The Stallion and His Peculiar Boy

The Stallion and His Peculiar Boy

By M.J. Evans

Genre:-Young Adult/Adult Historical Fiction 

Blurb:-"The exquisite blend of historical fact and intricate details about Autism are wound into a novel replete with much attraction, making for a highly recommended pick," Midwest Book Review

"Evans brings history to life in this fictional account, one so rich in detail and realism that you are enfolded in the fabric of the story." Readers' Favourite Review.

 World War II is raging.  Hitler is hiding away the world's most beautiful purebred horses in a little village in Czechoslovakia Lipizzaners. Thoroughbreds, are the prize Polish Arabians are being used in his experiments to create the perfect war horse. A peculiar twelve-year-old boy from the village named Teodor becomes the groom for one of those special horses-Witez II, one of the most famous Arabian stallions of all time. Witez, helps the boy face his challenges and find his voice at a time when little is known about the condition now called "Autism."

 In the closing days of the war, Teodor flee the only home ha has ever known, with Witez, to escape the oncoming Soviet Army. To stay would mean the loss of his horse to hungry soldiers. Together, they seek refuge in America, where new life awaits them both. Told in part through the fictional character of Teodor and sensitive to his therapeutic and devoted bond with Witez over the years, The Stallion and His Peculiar Boy blends the suspense of a World War II military rescue operation with the subsequent challenges of resettlement in a new land.

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Fall Hard (Sn City#2)

📖 Fall Hard (Sun City #2) by Jade Church
Genre: NA Romance/ College Romance
Expected Publication Date: March 3rd, 2023

✨Blurb
Falling in love with your best friend sucks—especially when they don’t love you back.
Liv needs help, and Bryn is determined to give it to her. After a night out ends in a whole lot of embarrassment for Liv, she is faced with the fact that she might need some assistance in getting over her best friend and roommate, Jamie.
When Bryn is forced to temporarily move in with Jamie and Liv, a night of drinking results in a possibly disastrous deal: All of Liv’s decisions are now in Bryn’s hands. The goal? Operation fall-out-of-love.
But when sparks start to fly between the two women, they have to wonder if maybe their plan worked a little too well.
After all, nothing hurts like love.

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Fighting Green

 

Fighting Green

By Kate Foley

Genre:- Saga

Blurb:- Going back to your past can be harder than you imagine

Liz Green is desperate for a change. The Dot-Com boom is raging in the City of London, and she feels exhausted and out of her depth. Added to that, her long-term boyfriend, Sean O'Connor, is drinking too much and shows signs of going off the rails. Determined to start anew, Liz abandons both Sean and her job, and buys a near-derelict house in Ireland to renovate.

 She moves to Thomastown where she renews old ties and makes new ones, including two lawyers who become rivals for her affection. When Sean's attempt to win her back goes disastrously wrong, Liz finishes with him for good. Finding herself almost penniless, and forced to seek new ways to survive, Liz is torn between making a fresh start and going back to her old loves. Her options diminish as the problems mount, and she doesn't know who to trust anymore.

Can Liz make a go of her new life, and maybe find a second chance romance?

This is the third book in the Green Family Saga. If you like drama and romance in an Irish setting, you'll love this follow up to Africa Green.

Buy it now and immerse yourself in a good read.

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My Review:- This is book 3 in the Green Family Saga. Liz has had enough of the Dot-Com and has decided she's going to move back to Ireland and buy's a house. She's been through so much and she can see Sean turning into his dad, Brian O'Connor who was an alcoholic. Is this the end of Sean and her or when he turns up in Ireland will he decide to stop the drinking and fight for her.  Liz is a strong independent woman, and  she doesn't always trust people, especially men. I have to say I was like Liz on who to trust and who to stay away from. I will be reading the other two books in the Green Family Saga, Africa Green and Rebel Green. 

A Cursed Throne

👑second chances

👑dark play

👑friends to enemies to lovers

👑close proximity

👑suspense & steam

👑ancient order

👑"you belong to me" vibes

👑feisty FMC

👑j/p MMC

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 A Cursed Thone

By D.M. Simmons

Genre:- Why Choose/Dark Romance

Blurb:-I am my mother's daughter. Princess, born to an angel. Who also happens to be The Queen of Hell, and Leader of the Legion, the group of fallen angels that divided Heaven.

