Haunt Your Heart Out

Haunt Your Heart Out

By Amber Roberts

Genre:-Romance/Paranormal Romance/Humour

Pages:-304

Publisher:-Penguin

Blurb:-A small-town seasonal romcom about a dashing ghost hunter and the bookseller who made up the ghosts he's chasing. Perfect for fans of Gilmore Girls and Ashley Poston.

 Two strangers, one 'spooky' town...Will they catch ghosts or feelings?

Lex has one rule for dating: no tourists, newcomers, or anyone bound to leave her behind in her sleepy Vermont hometown. Until she hitches a ride with a handsome stranger who later shows up at her quiet bookshop job and now all the walls she's built over the years begin to crumble...

 James is a filmmaker looking into the town's 'haunted' landmarks-viral ghost stories Lex made up anonymously a a teenager. Lex can't resist getting involved because if her secret gets out, it could ruin her chances of one day owning the bookshop. After all, James's stay is only temporary and her career dreams come first. But as they spend more time together, Lex realises she's falling for James. Worse, his mission isn't as frivolous as it seems, and her tricks may cost him much more than a spooky documentary.

 Will her ghost-faking secret be the end of them?

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My Review:-Lex McCall lives in her snowglobe town Stowe, Vermont. Life hasn't always been easy, but now Lex has the life she's always dreamt of having. She lives in a house that she inherited from her grandfather, she also works in a place that she loves, a little book shop. So when she found that she could buy the bookstore, she knew it was going to be hers.

 James is a paranormal documentary filmmaker . He arrives in Stowe to find out about the ghost stories of the town. Lex has rules when it comes to men and dating...no newcomers or tourists. Is James different from the rest? The only problem she's worried about is, the more time she spends with James, will her secret come out and if so what will happen?

It was nice to see the main character was a thirty-something female, not many books have this. I have to say I could see this as a Hallmark movie, with a Halloween and Christmas mix

Last Orders

Last Orders:-The Seacastle Mysteries (Book 6)

By P.J. Skinner

Genre:-Crime Fiction

Pages:-239

Publisher:-Parkin Press

Blurb:-Local sleuth, Tanya Bowe, attends the long-awaited opening of the Surfusion restaurant. The unexpected arrival of a famous food critic raises the stakes for the owners and increases the buzz of excitement. The evening takes a dark turn when he collapses into his coffee, hours after a scathing review goes live on his blog. The owners are prime suspects for his murder, but Tanya is convinced of their innocence and vows to clear their names.

As Tanya digs deeper, what at first seems like an open-and-shut case unravels into a web of intrigue. Is the famous critic even the intended victim of the crime? Tanya Bowe has her work cut out for her as hidden motives lead to simmering tensions among her friends.

With time running out and Surfusion’s future on the line, can Tanya unmask the culprit before it’s too late?

Perfect for fans of cozy mysteries, this gripping tale of deception, friendship, and culinary intrigue will keep you guessing until the very end.

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My Review:-Last Orders is Book Six in 'The Seacastle Mysteries' series, I've been lucky enough in reading and reviewing all the other books in the series, so only to happy to read this one. Don't worry if you haven't read the other books, this can also be read as a standalone, as PJ Skinner adds all details you need to know. Tanya Bowe, along with her sister Helen and ex-husband George are at the opening of a new restaurant, Surfusion. Also at the opening was Leonard Black, the most famous restaurant critic in Britain, only problem was nobody knew who he is, he's an enigma as Rohan put it. But things don't go to plan when Leonard dies at Surfusion. It's up to Tanya and her trusted gang to look into it. As Tanya starts to look closer into the case, she notices that things aren't adding up and it's not as simple as first seemed. Will Tanya and the gang solve the case before the Surfusion has to close?

 I like PJ's story plots, she has so many little twists that it has you guesting the whys and who. I love everything about her books, along with the characters they all fit nicely together.

Ellie the Crocodile Goes To Gymnastics

Ellie the Crocodile Goes To Gymnastics

By Emily Bardwell

Genre:-Children's Fiction

Ages:-2-5 years

Blurb:-

Ellie’s plans for a fun day at the park are dampened by the rain. So when Patrick suggests gymnastics instead, Ellie embarks on a new adventure filled with trampolines, beams, and monkey bars.

