Well all bets were off this week, as I stood a snowball in hells chance of reading more than I acquired. With two book events in 4 days and one of those guaranteed to include free books it was a lost cause. <\/p>\n
My first event last Saturday was Stockport Noir, a new crime festival and it was fabulous. Very well planned and organised with great guests in excellently balanced panels. So, a shout out to Chris McDonald and Serenity Booksellers for doing a cracking job. I haven\u2019t had time to do a write up but I read a very good review by @puzzledoctor that you can see here.<\/a> It was that good, I\u2019ve already bought my ticket for next year. On the book buying front, it was very good too. As my crime reading is actually at an all time low, I largely for my OH. As luck would have it, all of the books that he would have wanted he\u2019s already read as I\u2019ve previously bought them. I\u2019m going to cheat here and not add the book from my goody bag as I won\u2019t read it. I did however buy the latest in the Cesare Aldo series<\/em> by DV Bishop as it\u2019s a series I\u2019d like to read. My OH does not normally read historical crime but he\u2019s now read and enjoyed the first two, so that\u2019s a massive recommendation.<\/p>\n My second event I\u2019ve already talked about, the fabulous TeamBATC2025showcase<\/a>, so you can go back and read about that should you want to. For those that have seen it, you know already how big the book pile was. What I probably forgot to mention was that all the authors present signed their books, so that means they\u2019ll have a permanent place on a bookshelf. Slight problem at the minute though, I\u2019ve run out of shelf space!! The day I travelled down to London coincided with drop day for Brynne Weaver\u2019s Scythe and Sparrow<\/strong>. I listened to the previous book in the series, because it\u2019s co-narrated by the wonderful Eric Nolan, happily so is this one so it had to be bought. Cheekily, last month I signed my OH up for an Audible offer of 3 months for 99p, so this was an absolute steal for 99p. <\/p>\n Needless, to say none of the above stopped me from acquiring more Kindle books so sit tight, it\u2019s going to be a long post!<\/p>\n On the reading front, I\u2019m still with brother\u2019s (sort of). I finished the third in the Walsh Family series and moved back to ice hockey players, who were more a band of brothers, rather than literally being related. I\u2019d already read the first two in Lulu Moore\u2019s New York Players<\/em> series and as I had the rest patiently waiting on my Kindle, I decided to finish it. The joy of binge reading a series is that you get involved in the little bubble of the character\u2019s world and become invested in the side characters that will hopefully get their own story. As the last book was written in 2023, and Ms Moore has published other books outside this series, it looks like I might never see Brogan and Carter finding love. Never the less, a fun series featuring over-sexed, over-paid hockey gods, brought to their knees by falling in love. Word of warning, another spicy series if that\u2019s not your thing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Books Acquired<\/strong><\/p>\n Books Read<\/strong><\/p>\n Books Purchased<\/strong><\/p>\n A Divine Fury by DV Bishop (\u00a39.99)<\/strong><\/p>\n A religious serial killer is haunting Florence and only Cesare Aldo can stop them.\u00a0A Divine Fury<\/em>\u00a0is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Italy.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018Full of dash and atmosphere\u2019 \u2013\u00a0The Times<\/em><\/p>\n Florence. Autumn, 1539.<\/p>\n Cesare Aldo was once an officer for the city\u2019s most feared criminal court. Following a period of exile, he is back \u2013 but demoted to night patrol, when only the drunk and the dangerous roam the streets.<\/p>\n Chasing a suspect in the rain, Aldo discovers a horrifying scene beneath Michelangelo\u2019s statue of David. Lifeless eyes gaze from the face of a man whose body has been posed as if crucified. It\u2019s clear the killer had religious motives.<\/p>\n When more bodies appear, Aldo believes an unholy murderer is stalking the citizens of Florence. Watching. Hunting. Waiting for the perfect moment to strike again . . .<\/p>\n The Ivy House by Laura-Elise Bishop (free)<\/strong><\/p>\n Kate Barton is a woman who gets what she wants. Fresh out of university, she\u2019s secured her dream job as a jewellery designer. However, it involves returning to her imposing family home, The Ivy House and the chaos she left there. When she falls for a tall, dark, mysterious stranger, she\u2019s shocked to learn that he\u2019s linked to every part of her life.