 But I am also my father's progeny. Daughter of a daemon. Sired when his blood was half mortal after the Devil shot him and tried to claim my mother.

 The spirit of Heaven, fires of Hell, and blood of mankind runs through my veins, along with the destiny to either rule or destroy those kingdoms. The crown I was born with is heavy. My powers, beyond that which created the universe. But neither have ever felt a burden thanks to Declan, Kai, and Luca.

For as long as I can remember it's been the four of us. One mortal, two children of the Fallen, and an heir like no other. Bound by an unconventional childhood, we were best friends, and they were my world. But in the blink of an eye they were gone, cutting me out of their life as if I never mattered at all.

 So I did what I had to do, I left them, and our shared world behind, and started a new one, Keeping their three traitorous hearts, far from my own.

 It's been three years since the last time we saw each other, and I haven't forgotten or forgiven, It's time to come home and get even.

 Angel, daemon, mortal...the blood of all three is in me, I am the heir of each bloodline. But when it comes to power, there is none greater than a heart scorned.

A Cursed Throne is a why-choose romance, meaning the main female character gains multiple love interests over the course of the series

 This series has dark elements and themes that may be triggering for some readers, including strong language and sexual situations.

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Bliss and Other Stories

Bliss and Other Stories

By Katherine Mansfield

Genre:-Classic Fiction

Format:- Audiobook Immersive Experience

Blurb:-Loved by Ali Smith and envied by Virginia Woolf, in her short life, Katherine Mansfield wrote many stories that would end up among the most important works of modernist and feminist literature. In these innovative and captivating short stories, you'll find a housewife's sexual and emotional awakening, an actress's desperate search for work, and other vivid moments crafted in fine detail and shapely-drawn characters.

 Audrey Guide, Sophie Corser is an academic and researcher of modern and contemporary women's writing. In the guide to Bliss and Other Stories she shares juicy facts about Mansfield's own  short but productive life, literary insights into the short story form, discussion questions provoked by the stories, beautiful images and as in all Audrey guides, a brilliant playlist.

With hand-drawn illustrations by Rosie leech.

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My Review:-I remember reading Katherine Mansfield stories many years ago and when I was asked to review Bliss and Other Stories Audio I was only to happy. I loved that you could listen to one or two stories, then leave it for a few days and then listen to another as these weren't to long but also not to short that you don't get the whole story. I did listen to a few of these while waiting for my appointment at the hospital. I found the narrator was clear and I loved how she went from one character to another will no problem, she pulled you into the story as it went along. 

Three Little Angels

Three Little Angels

By Keith Wright

Genre:- Crime Fiction

Pages:-305

Blurb:-In 1978 witnessing a tragic accident as a child leaves Benny Smith scarred for many years. In 1987 he is suddenly and unexpected released from the mental heath institution that had been his home for almost a decade.

 Haunted by the incident and lacking sufficient support, his condition takes him to dark places in the corners of his mind, igniting a curious fascination. There is something specific he craves which can only be satiated if he sees young people die.

 Nottingham CID are puzzled when two children accidentally die in unusual and identical circumstances and only a day apart. Something isn't right.

Detective Inspector Stark is suffering from his own demons and when he takes charge of this case, he realises that he and the killer have something in common.

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My Review:- This is book 8 in the The Inspector Stark Series. When I first seen the cover and started reading this book, I thought the Three Little Angels were Benny, Chip and little Franky but as I read more of the story I found out they weren't. There are a few twists and turns in the story which I didn't expect. I like how the author brought mental health into his story with DI Stark and Benny. Stark new what Benny was going through because of his past and this helped to save Benny's life. I finally found the Three Little Angels on the cover. I will be looking out for more books by Keith Wright

Dear Bumbling Boy

 

Dear Bumbling Boy

By Jenny Dee

Genre:- Non-Fiction

Blurb:- What started out as a joke ("This is entertaining; you should write a book about your dating gone wrong") turned into a reality the moment I took a class on character development and realized that my bumbled and blundered online dating experiences were merely research opportunities for future book characters.