Will Ellie have the courage to try something new?

This is a story about being brave, facing your fears, and believing in yourself.

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ellie-Crocodile-gymnastics-Emily-Bardwell-ebook/dp/BODF5WC262

Goodreads

https://www.goodreads.com/books/show/218130236-ellie-the-crocodile-goes-to-gymnastics

Paths Not Yet Taken

Paths Not Yet Taken

By Philip Rennett

Genre:-Contemporary/Satire/Humour

Pages:-344

Publisher:-Pea Arr Books

Blurb:-Set over five days of late summer, Paths Not Yet Taken is 340 intriguing, compelling pages of crises, action and emotional drama, punctuated by dry observational humour.

 A breezy satire that offers hope to us all...eventually.

In a Midlands food warehouse, a Government visit goes badly wrong. The prime minister vanishes without trace before he's had the chance to wave his German sausage at the gathered media. The consequent nationwide search creates massive issues for government, the security services, a local police force, and for a keyboard terrorist who finds the missing man.

 Chaos ensues involving drink, dogs, guns and golf. And that's just at one small end-of-terrace house. Elsewhere, a van explodes, a prospective leader loses it before he's even started leading, and an assassination attempt goes badly wrong. Twice.

 Ultimately, one man's spur-of-the-moment decision is the catalyst for others to reflect on their own lives and to consider decisive actions of their own.

Just try not to think about the sausage.

Paths Not Yet Taken-winner of the Literary Titan Gold Book Award

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My Review:-Not sure what I was expecting, but I'm glad I decided to read it. Simon Pope is a warehouse worker, but not just any warehouse worker, he was also known as Esteban Canafanta to his online brethren on @TheTrth, the dark web platform and to the intelligence service. When the Prime Minister goes missing on a visit to the Midlands food distribution centre where Simon works, a search is launch. How and why is Simon at the front of things? 

 I enjoyed the storyline with it's short, quick chapters and great believable characters. There are plenty of twists and turns, along the way with multiple threads.

A Few Words From An Absolute Nobody

A Few Words From An Absolute Nobody

By Ricardo Chin

Genre:-Spiritual Memoir/ Non Fiction

Pages:-320

Ricardo Chin tells his story honestly, no matter how raw it gets. Ricardo grew up in a strict poverty-stricken household, were violence was part of everyday life. Ricardo went from gangs, crime violence on the streets to the Royal Marines. To anyone looking from the outside saw a Royal Marine soldier fighting for his country, but it didn't feel the same for him. This is a really emotional story, that is inspiring and one of survival. Ricardo shows that no matter how your life is or was, you can get though it and come out the other side. A story of hope for anyone. This is a book I would highly recommend reading, if you think you can go no more, you can and will.

Blurb:-Born into a broken home in a run-down community marked by deprivation, crime, and violence. Ricardo Chin grows up with one thing in mind: inflicting suffering back on a world that's failed him.

 By his teens, he's fighting with inner-city gangs; by his early 20s, he's a newly trained Royal Marine Commando on his way to Afghanistan. In the eyes of the military, he's doing his duty; in his own troubled mind, however, he's a stone-cold killer out for revenge.

 Wounded in action on the battlefield, Ricardo moves into close protection in post-war Iraq but find the insecurities that have plagued him all his life soon follow, Embarking on a spiritual quest that leads to the ancient tribal wisdom of South America, he comes to realise there's a higher purpose to existence-one built on love, not hate.

 A Few Words from an Absolute Nobody is the record of one man's inspirational journey from unconsciousness to enlightenment, with profound lessons for all of humanity. It's only by stepping back from the mental warzones we inhabit daily that we will learn the fight for survival is already won. Beneath the uniform of our flesh lies an inextinguishable energy; beyond the personal hardships and challenges, a masterplan.

 The universe is calling to us...we just need to stop and listen

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My Review:-Ricardo Chin tells his story honestly, no matter how raw it gets. Ricardo grew up in a strict poverty-stricken household, were violence was part of everyday life. Ricardo went from gangs, crime violence on the streets to the Royal Marines. To anyone looking from the outside saw a Royal Marine soldier fighting for his country, but it didn't feel the same for him. This is a really emotional story, that is inspiring and one of survival. Ricardo shows that no matter how your life is or was, you can get though it and come out the other side. A story of hope for anyone. This is a book I would highly recommend reading, if you think you can go no more, you can and will.

