig deep and exude confidence even if he doesn’t always feel it!

Someone had been found washed up on a boat, a boat that shouldn’t be there.. with an axe in his chest and the boat in complete disarray,

They really are working with nothing, no clues, no idea who the victim is, or even why the boat is somewhere is shouldn’t be.

Questioning the locals gives them both nothing concrete and far too many questions.. they just need a break in the case, can they find it before someone else has to take over?

The book was perfectly paced, giving us enough hints to keep the pages turning and the intrigue needed to make the book impossible to put down.

It was eerie, gave me chills and left me excited to read the next instalment in the series a definite must read!

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Today I am in the tour for Love In A Hurry by Mari Jane Law, thank you to Hannah at Hygge Book Tours for organising it and inviting me to take part and thank you to the author and the publisher for my copy.

Pages: 432

Synopsis: A Catholic priest needs an heir. A virgin mother wants another baby.
Will they need a miracle to make it work?

Father Kieran Quinn is in crisis. His brother does not want children, so there won’t be anyone to inherit the long-standing family business—unless Kieran defies the Church by seeking marital bliss. Then he meets Miranda with a child in her arms, looking like a Madonna. But isn’t she taken?

Miranda Morton’s time is running out. She yearns to have a baby conceived naturally by a man who loves her, yet she’s never even been kissed! When she meets Kieran, he talks of returning to Ireland, but her life is bound in Bristol, where she’s a live-in help for arthritic Judith, her snappish, flame-breathing dragon of an employer.

Judith Gold generally can’t stand Catholics, especially priests. She must make her best-personal-assistant-ever see sense over this Kieran nonsense, before Miranda’s life echoes her own tragic past. But how?

The clock is ticking. Can Kieran and Miranda find happiness together before it’s too late?

Tropes:

• Catholic priest romance
• Forbidden love
• Cinnamon roll
• Virgin
• Single parent
• Found family
• Grumpy/Sunshine

My Thoughts: what a perfect ending to what has been a really good series, I was really hoping both of these characters would get they’re happy ever after and this book gave me everything I wanted and more.

We’re following Father Kieran who is having a bit of a midlife crisis after realising that no one will inherit the family business once he’s gone.. so he had to work out what means more to him, the church or the want to have a family? add to that he’s just found out his brother is gay so starts to doubt wether everything his religion has taught him is still accurate today.

Then we have Miranda who despite giving birth to a baby to help her friends become dads she is still a virgin, she wants another baby, but also want to find and experience love and being a proper family.. the only problem is her biological clock is ticking!

This book has so much heart and humour that I really struggled to put it down, I laughed out loud several times & had a smile on my face for most of the book!

Their are told from the past, which gives us a proper look into Judith’s life, to everyone she is just a cantankerous old woman stuck in her ways, but seeing the reasons why honestly shattered my heart just a little.

You get a real sense of community in this book & that made me feel all warm and fuzzy, like I was part of the gang too.

If you’re looking for a feel good romance that doesn’t shy away from dealing with some harder topics then look no further because you’ve found it.

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Today I am on the tour for Sleuth by Charlotte Langley, thank you to Anne at Random Things Tours for organising it and inviting me to take part and thank you to the publisher and the author for my copy.

Pages: 329

Synopsis: Two women hunting the same killer. One seeks justice. One seeks fame. Both have something to hide.

In a remote Scottish town where everyone knows everyone, the disappearance of local girl Lily Howard should be impossible to hide. But as Detective Ruth Lindsey discovers, some secrets run deeper than blood.

When internet sensation Mia Chaplin arrives to investigate, her viral YouTube videos about the case spark a media frenzy. The town divides: some worship Mia as a crusader for justice, others see her as a dangerous provocateur. For Ruth, she’s a threat – not just to the investigation, but to the fragile peace of a community already fracturing under pressure.

As Mia’s revelations start destroying lives, Ruth realises she’s dealing with something far more sinister than a fame-hungry influencer. Because Mia knows things about Lily she shouldn’t. And Ruth is beginning to suspect that the real predator isn’t hiding in the shadowy hills of Galloway, but broadcasting to millions from plain sight…

My Thoughts: Christ what a wild ride this was! – this is my first book by Charlotte and I promise you it won’t be my last, it had me itching to pick the book up, and hating the fact that I had to put it down to go work!