 From scammers and sexual predators to Mr. Nice Guys and heart stealers, I've gathered enough material to inspire all kinds of literary personalities - while laughing and learning about men and myself along the way. A tongue-in-cheek expose about my online dating mishaps awaits. 

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My Review:- The first thing I liked about the book was the bright colourful cover. This book is a must for anyone wanting to do online dating and also if you want a good laugh. Jenny has filled the book with a collection of anecdotes and the way she has wrote about each character is great.  You won't believe some of the characters that she came across, a mayor with a second home in a lake community with random trivia-like knowledge, the sex-obsessed security guard and my favourite was someone who was 5'8' and asked if she wanted someone taller, as he'd wear high heels for her. Jenny has also said that she had ghosted men herself while trying the dating thing.

Identity Crisis

Identity Crisis (book 1 of the Arbiter Trilogy)

By Clayton Pulsipher

Genre:- Science Fiction-(Young Adult, Space Opera, Action & Adventure)

Blurb:- "Through the winds of change, we stand tall as trees."

 All Jag knows is life with his brother, Sixxis, on Rixxon Prime. But after trailing a group of strange visitors through the jungle-who, like Jag, are different from all the other Rixonniars-the brothers are swept up in a galactic conflict for beyond the confine of their primitive planet. 

 Aided by the mysterious Arbiters and their advanced technology, Jag and Sixxis travels to astounding new world as they assemble a team to stop the Prospectors' Guild from spreading chaos across the galaxy. But the further they unveil the conspiracy, the deeper they realize it goes. And the closer they get to the fiendish Advocate, the more they find undeniable connections to Jag's unknown past.

 Get ready to immerse yourself in an epic new universe on this fast-paced, action-packed adventure! Join Jag as he grapples with fate in search of his grand purpose-the truth behind his identity-and discover how he came to be here, 2.5 million light years away from his native home.

Don't hesitate-dive into book one of this new and exciting SciFi trilogy!

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The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers

The Hidden Lives of Taxi Drivers

By Ruth Finnegan

Genre:- Non-Fiction

Pages:-102

Blurb:-What do you know about taxi drivers? Not enough? Find out more here:

Discover what the Ten Commandments of St Fiacre and the 10 Commandments of Road Safety and all about. 

Discover the lives of taxi drivers: hidden in plain sight, here, there, and everywhere-sometimes, invisible!

 Learn the history that created taxi, Hackney carriages and all. Consider their urban setting with case studies, and interviews from Milton Keynes. And taxi drivers: who are they, where are they from how did they get here?

Trails, traumas and triumphs. What is "The Knowledge." What's new? All this......and more.

  Discover the real me behind the taxi driver. This accurate, meticulous, account of a down-to-earth subject like the taxi drivers in Milton Keynes unexpectedly leads into the deeper fathoms of the human soul.

 The organisation, origins, folklore, literature, history of taxis, and he 'parallel, universe' of their drivers lives and dreams. Your view of the familiar streets will be transformed!

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🚕My Reviews:- This book was interesting and I enjoyed history and the quirky facts that the author added. My Uncle had a taxi firm and my dad worked for him many years ago, so I grow up around the drivers and the taxi cars themselves. Back in those days most of the drivers were all middle to older age white driver but now it is a multi culture job. I like how the author did her researchv from taxi drivers themselves and the stories they told her. 

Firedawn

Firedawn

By Angela Wren

Genre:- Paranormal/Fantasy/Romance

Pages:- 321

Publisher:- Cayelle Publishing

Blurb:-A faceless evil moves in the shadows of Caelith....

Just when they're reunited, Poppy and Thorn are ripped apart, prevented from joining the firekind in the fight against the nephyl.  Captive in her father's house and battling for her life, Poppy comes face to face with the dangers of living in Caelith and a treacherous new elemental. Mysteriously, the firekind have disappeared, and she fears the worst.

 Unsure if Poppy is alive, Thom must journey perilous roads to Symsara, seeking help from his estranged sister. Katla might stab him in the back, but she's the key to navigating the sordid underworld hiding the information he needs.

 Above all, a threat beyond imagining, fuelled by the wiles of the nephyl, is posed to destroy Caelith and with it elemental kind. Against staggering odds, Thom and Poppy must join with dubious and unusual allies, pushing the boundaries of the possible to rescue their homeland before it's corrupted beyond saving.