<\/p>\n Alex Compson is a man who never sits still. Clever, secretive, but vulnerable, he\u2019s built a fortress around his heart. A chance encounter with a beautiful woman forces him out of his comfort zone and deeper into her life.<\/p>\n The Ivy House itself is forbidding and protective of its inhabitants, with the power to tear relationships apart, or secure them forever. With both Kate and Alex keeping secrets from each other, which threaten to collapse their relationship, will the house come to their rescue or force them apart?<\/p>\n Sinful Enemy by Vivian Wood (free)<\/strong><\/p>\n Kate never meant to marry billionaire playboy Luca Leone. He wasn\u2019t looking for love, but he had an offer she couldn\u2019t refuse.<\/strong><\/p>\n Waking up married to Luca after a wild, drunken night was the last thing she expected. He might have been the hottest guy she knew, but he was also insufferable. Once the haze wore off, Luca made her a proposition: stay married until his ex\u2019s wedding. In return, he\u2019d cover the cost of saving her home.<\/p>\n Sharing a home, stolen glances, and moments of undeniable chemistry made it harder and harder to resist him. It seemed simple\u2026 until the lines between fake and real began to blur.<\/p>\n Could Kate make it through two months of wedded \u201cbliss\u201d without falling for the man she swore she couldn\u2019t stand? Or would their arrangement leave her with more than just a broken heart?<\/p>\n Tropes: Billionaire romance, accidental marriage, fake relationship, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, grumpy\/sunshine, spicy.<\/p>\n Unromance by Erin Connor (99p)<\/strong><\/p>\n Sawyer Greene is done with romance.<\/strong><\/p>\n Once a bestselling author of the genre, she\u2019s been left with nothing but heartbreak and bitterness.<\/p>\n Mason West is a hopeless romantic.<\/strong><\/p>\n He has a habit of falling in love with all the wrong people. So when the two find themselves stuck in a lift together, Sawyer is determined this will not be their meet cute.<\/p>\n But the universe has other plans.<\/strong><\/p>\n Sawyer and Mason make a plan to cure him of his hopeless romanticism, her of her writer\u2019s block. It\u2019s simple. Sawyer will become the romcom love interest of Mason\u2019s dreams and ruin romance for him one trope at a time\u2026<\/p>\n There\u2019s just one rule: do\u00a0<\/strong>not<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0fall in love.<\/strong><\/p>\n What could go wrong?<\/p>\n Scythe and Sparrow by Brynne Weaver. Audiobook narrated by Eric Nolan and Samantha Brentmoor (Audible offer \u2013 99p)<\/strong><\/p>\n Murder.<\/strong><\/p>\n Mayhem.<\/strong><\/p>\n And spice.<\/strong><\/p>\n Doctor Fionn Kane is running from a broken heart, one he hopes to mend in small-town Nebraska, far away from his almost-fiance and his derailed surgical career. It\u2019s a simpler life: head down, hard work, and absolutely no romantic relationships. He wants none of the circus he left behind in Boston.<\/p>\n But then the real circus finds him.<\/p>\n Motorcycle performer Rose Evans has spent a decade on the road with the Silveria Circus, and it suits her just fine, especially when she has the urge to indulge in a little murder when she\u2019s not in the spotlight. But when a kill goes awry and she ends up with an injured leg, Rose finds herself stuck in Nebraska, at the home of the adorably nerdy town doctor.<\/p>\n The problem is, not every broken heart can be sewn back together.<\/p>\n . . . And the longer you stay in one place, the more likely your ghosts are to catch up.<\/p>\n Same Time Next Week by Milly Johnson<\/strong> (Showcase Hbck \u2013 due 27th February)<\/strong><\/p>\n Welcome to Spring Hill, home to a square of independent shops and cafes, a thriving local community and nearby the newest venture, Ray\u2019s Diner. Here a group of women meet once a week over a cup of something warming.<\/strong> The Golden Hour by Kate Lord Brown (Showcase ARC \u2013 due Apl) <\/strong><\/p>\n The Golden Hour<\/em>\u00a0is an epic dual timeline story which interweaves glory-seeking desert archaeologists, priceless treasures, Nefertiti\u2019s tomb and the decadent cabarets of WW2 Cairo with restless expat lives in bohemian Beirut.\u00a0 Wild About You by Sophie Loxton (Showcase ARC \u2013 due May)<\/strong> <\/p>\n She\u2019s had enough of saying yes. But what if someone drives her wild enough to change her mind\u2026?<\/strong> Book Boyfriend by Lucy Vine (Showcase ARC \u2013 due June)<\/strong><\/p>\n Jemma\u00a0has lived a thousand lives through books. The only life she isn\u2019t living is her own.