Author: Patricegotting

Today I am on the tour for Blue Lunar and the Apex Grail by Ricky Baxter, 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: 394

Synopsis: In a world where the gods have long deserted mortals, a powerful sorcerer emerges from a 100-year-old prison. Releasing an army of beasts, he enters a path of destruction while searching for an ancient relic.

Tasked with challenging the darkness, a pure and naive-hearted boy named Luke embraces his destiny to defeat the wizard for the promise of a better tomorrow.

Equipped with a divine armour, fashioned by the most powerful goddess, Luke will journey across the land in pursuit of the dark sorcerer, making unforgettable allies and bonds along the way. However, as a long-buried tragedy slowly comes to light, the boy will question everything he believes in… including his destiny.

My Rating: 🐧🐧🐧🐧

My Thoughts: this book definitely surpassed my expectations, I’m not really a reader of YA fantasy/adventure stories anymore, I just feel I’m slightly too old for them and they don’t hold my attention.. but this was so good!

Incredible world building with simple yet powerful descriptions making it easy for the reader to visualise the environment that out characters were in and the things that they were seeing!

With the unlikeliest of heroes and some friends he finds along the way, the story is full of adventure and intrigue with bits that will make you laugh and bits that will break your heart!

I will say I found the different characters hard to differentiate between and keep track of, especially towards the end, but I got there eventually 🤣

Tagging along for the journey was a lot of fun, you just don’t know what’s coming next, I’m definitely looking forward to the next instalment!

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Today I am on the tour for Mine by Marlene Hauser, 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: 312

Synopsis: When is enough, enough?

High-powered Sophie Taylor thinks baby-making can happen on the fly. Managed alongside work, marriage, an MBA and travel, she decides to launch Project Bébé. Successful at everything, Sophie expects and always scores one hundred per cent. That is until the shocking failure of one fertility treatment after the next.

As the heart-breaking reality of infertility sinks in, Sophie owns up to another almost unspeakable loss and faces difficult decisions when she’s targeted as the love interest of a high-powered financier. Through a colleague, a mother of four, she learns that motherhood is not all it’s cracked up to be. Just as Sophie feels satisfied with the advantages of a childfree lifestyle, a fateful meeting changes everything…

Triumphant, joyous and full of hope, Mine is a captivating story about a less understood route to motherhood: the fertility option Sophie almost forgot.

My Rating: 🐧🐧🐧🐧

My Thoughts: this book is something a little different for me, I’m learning to read out of my ‘comfort zone’ and this was a perfect example of why!

Sophie has always wanted children, but had believed that it will just happen when she’s ready. She still has things she wants to achieve in her life first.

She’s now got the husband, but she still wants a degree and a high flying job, so she works at both, then one day realises that time is no longer on her side, with a husband who is in another country most of the time and a dog to look after too, having a baby hasn’t always been the biggest priority until she realises it might not happen, now she’s fixated on it, she sees babies everywhere she goes, she even dreams of what she imagines to be her future child!

The story is beautiful, I really enjoyed reading about Sophie’s life, not just about her need for a child, but her relationship worries and her academic and work life achievements too.

I’ll be honest I didn’t like Tucker, it just seemed like for the most part he wasn’t on the same page and his business was more important which I’d obviously fine. But be honest. He was eventually but even that was sort of swept under the carpet 😅

We go on a journey with Sophie through all of her options and fertility treatments & we experience the highs and lows with her, sometimes I just wanted to open my arms to her and give her a big cuddle.

Would I recommend this book? Absolutely yes, but some of the topics dealt with can make it a difficult read for some so please please do some research.

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Today I am part of the Blogger Day for One Moment by Becky Hunter, 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: 306

Synopsis: The day Scarlett dies should have been one of the most important of her life. It doesn’t feel fair that she’ll never have the chance to fulfil her dreams – all because she stopped to help a stranger. And now, she’s still … here – wherever here is – watching the ripple effect of her death on those she loved the most.
Evie cannot contemplate her life without Scarlett, and she certainly cannot forgive Nate, the man she blames for her best friend’s death. But Nate keeps popping up when she least expects him to, catapulting Evie’s life in directions she’d never let herself imagine possible.
If you could go back, knowing everything that happens after, everything that happens because of one choice you made, would you change the course of history or would you do it all again?

My Rating: 🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧

My Thoughts: what a beautiful story of friendship this was, the way Scarlett still looks out for Evie even after death made me feel all warm and fuzzy.