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My Review:- This is book 2 in the Firekind series. Poppy and Thom are surrounded and there is no escape but why do they want them, even though Thom asks more than once, he's still doesn't know what is happening. Felix Paquin had ordered the capture of his daughter Poppy and hides her away at his home, While Thom is lying in bed in the medward in Caldys, not knowing where Poppy is, but he does know who has her. After a visit from Felix with someone or something that looks, sound and dresses like Poppy but he knows this is not her, so where can she be and will he find her. There are so many twists in this story you will not put it down. Trying to get back together Poppy and Thom both had their own battles to overcome as well as protecting their homeland. Once Thom and Poppy are back together their love is even stronger but will it last?  With Angela's (the author) description and the map at the beginning of the book, you can picture the story in your head. I love that Angela also added 'Firekind Terms' in the back of the book which helps you build the story even more.  

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Fighting Green

 

Fighting Green

By Kate Foley

Genre:- Saga

Blurb:- Going back to your past can be harder than you imagine

Liz Green is desperate for a change. The Dot-Com boom is raging in the City of London, and she feels exhausted and out of her depth. Added to that, her long-term boyfriend, Sean O'Connor, is drinking too much and shows signs of going off the rails. Determined to start anew, Liz abandons both Sean and her job, and buys a near-derelict house in Ireland to renovate.

 She moves to Thomastown where she renews old ties and makes new ones, including two lawyers who become rivals for her affection. When Sean's attempt to win her back goes disastrously wrong, Liz finishes with him for good. Finding herself almost penniless, and forced to seek new ways to survive, Liz is torn between making a fresh start and going back to her old loves. Her options diminish as the problems mount, and she doesn't know who to trust anymore.

Can Liz make a go of her new life, and maybe find a second chance romance?

This is the third book in the Green Family Saga. If you like drama and romance in an Irish setting, you'll love this follow up to Africa Green.

Buy it now and immerse yourself in a good read.

Thank you @Katefoleyauthor @lovebookstours #Ad #Gifted #BookTwitter #Bookstagram #Bookhive

My Review:- This is book 3 in the Green Family Saga. Liz has had enough of the Dot-Com and has decided she's going to move back to Ireland and buy's a house. She's been through so much and she can see Sean turning into his dad, Brian O'Connor who was an alcoholic. Is this the end of Sean and her or when he turns up in Ireland will he decide to stop the drinking and fight for her.  Liz is a strong independent woman, and  she doesn't always trust people, especially men. I have to say I was like Liz on who to trust and who to stay away from. I will be reading the other two books in the Green Family Saga, Africa Green and Rebel Green. 

This Isn't Working

This Isn't Working

By Catherine Altman Morgan

Genre:- nonfiction/self-help

Publisher:- Indigo River Publishing

Blurb:- The Great Resignation, the Great Reshuffling, and Quiet Quilting - clearly something is not right at work. Rates of stress, anxiety, and depression were skyrocketing before the Covid-19 pandemic. Tied to their smartphone 24/7, many people were overworking, measuring their self-worth and value by how busy they were. They compared their lives to the filtered lives of peers on social media. They worked in corporate cultures that didn't support employees, and they undervalued the importance of their own mental and physical health. 

 During the pandemic's height in 2020, many people were forced to stay at home. Some found themselves without a job at all; others had to learn to do their jobs remotely. It was during this "down time" that many people realized that busyness, overworking, overconsumption, avoidance, and numbing weren't helping. In fact, it was batshit crazy.

 In This Isn't Working! Evolving the Way we Work to Decrease Stress, Anxiety, and Depression, career transition expert Catherine Altman Morgan, explains why, we shouldn't be striving to get back to "normal," because normal wasn't all that great. Instead, we need to EVOLVE.

 Through her company, Point A to Point B Transitions Inc. Catherine has worked with many clients who suffer with physical and mental health issues caused by work-related stress. In this book she offers techniques and strategies to rethink how we live and work and start feeling better almost immediately.