The Accidental Plus One

The Accidental Plus One

By Alison Ripley Cubitt

Genre:-Non Fiction/Biography/Humour

Pages:-235

Blurb:-A burnt-out media executive. A chance to leave it all behind. Can she take that leap into the unknown, or is she doomed to fail?

 Alison was stuck going nowhere. Her shiny career had well and truly lost its lustre, despite the money her TV bosses were offering. Nothing would ever make up for the sacrifices she'd made in the past 15 years.

 When she spotted am opportunity for her other half on the other side of the world, could she leave behind a well-paid job and all that was familiar to up sticks? When the couple's dream home became a restoration nightmare, they were off once again, crisscrossing the planet in a whirlwind journey of love, life, and passports.

 The Accidental Plus One: Travel Tales from a Trailing Spouse is a heart-warming and humorous true story, that proves that sometimes love leads us on the most unexpected journeys.

 If you like stories about brave but foolhardy risk-takers, quirky characters, and amusing tales from departure lounges and arrival halls, you'll love this fun, globetrotting adventure.

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My Review:-Moving across the world isn't an easy job as Alison finds out. Sorting out the dog came first, she couldn't leave it behind, followed by New Zealand Residency, selling the flat and a lot more. All this while sorting out her own wedding, a small simple one, with the help from her family and friends, everything sort of went ok, apart from almost no champagne. I love how Alison is prepared to move with her University Professor husband, not just once but many. Alison shares with us just what its like to pack up a house, finding a new house, as well as furniture, cars friends and a job for herself at times. Not everything goes to plan which we find out. The way the author has wrote the storyline, it was easy to picture just what was happening, Interesting, unique and funny all rolled into one book.

I Died At Fallow Hall

I Died At Fallow Hallow

By Bonnie Burke-Patel

Genre:-Classic Crime & Mystery Fiction/Psychological Thriller/Romantic Suspense/Narrative Theme

Pages:-256

Publisher:-Bedford Square Publishers

Blurb:-The classic Agatha Christie-style country house murder mystery combined with the subjective, searching, contemporary literary novel

Combines terrific plot twists, characters with a rich inner life and a dramatic outer life, and beautiful writing-a must for reading groups.

 Layered and subtle, with more than one crime at its heart; a police procedural but also a novel about identity and self-knowledge and much more.

Anna Deerin moves to a remote Cotswold cottage to become a gardener, trying to strip all her life as a woman striving for, craving the anonymity and privacy her new off-grid life provides. But when she claers the last vegetable bed and digs up not twigs but bones, the outside world is readmitted. With it comes Detective Inspector Hitesh Mistry, who has his own reasons for a new start in the village of Upper Magna.

 Drawn in spite of herself to this unknown woman from another time, Anna is determined to uncover her identity and gain recognition for her, if not justice. As threats to Anna and her new life grow closer, she and DI Mistry will find that this murder is inextricably bound up with issues of gender, family, community, race and British identity itself-all as relevant in decades past as they are to Anna today.

 Praise and reviews 'A hard-hitting mystery drama that simultaneously celebrates and skewers the country house tradition, Bonnie Burke-Patel's debut is beautifully written, told with empathy and a razor-sharp wit. I couldn't put it down'-Seth Insua, author of Human, Animal

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My Review:-Anna Deerin, once a ballerina until she got hurt. Anna now lives a simple life, off-grid on Upper Magna, a little village in the Cotswold. Anna Grows her own fruit and vegetables to sell at the weekly farmers market. While tendering to the gardens, Anna digs up more than just vegetables. The bones she finds are of a young female, but who is it? Detective Inspector Hitesh Mistry has been assigned to the case. It's not long before Anna and DI Mistry are trying to find out more about the body. But has someone got other ideas about them finding out more... Both Anna and DI Mistry have came here from London and have a past that they are happy to leave behind.

Gender, family, community, identity and race all related within this book.