Edited in February this is a wonderful start to a new series.
Two outsiders connected by love. Four hundred years apart.
2019. Trainee teacher Stacie Hayward is spending the summer with her brilliant, academic family. And with her ghosts. It’s a strange gift that she’s had since childhood – and learned to keep quiet about. When Stacie’s parents invite American professor Nate to stay, Stacie’s ghosts suddenly vanish. Then Stacie is visited by the ghost of a young woman who calls her cousin and who offers to protect her. But protect her from what?
1619. Sarah Bartlett, a young healer, is suspected of witchcraft. The only person to defend her is John Dillington, the new parson. But is he in love – or bewitched? And can he save her from the flames?
Alone and bewildered, Stacie uncovers more of her past and realises that choices made long ago are rippling through time to threaten her. History may be repeating itself – but this time, it’s Stacie who’s in danger.
The Visitor is the first in a new series of Duality Novels that always feature two storylines, somehow connected. Lovers of Susanna Kearsley will enjoy this book and if you like contemporary romance interwoven with historical suspense and adventure, explore Sara Sartagne’s new novel today.
Edited in February, this is the second in this beautiful new series. Pure escapism and impossible to put down.
ONE LITTLE GIRL LEFT ON THE STREETS OF LIVERPOOL. A MOTHER VANISHED INTO THIN AIR.
In an utterly gripping tale of two loves from very different times, a young woman’s quest for answers could see her lose the man she’s just fallen for…
For nearly twenty years Sabrina’s wondered why she was abandoned as a three-year-old on the streets of Liverpool. Taken in by Evelyn Flooks the proprietress of Brides of Bold Street, she’s learned the tricks of the wedding dress trade at her Aunt Evie’s side. She’s also in love for the first time with dark-eyed Adam who’s given her a clue as to what might have happened to her mother. Now, she needs to let go of her past in order to move forward to her future.
In order to do so though she’s going to need to be brave. Sabrina will have to say goodbye to Adam as she steps back into an era of rock and roll, hopes and dreams, and young love.
Swept up in the Merseybeats scene, will she discover the truth behind her mother’s mysterious disappearance and find her way back to Adam? Or, will she remain forever lost…
★★★★★‘I loved this sequel as much as I loved the first book in the series. I really couldn’t put it down and would recommend these stories to anyone who loves a good read set in Liverpool.’Pam Howes – bestselling author of the Factory Girls of Lark Lane.
Edited in February, The Deadly Kiss is the first in the new DI Hogarth crime thriller series.
Helen Brimelow was a lovely girl. A staunch Christian and a person who loved to help those in need. The food bank where she volunteered is in mourning, the town is in shock. But as Hogarth scrapes beneath the surface, he discovers another kind of Helen. And another type of predator. DI Hogarth and DS Palmer must work through the clues and the lies… but the harder they toil, the less they find. But as they discover more about Helen, are they getting any closer? Or are they simply pushing Drawton to strike again?
Goodness, charity and love nestle side by side with poverty, addiction and hard-nosed crime in an unforgiving murder mystery.
Edited in April The Deadly Gaze is the second in the series.
The links between the murders seem superficial at first, but their close proximity must count for something. Under pressure of time, DI Hogarth struggles to find the clues to help track the killer. To make quick progress, he is willing to ask the ambitious Ecrin Kaplan to lend a hand. But barely a constable, young Kaplan isn’t confident enough to share her special insights. Hogarth believes Kaplan has seen something of use… But as the pressure mounts, and the death toll rises, Hogarth cannot wait for long. If he does, another innocent woman will surely die…
Edited in January, Allerdale is the first in a wonderful new series of Regency romance stories by Jenny Hambly. Book two in the series will be out soon.
Although this is the first of my Confirmed Bachelors series and can be read as a standalone, Allerdale follows on directly from my Miss Wolfraston’s Ladies series and he first appears in Georgianna, book 3 of that series.
Handsome and charismatic, Miles Gilham, Earl of Allerdale, has a reputation for being a little wild. After spending months running his father’s estate in Yorkshire to make amends for disgracing his family the year before, he reluctantly returns to Town. He has promised his mother that he will find a bride this season, but his heart is not in it. The only eligible lady that amuses him is not looking for a husband and is the sort of headstrong girl that would make an uncomfortable wife.
After her diplomat father dies, Eleanor Edgcott returns to England heartbroken. When her mourning period is over, her cousin, Lord Haverham, brings her to Town for the season. She finds herself interested in everything and everyone about her. Between trying to plan her future, keeping Diana, Lady Haverham from the clutches of a rake, and trying to help a lovelorn couple, she finds herself with very little time for reflection.
She is drawn to Lord Allerdale but soon realises that he is the last person to meet the list of requirements she has drawn up for a husband. Circumstances draw them together, however, and just when they discover that they share a very special connection, an event occurs that threatens to ruin any chance of happiness they may have.
Edited in April 2021 and a harrowing read in parts, this is a fascinating tale.
A boy from one of Seville’s poorest barrios lives for bullfighting. It is a passion that consumes him and one day he gets his chance to live the dream. However, fame and fortune do not necessarily bring happiness and a love affair almost destroys him. Forces conspire to drive him away and he becomes a raw recruit fighting in Spain’s African war. The hardship, the trials and tribulations of fighting in Morocco change him and it is a very different young man who finally returns to the bullrings of Andalusia.
Another wonderful and humorous instalment in the Guesthouse on the Green series as Mammy and Moira travel Vietnam.
I love the series and can't wait for book four!
A quick but emotional read - reading about the cruelty to the dog was heartbreaking but this was a lovely tale of the love and healing that animals can bring to our lives.
I would have given five stars but for the missed typos - a few t...
I get the impression that this could be a nice story but I've had to give up after forcing myself to go as far as 15% of the way through. If this novel has ever been near a remotely professional editor then the author was conned.
Chapte...
Another very enjoyable story but with a few niggles, hence the four stars rather than five. Maybe it's because I was tired but the editing issues grated on me more than in the first story and, do people really generally believe that 'ear...