Fast paced, the action just doesn’t stop, and every new character added left you reeling whilst you try to find the connections, I found myself feeling a bit like Mia, trying to see if I can pick up on all the little crumbs and piece it together myself… I failed 😂

Mia was a likeable character to begin with, and then the secrets and lies kept coming, I started to hate her but also empathising with her, what a weird mix of emotions this book had me feeling. At times I did feel like maybe Ruth was too close to the family to be productive but a little nudge from Max every now and again kept her on the straight and narrow.

I cried, like full on sobbed at this book, there was a part I didn’t see coming and it absolutely broke me, but what an incredible book!

1000% you should add this one to your TBR.

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Hi 👋🏼 today I am here to reveal the cover for Buried in Silence by Deborah Stone, but before I do let me tell you a little about the book and the author!

Pages: 340

Synopsis: A fast-paced London conspiracy thriller about a disgraced former Scotland Yard detective, the ex-lover She draws back into her investigation and a powerful technology company using murder and political blackmail to seize power.

The police say Calvin Cross died naturally.

Former Scotland Yard detective Ember Lockhart lost her career following a scandal. Now working as a private investigator, she is hired by Amelia Cross to investigate her husband’s sudden death on a flight into Heathrow.

Calvin had been frightened before he died, and the corrupted USB stick he left behind suggests he had good reason. As Ember begins asking questions, she is followed, warned and threatened to abandon the case. With reluctant help from her former colleague and ex-lover, Leo Campbell, she traces Calvin’s death to a secretive technology company involved in political blackmail and corporate espionage involving an elaborate plan to destabilise the British government.

Then Amelia is murdered, and the evidence is carefully arranged to frame Ember.

Charged with killing her own client, Ember must prove her innocence while pursuing an organisation prepared to eliminate anyone who gets in the way of their ultimate political goal.

About The Author: Deborah Stone is the best-selling author of four gripping psychological thrillers that keep readers turning pages late into the night. Her novels have won multiple awards and critical acclaim, establishing her as a standout voice in contemporary psychological suspense and thriller fiction.

Her new crime thriller, Buried In Silence, will be available for pre-order on September 30, 2026 and will be released on October 14, 2026.

Her last release, Nowhere Man (October 3, 2024), is available in paperback, Kindle, and as an audiobook. It follows the success of Semi-Detached (April 3, 2023) which was recently honoured with the Chill With A Book Readers’ Award.

Deborah’s second novel, Me and My Shadow, received the prestigious Chill With A Book Premier Award, given only to books that earn outstanding ratings across all reviewer categories. Her debut, What’s Left Unsaid, won the Runner-Up Prize for Best Book of 2018 in the same awards and remains a reader favourite.

In addition to fiction, Deborah is the author of the highly respected non-fiction guide, The Essential Family Guide to Caring for Older People, a finalist in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards 2022.

A recognised expert on elder care, Deborah frequently appears on BBC, ITV, Sky, and Channel 5, offering expert advice on aging, care planning, and family support. She contributes regularly to national newspapers and lifestyle magazines, helping families navigate the complexities of caring for older relatives.

She lives in London with her husband and their delightfully mischievous golden retriever

Are you ready for the cover?!

Such an intriguing cover! – can’t wait to be part of the tour for this one next month ☺️

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Today I am on the tour for Nourish by Laura Baggaley, thank you to Zoé at Zooloos Book Tours for organising it and inviting me to take part and thank you to the author and the publisher for my copy.

Pages: 331

Synopsis: Cal lives in a post-food world. People don’t eat. They have Nutritional Provision.

When Cal is enrolled in a fancy boarding school after the death of his father, he discovers a rare edible substance that forces him to question everything he’s been told about nourishment.

Determined to discover more, he joins forces with classmate Andi, heiress to the Nutritional Provision Corporation. But as their investigations lead to trouble and a friend’s life is in danger, will they dare risk everything to expose the truth?

My Thoughts: now if I’m being brutally honest, this book fascinated me and completely freaked me out at the same time!

The idea of having to plug yourself in every night to get everything your body needs made me feel a little squeamish, especially when the action of it was described in the book and strangely the idea of Cal and everyone else not eating made me feel hungry yet completely out off by the idea of food at the same time. Now I now that that was all psychological but it was very real at the same time.

The story itself just kind of showed that there is no perfect solution to the food problem in the world, we are on the whole a world of over consumption, which is scary but the alternate reality provided in this book was riddled with its own problems.

The whole thing elicited real feelings in me, I was shocked, angry, upset but then other times I found myself laughing at the situations Cal and Andi found themselves in.

This book will stay with me for a long time & has definitely made me think a little more about the food I put into my body.

