B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsanxiety / Christmas / counselor / depression / First-Person / mental health / mergers / rivals to lovers / Yorkshire9 Comments
Ruby Oldbridge needs to learn to take her own advice. A talented counsellor at work in York, she is however floundering in her own life. Her romantic track record is woeful, her finances are in a pickle, and she’s back in a house-share after splitting up with her useless ex. ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / dysfunctional family / England / family relationships / farming / First-Person / second chance romance / sisters / Yorkshire8 Comments
Needing an escape, Dora swapped city living for life as a shepherdess on her grandad’s Yorkshire farm. More than a decade later Dora is still there, now farming the fifty acres and caring for the one hundred rare sheep by herself. She never hears the call of the city, but ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsbeta hero / Contemporary / divorcee / England / First-Person / mothers and daughters / Seasons by the Sea seriesComments Off on REVIEW: The Country Escape by Jane Lovering
Welcome to the idyllic country retreat of Christmas Steepleton, and let Jane Lovering whisk you away with the most heart-warming, romantic and comforting read of the year. Leaving London and her ex-husband Luc behind, Katie and her 14-year-old daughter Poppy move into their very own, very ramshackle cottage near the ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsAustralian / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / England / family relationships / non binary / Seasons by the Sea series2 Comments
Summer by the sea – a time to spread your wings, right? Leah has come to Dorset to collect seaweed samples for a nutrition research project. She’s trying to leave behind a disastrous family life, and is haunted by the death of her best friend, Claire, on whom she relied ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsChristmas / Contemporary / England / grief / holiday novella / Widowed Heroine3 Comments
What if the memories of Christmas past were getting in the way of Christmas future? It’s been nearly two years since Harriet lost Jonno, but she’s finally decided that it’s time to celebrate Christmas again. Then she finds a stash of graphic novels belonging to her comic book-loving husband in ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsactor / Christmas / Contemporary / dog / England / Seasons by the Sea series3 Comments
Christmas by the sea – that sounds romantic, right? Tansy Merriweather is down on her luck. She’s lost her business and her relationship, and instead of a glamorous London apartment, her home is now a campervan on a Dorset beach. And as if things couldn’t get any worse, a scruffy ... more >