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My Review:- I thought I would see if this book would help with my mental and physical help, and I was surprised with what I read. I did like the Strategies and Tools That work Wonders and Putting It Back Together. It's amazing how many of us would not let someone talk down or speak rudely to someone we love but we don't think the same when it comes to ourselves. This book will make you look at things differently.

The Drabidull

 The Drabidull

By Lisa Treasure

Genre:- Children's Picture Book

Pages:-32

Publisher:- Purple Parrot Publishing

Blurb:- The Drabidull is a plain little creature, he feels dull and really quite boring, and not special at all.  So he comes up with a plan to borrow from other creatures to make him colourful and sparkly.

Will his plan work or will the Drabidull  find that he is special after all?

 Thank you @hyggebooktours @lisatreasuretherapies @purpleparrotpublishing

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My Review:- When I first seen this book with a colourful cover and the most adorable creature on the front, I knew my grandchildren would love it. I loved how each page was as colourful as the next, the illustrations are beautiful and there is plenty to talk about. With the rhyming and repeated words it's great for reading together. I love the message that is told throughout the story, even when he had took something from everyone he still wasn't happy, but given back and loving himself did make him happy. This is a book that will be read over and over.

Shadows in the Aftermath

Shadows in the Aftermath

By Marianne Scott

Genre:- Suspense, Thriller

Pages:- 336

Publisher:- FriesenPress

Blurb:-Ruby Draker has found new strength, and is ready to move on after Felix Szaba devastated the Draker estate in Nice, France. Three Drakers are dead leaving Ruby in grief and with thoughts of revenge. The Drakers are  family built of survivors; each rescued from Felix Szaba a psychopath, who sought to murder his former agents at the CIA whom he believed betrayed him. The Drakers sole mission is to stop Szaba from adding more victims to his list, and although he also perished during the invasion his legacy continues to haunt them. When the Drakers learn that Robert Draker, presumed dead since the shoot-out at Robert's farmhouse, may be alive and at a rehab clinic in Portland, Maine, the Drakers know it could be a set up, but they have no choice but to try to find him and bring Robert home.

 Shocked that Robert may be alive after all, the family head from France to America to find him. It's only when they arrive in the west that they realize finding Robert won't be as easy as they thought.

 Szaba has found a way to  terrorize the Draker family, even after death. His outstanding dept with a Corsican crime family mean the Drakers must now find and deliver a shipment of plutonium,  which will likely be used by terrorists to create a nuclear bomb, to get Robert back. As Ruby struggles with the decision to save her brother or North America, she must also evade the CIA, who are trying to stop the Drakers from delivering the plutonium.

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My Review:- I have to say I was only to happy to review this book after reading and reviewing Finding Ruby Draker (review in my grid). You could read as a stand alone as it does tell a bit of book 1 but I would personally say read book1 first. After finding out that Robert might still be alive the Drakers have to find the truth. With the help from the Seniors, they go to find Robert, but it's not as straightforward as you might think. The Corsican family with Mateo at the head of the family has been promised plutonium by Felix, but now Felix is dead, time is running out for him. Mateo knows that the Drakers are the only people that can get the plutonium for him, so he has something he knows the Drakers will come looking for. There are many twists and turns in the story it will have you guessing, but will your guesses be right? Will the Drakers be able to find the plutonium or will it end with a bang?

 

Agent In The Shadows

 

Agent In The Shadows

By Alex Gerlis

Genre:- Crime Fiction

Pages:-352

Publisher:- Canelo

Blurb:- There's a traitor in the park... Who can you trust? The extraordinary final instalment of the Wolf Pack Series.

June, 1943. In Lyon, the capital of the French resistance, a secret meeting is held under orders from General de Gaulle. The objective is to unite all resistance fashions. The future of France is on the line.

 But when the meeting is raided by the Gestapo under Klaus Barbie, the Butcher of Lyon, The plan disintegrates and the leaders are captured. The movement has been betrayed. There is a traitor in Lyon.

 British undercover agents Jack Miller and Sophia van Naundorf are sent to France. They must find the informer and save the resistance. But the Gestapo is on the hunt. More traitors emerging from the shadows. The net is closing 

 This unmissable espionage thriller from modern master Alex Gerlis is perfect for readers of Alan Furst, Charles Cumming and Rory Clements.