It made me laugh, it made me ugly cry and feel an array of emotions in between. I really liked the fact that although Scarlett’s death was a huge part of the story the main theme is friendship and both sides learning to accept the loss, Scarlett having to come to terms with losing her life and Evie with the loss of her best friend.

It really brought home that one moment, one chance decision can change the course of not only your life but the lives of everyone who knew you too.

Evie as a character will always have a special place in my heart, not only had she lost her best friend, but she’s now all on her own, whilst also dealing with a life changing diagnosis! As someone who has had MS for 12 years, I won’t lie when I saw that Evie had been diagnosed with it I rolled my eyes and my first thought was “this won’t be done right” but I was pleasantly surprised, it wasn’t all doom and gloom and the symptoms being described were the most accurate I’d read in a book without being over the top! & not only that but she had a love interest, the diagnosis wasn’t the end of her life!

A beautifully written story that had me captivated from the first page to the last. One I will be shouting about for a long time!

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Today I am part of the Blogger Day for One Moment by Becky Hunter, 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: 306

Synopsis: The day Scarlett dies should have been one of the most important of her life. It doesn’t feel fair that she’ll never have the chance to fulfil her dreams – all because she stopped to help a stranger. And now, she’s still … here – wherever here is – watching the ripple effect of her death on those she loved the most.
Evie cannot contemplate her life without Scarlett, and she certainly cannot forgive Nate, the man she blames for her best friend’s death. But Nate keeps popping up when she least expects him to, catapulting Evie’s life in directions she’d never let herself imagine possible.
If you could go back, knowing everything that happens after, everything that happens because of one choice you made, would you change the course of history or would you do it all again?

My Rating: 🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧

My Thoughts: what a beautiful story of friendship this was, the way Scarlett still looks out for Evie even after death made me feel all warm and fuzzy.

It made me laugh, it made me ugly cry and feel an array of emotions in between. I really liked the fact that although Scarlett’s death was a huge part of the story the main theme is friendship and both sides learning to accept the loss, Scarlett having to come to terms with losing her life and Evie with the loss of her best friend.

It really brought home that one moment, one chance decision can change the course of not only your life but the lives of everyone who knew you too.

Evie as a character will always have a special place in my heart, not only had she lost her best friend, but she’s now all on her own, whilst also dealing with a life changing diagnosis! As someone who has had MS for 12 years, I won’t lie when I saw that Evie had been diagnosed with it I rolled my eyes and my first thought was “this won’t be done right” but I was pleasantly surprised, it wasn’t all doom and gloom and the symptoms being described were the most accurate I’d read in a book without being over the top! & not only that but she had a love interest, the diagnosis wasn’t the end of her life!

A beautifully written story that had me captivated from the first page to the last. One I will be shouting about for a long time!

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Today I am part of the Blogger Day for One Moment by Becky Hunter, 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: 306

Synopsis: The day Scarlett dies should have been one of the most important of her life. It doesn’t feel fair that she’ll never have the chance to fulfil her dreams – all because she stopped to help a stranger. And now, she’s still … here – wherever here is – watching the ripple effect of her death on those she loved the most.
Evie cannot contemplate her life without Scarlett, and she certainly cannot forgive Nate, the man she blames for her best friend’s death. But Nate keeps popping up when she least expects him to, catapulting Evie’s life in directions she’d never let herself imagine possible.
If you could go back, knowing everything that happens after, everything that happens because of one choice you made, would you change the course of history or would you do it all again?

My Rating: 🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧

My Thoughts: what a beautiful story of friendship this was, the way Scarlett still looks out for Evie even after death made me feel all warm and fuzzy.

It made me laugh, it made me ugly cry and feel an array of emotions in between. I really liked the fact that although Scarlett’s death was a huge part of the story the main theme is friendship and both sides learning to accept the loss, Scarlett having to come to terms with losing her life and Evie with the loss of her best friend.

It really brought home that one moment, one chance decision can change the course of not only your life but the lives of everyone who knew you too.

Evie as a character will always have a special place in my heart, not only had she lost her best friend, but she’s now all on her own, whilst also dealing with a life changing diagnosis! As someone who has had MS for 12 years, I won’t lie when I saw that Evie had been diagnosed with it I rolled my eyes and my first thought was “this won’t be done right” but I was pleasantly surprised, it wasn’t all doom and gloom and the symptoms being described were the most accurate I’d read in a book without being over the top! & not only that but she had a love interest, the diagnosis wasn’t the end of her life!

