Book Synopsis:

The very first Cullen trilogy featuring three hilarious novellas:

DIRTY BARRY – The first casualty of adultery is … the tooth!

Barry Sullivan is a sordid dentist who resorts to blackmail to keep his string of married women compliant. 
But now Cullen has toothache – and a very different interpretation of the dental code of practice.

BRONCHIAL BILLY – Meet Billy… the fastest gun in a vest.

Billy is a geriatric slum landlord desperate to win first prize in a Country & Western gunfighting competition. But his trigger-happy birthday celebrations unwisely provoke Cullen, and now Billy must pay. Will he meet his High Noon at the Grand Ole Opry or will he go out with a bang? Whatever happens, there’s sure to be fireworks.

PALE ALE RIDER – There’s trouble brewing…

Tyler is a teenage tearaway with the eyes of a serial killer. But when he decides to rob Big Paul’s local, The Lamb & Flag, he gets more than he bargained for. 
Will Tyler lose his bottle and hop it, or end up getting smashed? Because Cullen thinks he’s seen dead eyes like those somewhere before, and now he has a plan: he’s not bitter, he’s just a little twisted.

Base Cowboys is available in ebook and paperback now. You can purchase your copy of both using the link below.

My Review:

Base Cowboys is a hilarious book full of some very memorable characters! It’s actually three novellas in one book which work well together as they are all based the same fascinating world the author has created.

The thing that most stands out about this book is how utterly hilarious it is and I often found myself laughing out loud at some of the great scenes that the author describes. There are lots of great puns included too which helps add to the funny moments.

The author really knows how to create some memorable characters and there were a huge variety in this book. The villans were characters that I loved to hate and it was interesting to see what evil schemes they came up with. I was sorry not to see more of Cullen as I enjoyed reading about him in the author’s previous book. He only seemed to turn up to help make things right again in this one which was a shame.

Overall I thought this was an enjoyable and amusing read that I’d definitely recommend. I felt quite sad the stories ended and hope to read more from this author soon.

Huge thanks to Emma from Damp pebble tours for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book.

About The Author:

Mark worked in IT for 30 years… but he’s much better now.

His books are multi-stranded storylines involving larger-than-life characters, whose plans and incompetence inevitably exceed their wits. Each involves an itinerant loner called Cullen who lives off the grid in the Scottish Borders and gets accidentally drawn into someone’s schemes, only for his own (very personal) sense of right and wrong to be offended. That’s generally when things start to go wronger.

His first book, Where Seagulls Dare, involves the machinations of a Russian oligarch to take over the Scottish salmon-farming industry, an ardent US eco-protestor with his own agenda, and a blonde bombshell from Hollywood looking to recharge her career via a stint in Glasgow panto. 

The second, A Fistful of Collars, brings together the Church of Scotland, the fashion industry, a textile mill in the Scottish Borders, a professional soccer player with addiction issues, and an IT worker who sees a future as a famous hitman.

The third, The Good The Bad & The Rugby, has Cullen on jury service in the run-up to the Melrose Sevens Rugby tournament. A dead body, a UFO-spotter, a stolen Rugby trophy and a mangy ex-con are all connected and only Cullen can pull all the strands together and ensure justice is done.

Mark has also written three novellas: Dirty Barry (available FREE) which tells the story of how Cullen and Big Paul first met; Bronchial Billy, which tells of a slum landlord whose wild-west birthday celebrations unwisely provoke Cullen; and Pale Ale Rider, about a teenage thief who unknowingly targets Big Paul’s local pub.

You can find out more about Mark at his website markfarrer.com.

Book Synopsis:

A heart-warming novel about the bond between sisters, set along Ireland’s windswept shores, where romance beckons and secrets unfold…

Roisin McKenna and her husband Cian are taking time apart. Unsure of what she wants, Roisin’s prayers are answered when she receives a call from her sister Maeve who is desperate for her help.

Roisin heads to Sandy Cove to help Maeve restore their aunt’s gorgeous tumbledown mansion Willow House and soon all she has time to focus on are its crumbling walls. Despite a shocking announcement from Maeve and hidden secrets in the house’s rafters, Roisin begins to feel a sense of self she’s been missing for years.

