Posts Tagged ‘book reviews’
My April 2024 reads
April brought another fabulous – and varied – month month in books. I started the month off with a classic author, Elizabeth Gaskell, a friend and contemporary of Charles Dickens, who published her novels serially in his literary magazines. I had never read her novella of the Salem Witch Trials and enjoyed this interesting recounting…
Read MoreMy March 2024 reads
Another month accompanied by another great stack of books. My stack was – ahem – a little slimmer this month because I had to read my own work. I’m revising my next novel before it goes to my editor, to be released this autumn. As any writer will tell you, reading novels by other authors…
Read MoreMy February 2024 reads
Another month, another great stack of books. I started off the month in Britain, with two psychological thrillers. First I followed the lives of a financially struggling heart recipient and the wealthy family whose daughter’s death provide the needed heart. As the heart recipient and donor’s family grow closer, the twists and turns go hard…
Read MoreBook Review : The Patient
Pleased to be invited on this Bookouture Book Launch tour for the new thriller, The Patient, by Teri Terry. This novel, released 13 February, was a fast-paced, page-turning psychological thriller. This novel is told through the perspectives of two protagonists. Saphy is a young woman in her late twenties, living in London. Saphy’s life…
Read MoreMy January 2024 Reads
New year, and another great month in books. I started off the month on my way to a luxurious destinataion wedding, but got lost in a blinding snowstorm in Germany. After having found shelter in a Bavarian ghost town, strange things began happening. And then the bodies started appearing. Next I journeyed to a quiet…
Read MoreMidwest Review editorial review for Rome’s Last Noble Palace
I’m always thrilled to get a good editorial review from the excellent Midwest Book Review. Here, below is the full review that went live on their site this month, for my newest release, Rome’s Last Noble Palace: Rome’s Last Noble Palace follows the lives of two different women who live in different centuries. There’s 1896…
Read More#BooksMakeGreatGifts – consider these WFWA-authored novels for your holiday shopping
Couldn’t agree more that #BooksMakeGreatGifts. Are you looking for that perfect holiday read for that special bookworm in your life? Look no further. I’ve never gone wrong reading novels by Women’s Fiction Writers Association (WFWA) authors. Here are the WFWA author novels I’ve read in in 2023, alongside my reviews, here below. In 2023, I…
Read MoreMy November 2023 reads
Another month, another great journey through books. My November started out following American Wallis Simpson who moves to London with her second husbands and shifts from standing on the sidelines of glamorous parties to a position of power as the lover of the Prince of Wales. As someone who never spared a kind thought for…
Read MoreMy October 2023 reads
Another month, another stack of great books. Once again, I was transported around the world through my reading. October began for me alongside the overinvolved ballet moms of a California dance school as they pushed their daughters to win an exclusive scholarship with the Ballet de Paris Academie. Next, I was snowed in at a…
Read MoreMy new novel, Rome’s Last Noble Palace, is available for request on NetGalley
It’s October now, which means we’re much closer to Halloween and the haunting season. So it’s the perfect time to announce my upcoming novel is now up and avaiable for request at NetGalley. Unlike my earlier novels, this story has a ghostly element … so may be worth a pre-Halloween read! I am very excited…
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