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  I'm so happy to be on the blog tour today. Book Blurb After finding her dream cottage in a magazine whilst at the hairdressers, Edel Marston, a fifty-year-old retired teacher, makes the life-changing decision to relocate back to Northern Ireland after the death of her husband Ben.  A rocky start with the neighbours and the knowledge of her past is a little too close for comfort, leaves Edel full of self-doubt. Her emotions have become a law unto themselves and she keeps wondering if she’s made the right decision. After giving herself a good talking to, she decides to join a local over 50’s club, in a bid to embrace her new life. However, after meeting the friendly ladies of the self-proclaimed Stitch & Bitch group, she’s left with further feelings of uncertainty. Realising quickly how gossipy these ladies can be, Edel finds herself keeping more and more secrets, especially when her relationship with one particular friend develops into something much more. Ultimately, Ede...

  So pleased to be on the Blog Tour today. Description Cassandra and a group of her friends enjoy Sunday lunch together on a perfect summer’s day. They’re pleased to welcome their glamorous new neighbour and novelist, Ellie, who has rented a house in the village to work on her book. She likes to place herself in the centre of her plots, she says, although it’s hard to see what she’ll find to write about in this quiet country backwater. As Ellie slots effortlessly into the village social scene, Cass begins to feel increasingly alienated from her friends and isolated from her family but, for the life of her, she can’t fathom out why . . . Review Scary doesn't really cover it... The book begins with Cassandra and her friends from the village enjoying a Sunday lunch. Ellie arrives as the new person of interest in the village. Immediately drawing everyone in, from the way she dresses to the car she drives, she's no country bumpkin. Should the wives be worried she's after their h...

  Description Kathleen is eighty years old. After a run-in with an intruder, her daughter wants her to move into a residential home. She’s not having any of it. What she craves –  needs  – is adventure. Liza is drowning under the daily stress of family life. The last thing she needs is her mother jetting off on a wild holiday, making Liza dream of a solo break of her own. Martha is having a quarter-life crisis. Unemployed, unloved and uninspired, she just can’t get her life together. But she knows something has to change. When Martha sees Kathleen’s advert for a driver and companion to take an epic road trip across America, she decides this job might be the answer to her prayers. Travelling with a stranger? No problem. She's not the world's best driver, but it couldn’t be worse than living with her parents again. And anyway, how much trouble can one eighty-year-old woman be? As these women embark on the journey of a lifetime, they all discover it’s never too late for adve...

  Thrilled to be on the Blog Tour today... Description ● Have you ever dreamed of quitting your job and setting off on the open road to pursue your creativity? In 2016, Mary Jane Baxter did exactly that. ● Sew on the Go is an inspiring road trip and a practical guide to crafting wherever you find yourself, and is packed with easy, step-by-step instructions for craft. ● From decorating your own budget conscious bolthole, to achievable projects including clothes and fashion accessories, beautiful gift ideas and child-friendly makes, this book is the ideal companion for those who dream of devoting more time to their craft. In 2016, Mary Jane Baxter quit her job at the BBC, rented out her flat and headed for the hills. Her home for the next few months was an upcycled 1986 Bedford Bambi campervan with a top speed of 60mph. She raided skips for vintage wallpaper and scoured second-hand emporiums to source stylish vintage accessories, creating her own travelling craft studio, packed with ...

  Description Praise for Anniki:   ‘Makes me feel like I’m not the only one.’ Cherry Healey Kate is not in a meaningful relationship. The last loving bond Kate had was with mother, who died a year ago. Now Kate dreams of being a parent herself, and pouring all of her love into the tiny bundle of happiness that will her love unconditionally in return. Except without any partner to provide her with sperm, Kate takes matters into her own hands and decides upon a series of random encounters to get what she wants. No one thinks this is a good idea; not her best friend, or her boss at the bookshop where she works ― not even June, one of her elderly customers. Because what they can see, and what Kate can’t, is that it isn’t a baby that she needs at all ― it’s something else entirely… Review At times this was a hard read, with a central character who has mental health issues. I admit when I read that Kate worked in a bookshop, I thought I was going to love this book. Unfortunatel...

  Description Your family would  kill  to see you happy ‘Whip-smart, original and so funny. I found it impossible to put down and lost count of the number of times I laughed out loud’  Beth O’Leary,  Sunday Times  bestselling author of  The Switch ‘ARE YOU…DEAD?’ OH MY GOD. I THINK HE IS. When Meddy Chan accidentally kills her blind date, she turns to her aunties for help. Their meddling set her up on the date so they kind of owe her. WELL, THAT DIDN’T QUITE GO TO PLAN. Although hiding this goddamn dead body is going to be harder than they thought especially when her family’s wedding business has THE biggest wedding of the year happening right now. IT’S PRETTY BAD TIMING REALLY. It turns out the wedding venue just happens to be managed by Meddy’s ex, aka the one who got away. It’s the worst time to see him again, or…is it? Can Meddy finally find love and make her overbearing family happy? Review This book had me laughing out loud - so funny and clever....

  I'm so pleased to be on the Blog Tour for this book today. Description A DNA ancestry test opens up a Pandora’s Box of secrets. When Elsa Watson uses a DNA ancestry test kit out of idle curiosity, she little imagines the devastating consequences she is about to unleash. Two families become reluctantly entwined as inconvenient truths and long suppressed memories resurface. A whodunnit with a difference, Don’t Ask visits the glam rock Seventies, Britpop, Operation Yewtree and  #metoo  within its alternating past and present chapter structure. Don’t Ask explores the true meaning of family and the wisdom of raking up the past. Thinking of taking an ancestry test?     Be careful what you wish for.    Review Even before I began to read the book I was attracted to the fabulous artwork on the cover, it really made me want to pick up the book. This is such a contemporary storyline based upon the use of a DNA ancestry test kit. To describe the action as o...