The ties that bind Roisin to her husband seem to be unfurling in the Irish wind, when she unexpectedly stumbles into a mysterious man on the beach. Suddenly, she’s swept up in the idea of another life she could lead…

The restoration may have brought the sisters back together, but as a storm rolls over the coast Roisin feels sure she must make a choice. Will her time at Willow House teach her the precious lessons she needs to return home or has the cove called to her in ways she’d never imagined it could?

Fans of Sheila O’Flanagan, Debbie Macomber and Mary Alice Monroe will be swept away by Sandy Cove.

Sister’s Of Willow House is available in ebook and paperback now. You can purchase your copy of both using the link below.

My Review:

This was a beautiful, emotional book of family, friends and secrets which was incredibly heart warming. It is the second book in the Sandy Cove series but can easily be read as a standalone like I have done.

The descriptions of Sandy Cove were beautiful and I loved the close knit community they seemed to have there. It was great fun to have a fly on the wall look into the friendships that exist there and I found myself wishing that I lived there at times. The scenery also sounded beautiful especially as I’ve always loved the idea of living by the sea.

The relationship between the two sisters was lovely to read about and I liked how realistic it seemed. They do get on well but fall out and have sharp words with each other like normal siblings which was fascinating to read about. It was great to see that they could fall out but make up quite easily and to see how they were always there for each other.

The story has a lovely flow to it with the reader soon absorbed into the characters lives so you feel like you are actually there watching everything unfold. There is a little bit of a mystery included with the storyline involving who is putting the sisters private lives on the internet but mostly it’s the joy of reading about the characters lives that kept me wanting to turn the pages. I can’t wait to go back and read the first book in the series.

Huge thanks to Noelle from Bookouture for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Bookouture for my copy of this book via Netgalley.

About The Author:

Susanne O’Leary is the bestselling author of more than twenty novels, mainly in the romantic fiction genre. She has also written three crime novels and two in the historical fiction genre. She has been the wife of a diplomat (still is), a fitness teacher and a translator. She now writes full-time from either of two locations, a ramshackle house in County Tipperary, Ireland or a little cottage overlooking the Atlantic in Dingle, County Kerry. When she is not scaling the mountains of said counties, or keeping fit in the local gym, she keeps writing, producing a book every six months.

Visit Susanne at her website, http://www.susanne-oleary.co.uk 

or her blog, http://bit.ly/11F4e4S 
Find her on Facebook, http://on.fb.me/1A2NAbr 

and on Twitter, http://bit.ly/1rH67dK

Book Synopsis:

Every year, on the same night in July, a woman is taken from the streets of London; snatched by a killer who moves through the city like a ghost. 

Addie has a secret. On the morning of her tenth birthday, four bombs were detonated across the capital. That night her dad came home covered in blood. She thought he was hurt in the attacks – but then her sister Jessie found a missing woman’s purse hidden in his room.

Jessie says they mustn’t tell. She says there’s nothing to worry about. But when she takes a job looking after the woman’s baby daughter, Addie starts to realise that her big sister doesn’t always tell her the whole story. And that the secrets they’re keeping may start costing lives . .

The July Girls is available now in ebook and hardback. You can purchase your copy using the link below.

My Review:

I absolutely loved The Tall Man so I was very excited to have a chance to read more from this author. The July Girls is another fantastic, atmospheric and gripping read that was almost impossible to put down.

Firstly I loved that the author set this at the start of the 21st Century and all the terrible things that happened in London around that time. These are events that I clearly remember and I felt this set the atmosphere nicely as it describes an unsettled London where you felt anything could happen.

Addie is a fantastic main character and a great narrator for the book. The fact that she’s only ten years old adds a slight edge to the story as we see everything through her eyes. I found I felt quite protective of her from the start and wanted to keep reading to make sure she was ok. The first part of the book could almost be described as ‘coming of age’ as Addie learns a few hard truths about the world and that not everyone will tell the truth. Her relationship with her sister was great to read about and I enjoyed reading about their close, caring relationship. Addie has had a bit of a neglected childhood by all accounts and so it was great to see her being cared for.

I thought this was a well paced, gripping book with lots happening to keep the reader’s interest. There are lots of twists to the story that kept me firmly on my toes as I tried to guess what was happening and whether Addie’s theories are right. This book is very well written and I felt I could felt I could feel Addie’s and London’s anxiety and fear which helped create a very atmospheric read. I flew through this book whilst on holiday and think it will be a great summer read to enjoy in the sun this summer.

Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Headline for my copy of this book.

About The Author:

Phoebe Locke is a full-time writer, part-time doer of odd jobs. These jobs have included Christmas Elf, cocktail waitress, and childminder. Her first novel (written as Nicci Cloke), Someday Find Me, was published in 2012 and her second, Lay Me Down, in 2015. She has also written three novels for young adults: Follow Me Back (2016), Close Your Eyes (2017) and Toxic (2018). 

She lives and writes in Cambridgeshire, and her debut psychological thriller is The Tall Man.

Book Synopsis:

Ponden Hall is a centuries-old house on the Yorkshire moors, a magical place full of stories. It’s also where Trudy Heaton grew up. And where she ran away from…

Now, after the devastating loss of her husband, she is returning home with her young son, Will, who refuses to believe his father is dead.

While Trudy tries to do her best for her son, she must also attempt to build bridges with her eccentric mother. And then there is the Hall itself: fallen into disrepair but generations of lives and loves still echo in its shadows, sometimes even reaching out to the present…

A hauntingly beautiful story of love and hope, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Memory Book and The Summer of Impossible Things.

The Girl At The Window is available in ebook now and in paperback on the 8th August 2019. You can purchase or pre-order your copy of both using the link below.

My Review:

This was a beautifully written, enthralling story which I thoroughly enjoyed and will be recommending to everyone!

I love books set in old houses as they always create a wonderful atmosphere that makes you wonder what you are going to discover. This house was no different with lots of ghosts and secrets hiding around every corner. Ponden Hall is a real house, as Brontë fans will know, and I’d love to visit it in the future.

There are some great characters in this book whom I loved to read about. Normally I can easily choose a favourite but there are so many fabulous characters, both past and present, that I can’t. The author has skillfully managed to blend fiction with history to make a fascinating story of love, mystery and ghost stories to make a enthralling story which is difficult to put down. The fact that the story features Emily Brontë was a great surprise and helped increase my enjoyment of this book as I’ve always been very intrigued by the Brontë family.

The author does a great job of setting the scene in this book with some vivid descriptions of the Moors and the house. I felt I could really picture the remote but beautiful countryside in my mind and image the characters being there. The ghostly encounters that Trudy experiences in the house were also brilliantly described and seemed so real at times that I felt a chill whilst reading.

There are lots of different storylines running alongside each other which are all pulled together nicely towards the end. There is lots to keep the reader interested and I wanted to keep reading to find out what happens next. There are a few slower moments but do keep reading as it’s so worth it!

Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Tess from Ebury for my copy of this book.

About The Author:

Rowan Coleman’s first novel Growing Up Twice was a WHS Fresh Talent Winner. Since then, Rowan has written fifteen novels, including The Memory Book which was a Sunday Times bestseller. It was selected for the Richard and Judy Bookclub and awarded Love Reading Novel of the Year, as voted for by readers.

Her latest novel, The Summer of Impossible Things, is a Zoe Ball TV Book Club selection. 

Rowan lives with her husband and their five children in a very full house in Hertfordshire, juggling writing novels with raising her family. She really wishes someone would invent time travel. 

You can find out more about Rowan at http://www.rowancoleman.co.uk or follow her on Facebook or Twitter @rowancoleman

Book Synopsis:

Everything changed the night Flora Powell disappeared.

Heather and Jess were best friends – until the night Heather’s sister vanished.

Jess has never forgiven herself for the lie she told that night. Nor has Heather.

But now Heather is accused of an awful crime.

And Jess is forced to return to the sleepy seaside town where they grew up, to ask the question she’s avoided for so long:

What really happened the night Flora disappeared?

Then She Vanishes is available in ebook now and paperback on the 8th August 2019. You can purchase or pre-order your copy using the link below.

My Review:

I’m such a huge fan of this author so you can imagine my excitement to be invited onto the blog tour for Then She Vanishes, her latest book. I was definitely not disappointed as this book was a completely absorbing and very gripping read!

This book gripped me from the start with the unsettling prologue and I was quickly involved in the mystery of what happened to Flora the night she vanished. I had many theories about what had happened which all turned out to be wrong which I always love. The many twists kept turning the story in a new direction which kept me firmly on my toes and ensured I kept reading as I had to know what happened.