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My Review:-This is the last book in the Wolf Pack series.  It 1943, Lyon, France, Sophia van Naundorf and Jack Miller are working undercover to help find the traitor, the most dangerous job they have done. The author has told the story with both fact and fiction which draws you in, making you feel like you are working along side the characters and keep you guess through all the twist in the story.  There is some historical context at the the beginning, as well as telling you what become of some of the characters at the end of the book.

The Bridge to Magic

The Bridge to Magic

By Alex Thornbury

Genre:-Fantasy-epic and high, for adults/YA16+

Pages:- 329

Blurb:- In the woods where magic and its guardians have been banished to the Deadlands, the Blight threatens the survival of mankind. Terren, the last remaining city stands alone against it's relentless advance. Ever closer draws the choice all must make - face the Blight or cross the Bridge to Magic,. But not everyone can survive the crossing.

 Elika, an orphan on Terren's streets hates and fears the bridge that spans the great chasm to the Deadlands. like everyone else, she clings to the hope that purging every lingering echo of magic from the Blight.

 Then she discovers that magic is hiding within her, and through her it seeks to enact the will of its own. Everything Elika knew about her past shatters, as long-buried secrets about her true birth emerge. Accused of being a mage, many doubt her loyalties. Her gang turns against her. The one man she thought she could trust and love, abandons her. Elika must soon decide; Either destroy the magic inside her or cross the bridge to her own uncertain end. But what awaits them in the Deadlands where the enemy of mankind roams wild? Her future or her end?

 The Bridge to Magic is a story of a life between two deaths and an impossible choice to make. It is a story of finding hope, love and survival in a world where none seems possible.

Thank you @lovebookstours @alexthornbury.author @kellyaLacey

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My Review:- The world is dying from past wars and the Blight. This magical being, a world of magic that everyone is trying to fight and eliminate. All Elika's life, courage had failed her, now Mite had left her and after facing the Blight she knew it was time to do the same with the Bridge of Magic.  

Elika shook off an in explicable pang of grief and rose to her feet. All around her was mist, under her feet was a path that she had to follow but where would it lead her?

I can't wait to see what Book 2 'The Rogue Mage@ has instore.

Misson in Malmo

 

Mission in Malmo By Torquil MacLead

Genre:- Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Pages:- 352

Publisher:-McNidder & Grace

Blurb:- Antia Sunstorm has only been with Chief Inspector Erik Moberg's Criminal Investigation Squad for a year when they have to tackle the aftermath of an armed robbery at a cash handling facility in Malmo. The raid has left one security guard dead and there is no sign of the stolen millions. Though the team make early progress, they soon become frustrated as the investigation stalls. Then a murder with a possible connection to the audacious heist only raises more questions than answers.

  In the present day Anita is just finding her feet as chief inspector. Her first big case is an old couple's apparent suicide pact, but if it is murder as she suspects, there seems to be no motive or suspects Complicating her life further is the arrival of an FBI agent whose mission is to track down a Swede accused of a murder in Chicago. as Anita Sandstorm's ninth mystery unfolds, the past comes back to haunt her.

  Can be read as a standalone...

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My Review:- This book is 9th in the series, but can be read as a stand alone. The story splits half way through, so we have two different timelines, 2006,  when Anita is a detective in CIS (Criminal Investigation Squad) there is a robbery at a cash handling depot, which millions going missing a death,  and we have the present when Anita is now the Chief Inspector of the Unit and looking at a suicide or a murder of an elderly couple .  A FBI  agent arrives and wants help from Anita's unit to track down a Swedish man accused of murder in Chicago, but also has a connection about the 2006 robbery, There are many twists in the story which I like. Watch out for a mysterious character with pockmarked features.

I will be grabbing the other in the series.

 

The De-Coding of Jo: Blade of Truth (Book 2) 

By LALI A.LOVE

Narrator:- Christa Rimmer

Audio Book Length:- 9hrs

Genre:- Science Fiction, Dark Fantasy, Paranormal, YA

Blurb:- Gaia is perishing. Methodically poisoned, she sounds the alarm and activates the StarSeed Quest to save planet Earth from the Wizard of Bondage, who is determined to hijack humanity's existence using psychic warfare.

