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Description Every working mum has had to face it. The guilt-fuelled, anxiety-filled first day back in the office after maternity leave. But this working mum is one of a kind. Meet Alexis Tyler. An elite covert agent within Her Majesty's Secret Service. Her first project back is a high-stakes hit of global significance and the old boys network of government espionage is  far  from ready for the return of an operational mother. But woe betide anyone who ever tells Alexis Tyler 'you can't'. She will have it all. Or she'll die trying . . . And yes, she damn well  will  be home for bath time. Review I felt like a more light hearted read so reached for this book. At first I thought it was going to be just a little too fluffly for my liking as trained killer Alexis reached for her gun and a half eaten rice cake was stuck to the barrel. The book then went through the usual back to work hang ups any new Mother experiences, together with the male c

Description Lost letters have only one hope for survival . . . Inside the Dead Letters Depot in East London, William Woolf is one of thirty letter detectives who spend their days solving mysteries. Missing postcodes, illegible handwriting, rain-smudged ink, lost address labels, torn packages, forgotten street names - they are all the culprits of missed birthdays, broken hearts, unheard confessions, pointless accusations, unpaid bills and unanswered prayers. When William discovers letters addressed simply to 'My Great Love' his work takes on new meaning. Written by a woman to a soulmate she hasn't met yet, the missives stir William in ways he didn't know were possible. Soon he begins to wonder: Could  William  be her great love? William must follow the clues in Winter's letters to solve his most important mystery yet: the human heart. Review The idea of this book appealed to me so much that perhaps I let myself think it was going to be a different

Blurb Autumn 1920. When Bernard Cavalier, a flamboyant London artist, marries Evie Brunton, a beautiful Devon post lady, everyone expects a happy ending. But Evie misses cycling down country lanes, delivering the mail, and is finding it hard to adapt to her new life among Mayfair’s high society. Meanwhile Bernard, now a well-known artist, is struggling to give up his bachelor ways. The Wrong Direction is as light and witty as The Wrong Envelope, with racy characters and a fast-paced plot. Wild parties, flirtatious models, jealous friends – Bernard and Evie must negotiate many twists and turns if they are to hold on to each other...    Review This book is the sequel to The Wrong Envelope which I reviewed here. We meet with Bernard and Evie again, this time as they begin their married life in London. The same nostalgia I loved in the first book is still there and you can delight in a 1920s London where tea at Fortnum and Mason is the order of the day for society

Description You are outside your front door. There are strangers in your house. Then you realise... You can't remember your name. She arrived at the train station after a difficult week at work. Her bag had been stolen, and with it, her identity. Her whole life was in there – passport, wallet, house key. When she tried to report the theft, she couldn't remember her own name. All she knew was her own address. Now she's outside Tony and Laura's front door. She says she lives in their home. They say they have never met her before. One of them is lying. Review The headline blurb for this book really drew me in -  You are outside your front door. There are strangers in your house. Then you realise... You can't remember your name. So it begins - who are the people in her house? Or is she actually in their house? I was intrigued to say the least. Quite quickly I thought that she must have lived in the house in the past, otherwise why would she kno

Blurb Summer 1920. Two worlds are about to collide. Evie Brunton loves her job. Twice a day, she spins along the narrow lanes of Devon on her bicycle, delivering letters from a heavy post bag. When the flamboyant London artist, Bernard Cavalier, drops like a meteor into her sleepy village, everything changes. Bernard is supposed to be painting for an important exhibition, but the countryside has its own charms, in particular his young post lady…Light and witty, and full of twists and turns, The Wrong Envelope is a charming romantic comedy. It captures the spirit of another age – when letters could change lives.   Review I absolutely loved this book. If you want to be transported back to an age where the post was delivered three times a day!; there was no social media and sending a message urgently meant using a telegram then this is the book for you. We first meet Evie on a train with her friend Cassie. I came to dislike Cassie rather a lot - she in my eyes was a  schaden

Description Westworld  meets  The Handmaid’s Tale  in this start to a thrilling, subversive near future series from  New York Times  bestselling author Suzanne Young about a girls-only private high school that is far more than it appears to be. Some of the prettiest flowers have the sharpest thorns. The Girls of Innovations Academy are beautiful and well-behaved—it says so on their report cards. Under the watchful gaze of their Guardian, they receive a well-rounded education that promises to make them better. Obedient girls, free from arrogance or defiance. Free from troublesome opinions or individual interests. But the girls’ carefully controlled existence may not be quite as it appears. As Mena and her friends uncover the dark secrets of what’s actually happening there—and who they really are—the girls of Innovations Academy will learn to fight back. Bringing the trademark plot twists and high-octane drama that made The Program a bestselling and award-winning series, Suzanne You

I am delighted to be here today as part of the Book Tour for Aimee Brown's newest book The Last Dance. About the book Can you truly forgive and forget? Ambri and Henry have been best friends forever. They've been through the highs and lows of life with each other by their sides. The worst? When Henry's wife, and Ambri's sister, died. Together, they can face it all. Until one night destroys everything. Two years after he stepped out of it Henry walks back into Ambri's life and she's more than a little shocked. But as old friends fall into even older habits they need to decide whether they can forget the past and embrace their future. Perfect for fans of Nicholas Sparks, Jodi Picoult and Anna Bell. Review A lot of people think that romance novels are formulaic - which I guess they can be. However, they need to read this book, as Aimee just invented a whole new equation for that formula in the romcom genre! This is a funny an