The story is pretty fast paced and there is a lot of intrigue to keep the reader’s interest. I actually felt a lot of sympathy with Jess and Heather as they were both quite young when Flora went missing and didn’t really have much idea that their small lies could have caused such huge problems. The author does a great job of portraying their feelings throughout the book so that they are almost tangible and this made the story seem more realistic to me as I felt I was actually there experiencing everything alongside them.

Huge thanks to Jenny Platt for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book. I’m very excited to read more from this talented author.

About The Author:

Claire Douglas always wanted to write novels and, after many years of trying to get published, her dream came true when she won the Marie Claire Debut Novel Award in 2013 with THE SISTERS.

Her subsequent novels LOCAL GIRL MISSING, LAST SEEN ALIVE and DO NOT DISTURB all reached the Sunday Times top ten bestsellers list and are published in over fifteen countries. LOCAL GIRL MISSING was the bestselling crime debut of 2018 in Germany. Her fifth thriller, THEN SHE VANISHES is due for release in Ebook end of June 2019 and in paperback August 2019.

You can find Claire on Twitter at @DougieClaire, instagram as clairedouglasauthor or visit her Facebook page clairedouglasauthor

Book Synopsis:

“Even if a dog goes mad, it will always be a dog.” 

So said a small white sign hung on a wall in Birmingham Mental Institution Ward number 3. It had a black frame, written in a hand they were all well acquainted with. The letters had faded over time. In the end, among all the calligraphy in the frame, one could detect a blurred signature. It was mine.

John Wilcox is a young idler who loathes people except for young women. His destiny brought him near Birmingham Mental Institution during an earthquake. At that time Wilcox saves Elsie, an eccentric, half-deranged teenager. John pulls out every manipulation at his disposal to convince her that he is the right person to help her recover. Grey, Alessi’s father, goes on a quest for his lost daughter. She, too, like her mother, was trying to escape him. And so, began the tragic story between prey, and it’s supposed predator.

Wicked Girl is a psychological crime fiction, where a sequence of accidents generates cold-blooded, and blood-curdling actions. It is a fascinating combination of romance, tension, and humor, unpredictable to the very end. Presented in a clear, straightforward way, yet its plot is packed with wit, action, and surprises grabbing the reader’s attention all the way to the last word.

Wicked Girl is available in ebook and paperback now. You can purchase your copy using the link below.

Extract:

Barry had always wished for a heroic death, or at least some glorious death to be remembered by. If he couldn’t die heroically or gloriously, he would at least die without his wife, Evelin. He was in love with her when they got married, or at least assumed there was something in her he had once loved. Even years later he could endure her fattened face and squeaking voice, as far as she kept making his dinner and watching her favorite televangelists, leaving him alone. But, whenever she talked to him, that is, yelled at him until he surrendered, he nearly went nuts, withdrawing into himself, like some turtle or snail. It was a small wonder that Barry felt this terrible morning was one of the most delightful ones of his life. He acknowledged that if it wasn’t for the perfect timing of all the events after the earthquake, he would’ve never have gotten to smile that day.
When the TV reporter in a dark suit and bowtie called the crew “angels in orange,” Barry pressed his head to the screen to receive every single alarmed word. For a moment, he thought he was delirious since their TV set was hooked on the same evangelical channel with rosy-cheeked preachers bringing the Word of Jesus to their flock. Now, the usual program was interrupted for breaking news. “At last, a sign of God’s Grace,” he thought. “So the Second Coming must be near.”
“After sending rescue teams to take care of buildings that collapsed all over the city, now they’re deploying around the rubble of Birmingham Mental Institution,” the reporter went on with his Mr. Know-All tone. “They’re climbing the rubble, leaving no stone unturned in search of survivors trapped, while others send the canines to search the spaces between the rubble, and, upon hearing a bark, risking their lives crawling in, too.”
“I just can’t sit here watching it,” Barry cried to Evelin who was busy brewing up the tea.
“What’s the matter?” Evelin responded with a horrible yell.
“I must be there,” Barry explained slowly and clearly, turning the TV off, to make sure she heard him loud and clear.
“Where?” she yelled.
“Where Roy’s hospital used to stand,” he replied impatiently.
“But I’ve just made tea,” Evelin tried to delay him, realizing that once her hard-headed man made up his mind, she would have to muster every trick in her book to dissuade him.
“You nag,” he muttered, waiting for her to return to the living room from her self-imposed exile in the kitchen for the last ninety minutes. “It’s small wonder that Roy…” Barry started a monologue but cut himself short at once. “Some things are just unthinkable,” he scolded himself, his face reddening with indignation and shame.
“Do you hear me? I must go,” he shouted again at Evelin with restrained fury, while she was on her way to the living room with two teacups.
“Just as I thought,” she remarked. “You always have to be somewhere far away from me.”
Yet on this wonderful morning, Evelin stopped, placing the cups on the table, and stretched her hands forward hoping for a hug.
“Really?” Barry wondered, radiant with happiness, looking straight into her tiny eyes, which now expanded till they nearly exploded. Making a hesitant step towards his wife thinking she may be tricking him, and then walked all the way towards her.
“Really,” she confirmed, taking him again in her arms, making him nearly disappear in her fat folds.
“But promise me to be careful. I cannot go through the loss of another family member,” she implored him with tearful eyes.
“I promise,” he whispered in her ear and even kissed her cheek, carried away a little, despite having no intentions to keep his promise.