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Today I am on the tour for Dead Mans Run by Murray Bailey (apparently 2 days late! I’m so sorry 😔) thank you to Murray himself for organising it and inviting me to take part and for providing me with a copy of the book!

Pages: 371

Synopsis: The war may have ended, but the cover-ups never did.

Israel 1950. SIB Captain Ash Carter is called into the British ’embassy’ to report on the death-in-service of a consular officer. Despite assurances that there is nothing suspicious, Carter begins a challenging investigation – one that the authorities disprove of. And the deeper he digs, the more complex it appears.

Meeting an Israeli private detective, investigating a linked crime, Carter forms an uneasy alliance. Together, they uncover something too shocking to be believed without hard proof. With the highest of political stakes, distrust at every turn, deceit, kidnapping and murder, Carter must find a balance between the law, justice and revenge. 

Dead Man’s Run is the fifth historical crime novel in the Ash Carter Near East series but can be read as a stand-alone

My Thoughts: Ash Carter has become a comfort character for me I get so excited whenever Murray messages me with another instalment!

Historical books aren’t normally for me, but Murray has a way of making them historically accurate whilst making the writing feel modern day which helps me to not get overwhelmed by everything and just enjoy it for what it is!

In this one Ash is brought in to investigate the death of James Morton, a very important political figure, the story being sold is suicide, but when looking at the scene something starts niggling at him that James was murdered, small clues that the average person wouldn’t notice.. can he put all these clues together and get the full picture?

Very quickly he realises that it will take more than just him so he uses his contacts which brings some familiar faces into the series! – I think I actually squealed when a certain person showed his face.

This book was slow paced compared to other Ash Carter books, but it fit well for the story, the tension was high and I was gripped all the way through.

I’m starting to think that maybe Ash can do no wrong, I’m already eagerly awaiting the next adventure he takes us on

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Today I am on tour for Murder at Honeysuckle Harbour by Julie Haworth, thank you to Anne at Random Things Tours for organising it and inviting me to take part and thank you to the author and the publisher for my copy.

Pages: 354

Synopsis: An idyllic Devon village. A murdered pug breeder. And a vet with a nose for trouble…

When Daisy Turner returns to the seaside village of Honeysuckle Harbour to take over her late father’s vet practice, she’s expecting muddy paws, cuddly cats, and the chance to grieve in peace. What she gets is a new vet trying to drive her out of business, a handsome new colleague… and a dead body.

Margot Kinkade was a successful local pug breeder, and when the police say her death was an accident, Daisy isn’t convinced. Margot was meticulous – and the pet passport Daisy spots at the scene raises questions no one else seems willing to ask.

With the village police refusing to listen and a whiteboard full of clues set up in her spare room, Daisy sets out to diagnose this mystery the only way she knows how: gathering symptoms until a pattern emerges.

Can Daisy unravel a web of secrets without putting herself – or her animals – in danger?

My Thoughts: cozy crime used to be one of my favourite genres and Murder at Honeysuckle Harbour has reminded me exactly why!

I think I started to struggle with how short they were, this one was longer which meant we got build up & got to know the characters before the incident happened, so I already liked Daisy as a character & had also warned to Margot, you can tell I don’t really read synopsis’s because I was shocked and a little sad to find out she was the victim!

Daisy turned out to be a jack of all trades, not only was she running her late father’s veterinary practice seeing to small animals, farm animals and horses too, she found time to be a good friend and a listening ear to anyone she then decides that she’s not happy with the local police’s answer to the death of Margot and decides to become detective too 😂

I adored every aspect of this story, the setting was beautiful, although some descriptions of parts of it had me shivering, really drove home that beauty can also be dangerous! The sense of community was everything, all of the side characters had their own story. It was so welcoming that after reading one book I kind of feel like I belong there and cannot wait to go back!

I loved that this book dealt with difficult topics in a really sensitive way, it’s been 4 years since I lost my dad and this book took me back to that day because the way it was dealt with was just so real!

One thing I didn’t expect from a cosy crime book is to be invested in the romance too, this book was honestly incredible. I laughed, I cried and felt every emotion in between too.

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Today I am on the tour for How To Find Romance In A Bookshop by Poppy Alexander, thank you to Anne at Random Things Tours for organising it and inviting me to take part and thank you to the author and the publisher for my copy.

Pages: 350

Synopsis: After a social media post gone wrong, a literary agent runs away to look after a seaside bookshop for the summer—and forms an unlikely friendship with a charming novelist struggling with his latest idea.