 Roma, a Custodian of the Galaxy, is imprisoned on a remote island by dark forces loyal to the Wizard. She telepathically communicates with Jo to guide her perilous mission on a school trip to the Canary Islands. While jo and her friends learn the truth about the Ancient Galactic Wars, they are targeted by shapeshifting assassions and lured to a compound where Darkness reigns.

 Emotions, Reality, and Timelines collide as Jo is thrust into the centre of an epic cosmic reboot. Will the Blade of Truth devour her Soul? Will the balance between light and dark finally shift?

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My Review:- After reading and listening to book 1, I wanted to hear what a different narrator brought to the story, and Christa didn't disappoint me. The author has a great imagination and the way she puts it into words, she knows how to draw you deep into the story and inside each character. The story is captivating and intense.   With the help from her friends, Jo gets the details she needs but she knows she has to get pass the obstacles in her way. Jo is slowly 'de-coding'  and finding the answers hidden in her DNA. The story won't disappoint you. 5*****

Love In The Cupboard

Love in The Cupboard

By Mari Jane Law

Blurb:

A Catholic priest looking for a wife. A betrayed woman in need of an honest man. What can go wrong?

When Father Thomas Sheridan encounters Faith in a dark cupboard, he believes he’s found his future wife. But Tom isn’t brave enough to tell her the truth...

When Faith meets Tom in the office kitchenette, she can’t stand him. No matter, she’s fallen for the mysterious man she met in the cupboard and can’t wait to meet him again. Oh, and she’s got a new rule: one lie and he’s out. She’s not getting duped again.

Everyone loves Tom. Faith’s friend Perdita, her sister Hope—who’s on the lookout for a man herself—and neighbours Luke and Gavin—who’ve fallen out over Luke wanting a baby. Faith’s urged to give Tom a chance and realises he has some good points after all. But how can she have strong feelings for two men? And even worse, how will she react when she discovers that Tom is the man in the cupboard—and, heaven forbid, a Catholic priest?

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The Poisoned Garden By Phill Featherstone

Genre:- YA/coming of age/fantasy

Blurb:- The ancient  city of Chamaris is governed by powerful families. Chief among them is the House of the Leopard. headed by LordKarkis, the Master of the city.

  Karkis is ageing and going blind and he must look to his succession.  He has two sons. The elder, Ragul, is the child of his first wife, Vancia. The younger is Peglar, who is two years Ragul's junior and whose mother is Karkis's number two wife, Chalia. Karkis and Vancia also have a daughter, Molina, but in Chamaris women are the property of their own, so the estate will go to the boys. However, the division may not be equal and will depend on their father's assessment of their merits. He thinks highly of Ragul but has a low opinion of Peglar.

 In order to inherit, Ragul and Peglar must qualify as adult citizens, and that means successfully meeting three gruelling challenges of strength and courage. Ragul completed them sometime ago, and now it;s Peglar;s turn. But where as Ragul is sturdy and athletic, Peglar is bookish and not given to physical pursuits and has reconciled himself to failure.

 However, he receives assistance from an unexpected quarter. His father's Steward takes pity on him, and with his coaching and help Peglar manages the challenges, although not without problems.

 Peglar and Ragul are now both entitled to receive the family inheritance. The question is, determined it will be Ragul, and together with her daughter, Malina sets out on a plot to neutralise Peglar and destroy his mother. Matters come to a head when Peglar must face Ragul in the dreaded cage, an enclosure in which they are locked and must fight until one of them is unable to leave.

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My Review:- I wasn't sure if i would enjoy this book but I can't wait until the next book comes out.   This is a story of 2 brothers Ragul and Peglar. Peglar is the youngest of the brothers and has to show his father Karkis he is ready to be a 'adult citizen'. Peglar has to pass 3 things, Earth- running around a track, Water- swimming and Fire- walk across fire bare foot, all within 3 weeks.  During this time he starts talking to Yalka a girl from the River Settlement and someone he shouldn't be talking to but he wants to help her and hopefully move her from where she lives.  Will Peglar pass the tests and be able to help Yalka and the other people from the River Settlement or will his brother do anything he can to stop him. 