A beautifully written story that had me captivated from the first page to the last. One I will be shouting about for a long time!

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Today I’m on the tour for The Fighter Of Auschwitz by Erik Brouwer, 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: 256

Synopsis: In 1943, the Dutch champion boxer, Leen Sanders, was sent to Auschwitz. His wife and children were put to death while he was sent ‘to the left’ with the others who were fit enough for labour. Recognised by an SS officer, he was earmarked for a ‘privileged’ post in the kitchens in exchange for weekly boxing matches for the entertainment of the Nazi guards. From there, he enacted his resistance to their limitless cruelty.

With great risk and danger to his own life, Leen stole, concealed and smuggled food and clothing from SS nursing units for years to alleviate the unbearable suffering of the prisoners in need. He also regularly supplied extra food to the Dutch women in Dr. Mengele’s experiment, Block 10. To his fellow Jews in the camp, he acted as a rescuer, leader and role model, defending them even on their bitter death march to Dachau towards the end of the war.

A story of astonishing resilience and compassion, The Fighter of Auschwitz is a testament to the endurance of humanity in the face of extraordinary evil.

My Rating: 🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧

My Thoughts: I really enjoy any books like this, people telling stories about experiences in Auschwitz, it absolutely fascinates me yet breaks my heart at the same time & this one was no different in that respect.

What set this one apart from a lot of the others I have read is that you got to experience a lot of Leens life before Auschwitz too, with really opened the story up and really intensified all of t he emotions that this book had me feeling!

This book focussed more on the facts than the feelings of the main character which again helped the reader remember that it all actually happened, that it’s not a novel!

The descriptions were perfect and made it easy to visualise the places mentioned and meant I could really immerse myself in the book, which I probably did a little too much given the dream I had the night I finished it 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

An incredibly powerful story of a man who uses his gifts to his advantage, not just to help himself but to help provide for others too. A story of courage, resilience and ultimately doing what is right in a situation that is so very wrong.

One that should be added to the TBR of anyone with an interest on the subject, just be warned that the story can be harrowing at times.

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Today I’m on the tour for Her, Too by Bonnie Kistler, 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: 322

Synopsis: A high-powered lawyer learns firsthand the terrible truth about her client . . . a discovery that propels her on a quest for justice and revenge in this addictively readable thriller.

Lawyer Kelly McCann, defends men accused of rape.

She’s fought to build a successful career as a criminal defence attorney, with a speciality in defending men accused of sex crimes – falsely accused, she always maintains.

Her detractors call her a traitor to her gender, but she doesn’t care: she loves to win.

Kelly’s most recent victory is securing an acquittal for a world-renowned scientist accused of sexually assaulting his female employees.

But the thrill of her victory is short-lived. That very night she, too, becomes the victim of a brutal sexual assault. And almost as horrific as the attack is the fact that she can’t tell anyone who the perpetrator is – not without destroying her career in the process.

Kelly has never backed down from a fight and she’s not about to start pulling her punches now. As she joins forces with her rapist’s victims, for the first time it’s not about winning ― these wronged women are out for justice and for revenge.

My Rating: 🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧

My Thoughts: I would definitely give this a higher rating if I could, it’s fast paced and unputdownable!

The writing was compelling and engaging, it drew you in and then left you feeling like you couldn’t leave, you were almost helpless watching everything unfold knowing there was absolutely nothing you could do!

Kelly as a character is strong willed and feisty and isn’t afraid to twist a few arms and throw incentives into the ring to get the result she’s after, she has a 100% success rate after all, she’s definitely the lady to have in your corner, but on the flip side of that, she’s the last person you want as an enemy!

How far is she willing to go to see justice done? is she willing to destroy the career she’s worked so hard to build?

With there being heartbreaking issues at home too, Kelly is definitely burning the candle at both ends and eventually something has to give, but what?

The story is brutal and hard hitting but one I would definitely recommend!

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Hi 👋🏼 you’ll remember I posted a review for this fab horror book on Saturday! – well today is release day so let me tell you a bit more about the book. ☺️

Pages: 261

Synopsis:When Meg Wyatt inherits a manor house in Cornwall from the grandmother she didn’t even know she had, she seizes the opportunity to start her life afresh, embarking on a new adventure with her husband and twin daughters.

