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Secrets Between Us by Valerie Keogh

This is a spectacular psychological thriller! Valerie Keogh introduces us to Ellie and Will whose lives are devastated when they find out that Ellie cannot have children. At the same time, she receives notification that the sheltered housing her twin sister lives in is closing down. Tia goes to live with the couple but Ellie […]

The Orchid Girls by Lesley Sanderson

Grace is a successful food blogger married to a candidate for the position of London Mayor. Molly is an alcoholic, unable to keep a job and in an unhealthy relationship. The women are united in a secret: the death of a girl years ago. They were put on trial for the murder but were acquitted. […]

The Perfect Family by Shalini Boland

This book had me gripped from the very first chapter. A child going missing is a nightmare every parent dreads. It happens to Gemma at the start of The Perfect Family but thankfully quickly has a happy outcome. Then other things start happening which put Gemma and her family at odds with their friends and […]

Promise Me by Jade Beer

This book really affected me and I sobbed for about 30 minutes when I finished it. It wasn’t that the ending was particularly sad but the book was so real and human that I felt I had gone on an emotional journey with the characters. It wasn’t until I read the acknowledgments at the end […]

Christmas at the Little Cottage on the Hill by Emma Davies

Less than 2 months until Christmas and I was put firmly in the festive mood with this book from Emma Davies. It is the fourth book in the Little Cottage series but I haven’t read any of the previous novels although this did not affect my enjoyment of this book which works as a stand […]