<\/strong> Let\u2019s Make a Scene by Laura Wood (Showcase ARC \u2013 due July)<\/strong><\/p>\n Their story might be scripted, but the chemistry is real.<\/strong><\/p>\n When Cynthie Taylor gets her first real acting job, starring in a small British movie, she is over the moon. There\u2019s only one problem . . . Cynthie\u2019s arrogant and annoyingly handsome co-star Jack hates her, and the feeling is definitely mutual. While they may be at war behind the scenes, their on-screen chemistry is palpable, and the studio sees an opportunity \u2013 have the two young stars fake a romance that will charm fans and draw crowds.<\/p>\n Thirteen years later, Cynthie and Jack have successfully kept their promise to stay far away from one another, until a surprising offer comes to make a sequel to the cult classic that launched their careers. But there\u2019s a catch: they must also rekindle their pretend relationship . . . and this time there\u2019s a documentary crew following their every move.<\/p>\n Cynthie and Jack both desperately need this film to work, but can two ex-rivals ever really trust each other? And what happens when the roles they\u2019re playing start to feel all too real?<\/strong><\/p>\n Them Girls by Eva Verde (Showcase Manuscript Copy \u2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n Two sisters, a lifetime of secrets, and the chance to set the record straight\u2026<\/strong>Meet Goldie and Vee: sisters, dreamers, grafters. In their forties, both appear to have it all\u2026<\/p>\n Until Goldie finds the courage to leave Benedict. Once upon a time their faux marriage worked, but when the magnetic Wolfie comes on the scene, her world of pretending falls apart.<\/p>\n Vee\u2019s neat world is spiraling, too. Since her ex-husband Jamie started dating Julia her cruel school bully, Vee\u2019s long-buried insecurities are out of control. She needs to get away, and fast.<\/p>\n So when Goldie suggests a holiday in France, Vee leaps at the idea. A curiously well-timed invitation \u2013 just as speculations around Goldie\u2019s brilliantly brief pop career back in the nineties are beginning to resurface. Escaping\u2019s one thing, but nothing stays secret forever, and as Vee and Goldie\u2019s unresolved pasts make surprise returns, the stories them girls once told themselves begin to look very different\u2026<\/p>\n A raw and real portrayal of two sisters, the lives they left behind and the lives they want to lead,\u00a0<\/strong>Them Girls<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is bold and immediate and deals with themes of identity, class and the corruption of power . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n Bea\u2019s Book Wagon by Julie Haworth (Showcase ARC \u2013 due Oct)<\/strong><\/p>\n This next chapter is just the beginning of her story.<\/strong> City Girls Forever by Patricia Scanlan (Showcase ARC \u2013 due March)<\/strong><\/p>\n The\u00a0City Girls<\/strong>\u00a0are back!\u00a0And as City Girl, Devlin Delaney\u2019s iconic gym and spa, prepares to mark a big anniversary, Devlin and her best friends Caroline and Maggie are looking forward to a\u202ffabulous<\/em>\u202fparty where they can all put their problems behind them and celebrate.\u00a0Devlin\u2019s\u202fpast has returned to haunt her, with a\u00a0shocking<\/em>\u00a0revelation. But she\u2019s strong and her beloved\u202fLuke\u202fhas her back.\u202f\u00a0Caroline\u202fis facing up to issues she\u2019s long suppressed, with the help of a man who\u2019s becoming more than a friend. Will happiness\u00a0finally<\/em>\u00a0be hers?\u00a0Maggie\u2019s\u202ffamily is driving her mad. Her ex,\u202fTerry,\u202fand their daughter don\u2019t get on,\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0she\u2019s made an alarming discovery about her elderly mother\u2019s financial affairs. She wants to run far, away.\u00a0Sparks are going to fly, and some people are going to get a\u202flot<\/em>\u202fmore than they bargained for! \u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n Probably Nothing by Lauren Bravo (Showcase ARC \u2013 pbk due March)<\/strong><\/p>\n Bryony doesn\u2019t actually mind being single. So she doesn\u2019t understand why she keeps seeing (ok, sleeping with) Ed, who is perfectly fine, but also only okay. After developing the ick on their fifth date, she resolves to end things \u2013 only to receive a call the next day telling her Ed has died.\u00a0<\/p>\n Worse yet, he seems to have represented her to his family and friends as his great love. Obviously, it would be cruel to correct them. Then she\u2019s invited to the funeral. It would be equally rude to refuse . . . right?