Of her birth family, all she’s ever known was that her parents died in mysterious circumstances during the Second World War, when she was just four years old – did her mother kill her father or was there more to the story?

As soon as she arrives in the ancestral home of Wexley Heights, which has belonged to the Barrett family since Elizabethan times, Meg starts having visions and aural hallucinations, at the same time that she discovers her formerly hidden talent as a painter – just like her birth father before her. Antipsychotic medication brings things back under control, until a few years later, her four-year-old son starts displaying signs of being possessed by the spirit of Wexley Heights. Once again, Meg feels she is losing her mind. Is Wexley Heights haunted, or is she cursed like the rest of the Barretts?

This dark supernatural horror by author Carole Bulewski is a must read for horror and literary fans.

If you like the sound of this is can be bought here! and is also available on Kindle Unlimited.

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Now if you’ve been here a while you’ll know that I am a huge fan of Sara Madderson/Elodie Hart & today I have a review for Unveil for you!

Pages: 412

Synopsis: Gen

I’ve made my fortune from liberation, but I’m far more comfortable with discretion.

I’ve built the pre-eminent sex club in London, but I don’t play there.

Not publicly, anyway. Not beyond its darkest corners.

I talk the talk, but I don’t walk the walk. Not like my male co-founders do.

Because I’m the immaculate one. The flawless, perfectly turned-out woman who’s cultivated her glacial facade so carefully she’s scared the slightest smear will ruin it.

I want to run a sex empire and be taken seriously in the old boys’ club that is the business world. I want to be the poster child, not the plaything.

So I stay polished. Tasteful. Beyond reproach.

Until Anton Wolff joins Alchemy. He’s the UK’s most charismatic billionaire, and he’s looking for a club that’s as discreet as it is debauched. As classy as it is carnal.

I think I’ve seen it all, until he shares what he desires from his Alchemy experience.

And what he desires, above all else, is me.

The pull is mutual.

The tension is unbearable.

And the risk that he unveils me, seduces me into abandoning any vestige of control, is very, very, real.

I think I’m afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf

My Rating: 🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧

My Thoughts: this is book 3 in the Alchemy series and let me tell you they just get better and better!

I won’t lie, this one took me a little bit longer to get into, but that’s because to begin with I didn’t like Anton as a character, he was cocky and arrogant, but now having read the whole book I can see that that was fine intentionally.. I love a book where the man falls first & believe me when I say he falls hard!

But when Gen puts up a no touching rule he has to find other ways to make her realise how good they could be together and boy does he do that 🥵🔥

I really enjoyed getting to know Gen as a character and watch her discover the freedom she had with Anton to tell her exactly what she wanted with no judgement and no shaming, he just absolutely worships her and the ground she walks on.

I don’t want to say too much, but this one is spicy, I’ve read books that have had scenes similar to the ones that Elodie has written in this book that felt forced, and cringy and weird, Elodie had found a way to make it feel right, almost reaching the limit of what’s comfortable but finding a way for the reader to enjoy it.

I loved watching the big bad Wolff become Gens big cuddly teddy bear, I could definitely read more about those 2, I wasn’t ready for it to end!

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Hi 👋🏼 today is my stop on the tour for Blood Sisters by Rebecca Frost & I have a spotlight for you where I tell you all about the book and the author. Thank you to Zoé at Zooloos Book Tours for organising it and inviting me to take part.

Pages: 351

Synopsis: For almost a decade now, Brent Wright has been in prison for the murder of seven women – unless the surviving twin sister of one of his victims is right and Brent didn’t kill anyone at all.

She goes to Brent’s sister in her last attempt to prove that Brent didn’t kill Sunni. 

In fact, Sunni’s alive … and she’s the real murderer behind everything. 

If the theory is true, Sunni is dangerous and they should leave well enough alone, but neither sister will be entirely satisfied until they find out for certain.

About The Author:

Rebecca Frost is a published academic who researches and writes about serial killers. Her dissertation was about the history of written true crime in the United States. She is the author of three books published through McFarland on Jack the Ripper, H.H. Holmes, and Making a Murderer, is currently under contract for two books about the works of Stephen King, one through McFarland and one through Lexington. She is also the author of Psychological Thriller Not Your Mary Sue published through Aesthetic Press. BLOOD SISTERS is her second published title through Aesthetic Press. Rebecca uses her research into both real and fictional serial killers in order to realistically craft her own murderous characters.

If you like the sound of this is can be bought here!

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