Petra doesn’t like books anymore—not since her career as a literary agent imploded after a social media typo went viral. Now she is stuck for six months, babysitting a little bookshop by the sea—surrounded by books that just remind her of her failure.

Ross McCloud’s award-winning debut novel blew the minds of the world’s literati, but that was five years ago. Now Ross and his keenly awaited second work have vanished. Something has gone wrong—horribly wrong—and Ross doesn’t want to talk about it.

Marooned in Capelthorne’s Bookshop miles from London, Petra can’t stop thinking about all the ways she has let people down. Then she discovers Ross lurking, incognito, in the second-hand books section. Misery loves company it seems, and a kinship tentatively forms.

In the meantime, the magic of the bookshop slowly begins to enchant Petra. Soon, her book recommendations assume legendary status; she is chairing the newly formed Beach Reads Book Club; leading a weekly writing group and hosting a series of popular talks and signings by local authors. She is even starting to read again.

Petra is also finding time to help her new best friend Jess—owner of a local telephone box library—to launch the inaugural Portneath Literary Festival. What better opportunity to put the Festival on the map—says Ross—than for Petra to unveil his second novel to the world there, before re-launching her career representing him at the Frankfurt book fair? What a comeback! But can Petra find the courage to help the man she loves?

Their love of books may be re-ignited, but is that enough to save them both from their own worst enemy—themselves?

My Thoughts: this was the perfect book for the cosy Sunday I had planned when reading it, sat on the sofa with a blanket, music playing quietly in the background and endless cups of tea, I actually managed to read the book in one day because I was so invested in the characters.

I really felt for both characters, Petra because we’ve all been there when something is posted on social media and it’s received in the wrong way and causes absolute uproar, I was sad that she along with others felt the only escape for her was to relocate for a few months.. but then I guess if she hadn’t she never would have met Ross!

Ross was more of a closed book to begin with, we knew he was also in Portneath running from something in his past, but any time it was mentioned he instantly went quiet and shut down the conversation.

The friendship they built was beautiful, watching them both slowly open up and let the other in had me smiling at my kindle like an idiot.

Then they both realise there is feelings there which adds another layer of complication, Ross now wants Petra’s professional help as a literary agent to help with the long awaited release of his second novel, but due to past mistakes refuses to mix business and pleasure.

The setting was beautiful, the constant book chatter felt like a hug & the characters gave a real sense of community! – really enjoyed this one and would highly recommend it. 🥰

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Today I am on the tour for Forever Relentless by Eve L. Mitchell, thank you to Zoé at Zooloos Book Tours for organising it and inviting me to take part and thank you to the author and the publisher for my copy.

Pages: 442

Synopsis:

🖤 Possessive morally grey MMC
🖤 Secret identity
🖤 Dual POV
🖤 Enemies-to-lovers

They call him the enforcer.

The one they unleash when mercy isn’t an option. I noticed him the second I set foot on campus.

But I didn’t come to Wrighton to admire the team. I came to expose them for what they did to my brother. New name. New past. I slipped inside their world unseen.

Except Noah Matthews saw through me.

He knows who I am. What I’m hunting.

He should have turned me in. That he hasn’t is so much worse.

Now he owns my secrets. And me. Every time he pins me against a wall and wraps a hand around my throat, I tell myself I’m afraid of him. But my body calls me a liar. I forget he’s the enemy and start wondering what would happen if he stopped holding back.

Some men are built to protect the line.

Noah was built to destroy anyone who crosses it.

I crossed it.

My Thoughts: this series honestly just gets better and better and with each instalment that couple become my favourite, but there’s just something about Noah and Briar, everything says they shouldn’t work but my god do they.

The constant push and pull from them both had me on the edge of my seat, and Noah when he’s being bossy almost made me want to do as I was told 😂

The long running story of the coaches being secretive and hiding things took a whole new turn in this one too, I was hooked, there were times where i wanted to scream at Noah sometimes through anger and other times because I was scared for him.

Briar is keeping secrets, we’ve always known that, but the deep dive into everything made me want to protect her from the fall out we all knew was coming, we just don’t know when.

The chemistry between these two was next level, I’m surprised the pages didn’t set in fire they were that hot.

I fell even more in love with this very unlikely bunch of friends & I will be devastated to see them go when the series is finished next time.

This series honestly reads like a tv show and part of me is disappointed that it isn’t one 😂

If you love a sports romance with a devilishly dark twist with characters that you’ll fall in love with and become insanely attached to then this is the one for you.

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