\u00a0<\/p>\n Before she knows it, Bryony has been drawn in by the charisma and chaos of Ed\u2019s eccentric family and tangled in a web of her own lies. She\u2019s been guilted into signing up to his sister\u2019s pyramid scheme, she\u2019s in far too deep with several of his nearest and dearest \u2013 and to make matters worse she\u2019s experiencing a lot of physical symptoms that are becoming harder and harder to ignore . . .\u00a0<\/p>\n The Secrets of Dragonfly Lodge by Rachel Hore (Showcase ARC \u2013 due July)<\/strong><\/p>\n Secrets from the past, unravelling in the present\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Uncovering secrets that span generations, Rachel Hore delivers intriguing, involving and emotive narrative reading group fiction like few other writers can.<\/p>\n Nancy Foster has harboured a devastating secret that shattered her professional and personal life.\u00a0 On meeting her, journalist Stef Lansdown realizes that she has the power to restore Nancy\u2019s reputation and to heal the wounds, if only Nancy will trust her. But someone else wants to get to the bottom of the story first, someone who doesn\u2019t want it to be told.\u00a0<\/p>\n Set in the beautiful environs of the Norfolk Broads in 2010, and in London in the \u201940s and \u201850s, when life for career-driven women was so different,\u00a0The Secrets of Dragonfly Lodge<\/em>\u00a0is\u00a0Sunday Times<\/em>\u00a0multi-million copy bestselling author Rachel Hore\u2019s utterly compelling new novel, interweaving the past and the present.\u00a0<\/p>\n Unloved by Peyton Corinne (Showcase pbk)<\/strong><\/p>\n The highly anticipated follow-up to the TikTok sensation\u00a0Unsteady\u00a0<\/em>which\u00a0follows hopeless romantic Ro and player \u2013 on and off the ice \u2013 Freddy as they form an unexpected bond.<\/strong><\/p>\n Matt \u2018Freddy\u2019 Fredderic is all smiles \u2013 at least on the surface. On the ice, he\u2019s the star left winger for the Waterfell Wolves with a stellar reputation in bed. But in the classroom, he\u2019s retaking failed classes and struggling with dyslexia, dyscalculia and ADHD. Now tied to a National Hockey League contract upon graduation, Freddy needs help to pass biology.<\/p>\n Ro Shariff has a history of terrible luck in love \u2013 and now, she is Freddy\u2019s tutor. Trying to convince herself that she\u2019s very happy with her on-again\/off-again boyfriend, Ro is desperate for real affection. As her tutoring sessions with Freddy lead to late-night phone calls and an understanding of each other\u2019s pains, a friendship emerges between them. And, inevitably, a wistful secret pining hidden by them both.<\/p>\n Together, they will show each other how easy it is to love the right person, no matter their flaws.<\/p>\n Best Summer Ever by Heidi Swain (Showcase ARC \u2013 due Apl)<\/strong><\/p>\n Summer is in full swing when Daisy drives back into Wynmouth in her almost-clapped-out car, having left both her most recent job and the man her parents thought she was going to marry. Coming home could be just what she needs to move her life on. \u00a0<\/p>\n At Wynbrook Manor, things are in disarray. Owner Algy isn\u2019t getting any younger, and Daisy\u2019s mum Janet, housekeeper at the manor, spends her days running around after him, while Daisy\u2019s dad\u00a0Robin, the gardener, has been let down by the person he had lined up to take care of the new cut-flower garden.<\/p>\n As Daisy tries to find her place at Wynbrook and in the village, she\u2019s drawn to summer visitor Josh. But when he turns out to be not the person he appears to be, will the spark between them fizzle out? And with it, the chances of this turning into the best summer ever?<\/p>\n A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole (Showcase pbk)<\/strong><\/p>\n Half vampire, half valkyrie, Emmaline spent her entire life hidden among the Lore in New Orleans surrounded by the loving, yet overbearing coven who raised her. All Emmaline wanted was a trip to Paris \u2013 a chance to investigate her parents\u2019 mysterious deaths there all those years ago. But one crowded city night, she\u2019s knocked off her feet by a striking werewolf. He\u2019s towering, intimidating, and infuriatingly seductive. And he won\u2019t let her go.<\/p>\n The Lykae King, Lachlain MacRieve, has been imprisoned in the catacombs beneath Paris for over 150 years by his sworn vampire enemies, but the scent of his Fated Mate on the streets above gives him the strength to finally escape from his subterranean prison. Lachlain has waited for her for centuries, and the last thing he expects is the bewitching vampire mix who seems to want only to escape his grasp. Yet he knows only she can soothe the fury within him and he\u2019s determined to make her his by the next full moon.