The Wolf of Mist and Fire

The Wolf of Mist and Fire

By Eve de Gruchy

Genre:- Children's Fiction (8-12years)

Blurb:- Buried treasure. An ancient mystery. A race against time.

 A tiny island, a bossy sister, a clueless uncle. May knew the half-term was going to be a challenge. And that was before she unearths an ancient coin that brings a mythic wolf, an Iron Age girl and greedy treasure - hunters to her door. In a race against time, the children must bury their differences and solve the shocking secret closer to home.

  A gripping historical mystery of treasure, friendship, and secrets.

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My Review:- The story begins on Jersey Channel Islands in 53B.C. Jos is searching for his younger sister Maelle and belong to The Coriosolite Tribe.

 We move forward 2,000 years later and follow three children, May, Ruth and their little brother Bear who go to stay with their Uncle for a week (I have to say Bear and the Uncle are my favourite). After getting a metal Detector and told about the treasure from Iris their Uncles neighbour they go on the hunt. May finds a ancient coin and that she doesn't tell Ruth and Bear about at first, but when May starts having strange dreams and feeling different when holding the coin she tells them that she found it. What does a Iron Age girl, a mythic wolf, and a black crow have to do with it ?

 The author has made the characters interesting and describes them in a way you can picture them in your head. Oh look out for the fish and the smells. I will be looking for other books from this author.

The Younglings

 The Younglings - Mayhem & Magic

What to expect!

THE EVERYDAY WORLD IS FULL OF STRANGE AND MAGICAL CREATURES, AND SOME OF THEM DON'T PLAY NICE......

Humans have the innate ability to only see what they want to see, and the Younglings help keep it that way.

What to expect!

💗News about Quinn is circulating on the spectral plane, and the unhappy dead come to him for help.

💗Witch hunters make their move for Millie, and devastation ensues.

💗A deceitful witch creates colossal problems for the Younglings.

💗Time-hopping takes Quinn, Millie and Eve to the past, and they discover some troubling news.

💗A new friend infiltrates the Younglings... but can the Younglings trust them?

💗Quinn's heritage bites him on the butt when he meets Lucas Morningstar.

💗A savage supernatural being zeros in on Harry.

💗Rhys, the devious vampire tracker, cause mayhem. He will stop at nothing to have Eve... and he's            closing in.

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🍁friends to lovers

🍁found family

🍁Shifters, vamps, ghosts, demons

🍁MAGIC

🍁Kidnap

🍁Murder

🍁A fascinating supernatural world within our own

🎉Release date 8th May 2023

Winter Light

Winter Light

By Martha Engber

Genre:- YA-Coming of age

Blurb:- Fifteen-year-old Mary Donahue of suburban Chicago is a kid on the cusp of failure during the brutal blizzard winter of 1978-79, the end of a hard luck, hard rock era sunk in the cynical aftermath of the Vietnam War.

 Though a smart, beautiful kid, she's a motherless girl raised by an uneducated alcoholic father within an extended family of alcoholics and addicts. Aware that she's sinking, she's desperate to save herself and so reaches out to an unlikely source, Kathleen, a nice, normal kid from English class.

 But when the real storm hits, the full force of a harsh adult world almost buries May. Only then does she learn that the only difference between life and death is knowing when to grasp an extended hand.

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Women Like Us

Women Like Us

By Amanda Prowse

Question 10

I would say it has to be a extra mature cheddar and Jacobs crackers, (the normal square crackers)

Women Like Us

Women Like Us

By Amanda Prowse 

Question 9

I find adverts play a big part in the world we live in nowadays, especial when it comes to beauty, fashion and body image. For as long as I can remember you never seen anyone that was more than a size 6/8/10, long legs and the perfect body and the men were no better. 

It's only been in the last few years that the adverts have shown that we are all different, but we are all beauty inside and out. It's good to see that they are shown more about mental health and it's not just women, men do suffer from this as well.

 I think there is still so much pressure put on us, especially at different times of the year/holidays. At Christmas there is so much pressure put on parents as the child wants all the toys they is because they look great on television, but when they get them it's noting like the adverts. At the moment it's buy this as it's Valentines coming up, this wasn't something you would of normally done years ago, maybe a card and some flowers, now it's jewellery and perfume/aftershave.