<\/p>\n As Lachlain convinces the hesitant but fiery Emma to accompany him to his ancestral home in Scotland, the pair will come up against ruthless creatures, ancient evil, and the irrevocable pull of Fate. Will their desire deepen into a love that can bring a warrior to his knees and turn Emma into the fighter she was born to be?<\/p>\n Title<\/strong><\/p>\n Steamy meets sweet when the Campbell family and a romance book club collide! Join the club and get your Happy Ending.\u00a0USA Today<\/em>\u00a0Bestselling Series!<\/strong><\/p>\n The Happy Endings Book Club Boxed Set includes three full-length novels: Hidden Hollywood, Inviting Trouble, and So Revealing.<\/p>\n Hidden Hollywood<\/strong> He\u2019s on top\u2026 Sometimes a Happy Ending is just the beginning.<\/p>\n Inviting Trouble<\/strong> Ten years later, no man has ever gotten close to her heart the way Park did. And now that he\u2019s back, the very unfeminine Madison refuses to blow her second chance. But when her bold attempts to snag his attention (\u201cOops! 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Clara has always run away from her problems, but this might finally be one she can\u2019t escape.<\/strong>
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Everyone wants to know what happened to Clara in America\u00a0\u2013 but Clara isn\u2019t talking. Instead she\u2019s focusing all her energy obsessing over a hot new actor, starring in the TV adaptation of her twin Jemma\u2019s favourite book. Soon, Clara is reading every interview, trawling his social media, and following him to showbiz parties in the hopes he\u2019ll notice she\u2019s The One.
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As the sisters fall hard for two men they\u2019ve never met, it\u2019s time to ask the question: Can either relationship survive the real world?<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71id9X3MRLL._SY466_.jpg\")
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Set in the fictional Sussex village of Blossom Heath, and featuring characters you will know and love from Julie Haworth\u2019s RNA Katie Fforde Debut of the Year\u00a0Always By Your Side<\/em>\u00a0and follow up\u00a0New Beginnings at The Cosy Cat Caf\u00e9<\/em>,\u00a0Bea\u2019s Book Wagon<\/em>\u00a0is a cosy, uplifting and comforting romance that tells the story of two love-interest hero\u2019s vying for Bea\u2019s heart \u2013 her artisan-cheesemaking childhood sweetheart and a knock-you-off-your-feet property developer. After impulsively jacking in her dead-end temp job and investing her life savings in a ramshackle old horsebox, Bea sets about turning her dream of running a bookshop into a reality, and opens Bea\u2019s Book Wagon. But it\u2019s not all smooth sailing, and as Bea struggles with the challenges of running her own small business, she can only hope that her love of literature and the power of reading can help transform the lives of her friends, her community and herself in the process.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41EDAmRKyxL._SY445_SX342_.jpg\")
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When superstar actress Claire Jordan researched her role for the Fierce Trilogy movies, she never expected the bond she feels with the author and her romance book club aka The Happy Endings Book Club. Soon Claire finds herself confessing her secret longing for a regular guy\u2014no more egocentric wealthy players\u2014and the book club is all too ready to help. In disguise as a regular girl, she\u2019s all set for a date with book-club-approved Josh Campbell.<\/p>\n
Billionaire tech CEO Jake Campbell is weary of gold-digging women, especially the glamorous superficial types. So when his identical twin, Josh, calls in a favor, asking Jake to step in as him on a date, Jake figures one of Josh\u2019s cute girl-next-door types might be just what he needs. One night of passion with the sweet girl next door leaves Jake wanting more, except she seems to have vanished.<\/p>\n
Madison Campbell has worshipped her older brother\u2019s best friend, Parker Shaw, for as long as she can remember. So the night before he leaves for the Air Force, she decides he\u2019s leaving town with her virginity. All she has to do is transform her tomboy self into a sexy woman with a bit of borrowed makeup and some creative fashion choices. The results? One drunken kiss that Park doesn\u2019t even remember.<\/p>\n
The last thing Charlotte Vega needs is a cocky HOT stuntman like Ty Campbell in her life. But when he pulls the ultimate stunt\u2014a sexy romantic gesture that ends with a charming invitation to a sunset dinner cruise\u2014she finds him impossible to resist. Cue disaster.<\/p>\n
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