About The Author:

I.V. Olokita has been providing medical care most of his life, specializing in management of medical aid to disaster areas all over the world. He also has a BA degree in logistics, and an MA degree in emergency and disaster situations management. He volunteers to rescue missions in disaster areas all over the world. I. V. Olokita is a happily married father of two adolescents and a foster father of five cats and two dogs.
Olokita’s first book (in Hebrew), Ten Simple Rules, was published in 2014. It won an Israeli literary prize, and immediately made an online bestseller. The following year, another book by Olokita, The Executioner From The Silent Valley, made a local bestseller in Israel. In May 2016, his third novel, Wicked Girl, was published, to great success, and is now presented in English. Olokita’s books are characterized by direct writing, twists and turns, requiring the reader to delve into and maintain vigilance from the beginning of the book to its surprising end.

Book Synopsis:

After Tiffany is orphaned on the night of her 18th birthday, she discovers, as the sole heir to her parents’ estate, she has inherited a frozen embryo from when they did IVF to have her. Feeling lost, alone and longing for a sense of family, Tiffany can’t bring herself to destroy or donate the embryo. Instead, she decides to be impregnated with her biological twin. A legal battle ensues over whether the embryo is a person or property and the ethics of whether it is acceptable to give birth to your own sibling. Set in Australia, this contemporary fiction novel is full of emotion, dilemmas and unexpected friendships, as Tiffany forges a new life without her parents.

Only The Lonely is available in ebook and paperback now. You can purchase your copy using the link below.

My Review:

Only The Lonely is a thought provoking and heartbreaking book which discusses some interesting subjects.

Tiffany was a character that I found hard to warm towards. She comes across as quite selfish and is often quite judgemental of other people. I found her to be quite a frustrating character as she is quite hypothetical, as she’s nasty about the mistakes other people make but when she makes a similar mistake she expects instant forgiveness. Her grief is very poignant and was very sensitively portrayed. I lost my second son Christopher at 24 weeks so could well understand her heartbreak and reactions. I thought this was quite realistically portrayed and it did make me warm to her a little.

This book brings up a lot of ethical dilemmas which were interesting to see developed throughout the book. I have to admit I didn’t always agree with her choices but it was fascinating to see another side to things. I think this book would make a great book club read as there is lots of great things to discuss.

Huge thanks to Rachel from Rachel’s Random resources for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book.

About The Author:

Joanne Nicholson is an independent Australian author of commercial, contemporary women’s fiction. Joanne enjoys reading, writing, exercising, boating and spending quality time with her family and friends.

Book Synopsis:

When 11 year old Evan vanishes without trace, his parents are plunged into their worst nightmare. 
Especially as the police, under massive pressure, have no answers. But months later Evan is unexpectedly found, frightened and refusing to speak. His loving family realise life will never be the same again.

DI Naylor knows that unless those who took Evan are caught, other children are in danger. And with Evan silent, she must race against time to find those responsible…

A gripping, heart-wrenching thriller with the emotional power of series like BROADCHURCH and THE MISSING, this is the perfect read for fans of Cara Hunter, Claire Douglas, Fiona Barton and Nuala Ellwood.

Found is available in ebook and paperback now. You can purchase your copy of both using the link below.

My Review:

This was a highly emotional, captivating and gripping read that will stay with me for a long time.

One of my kids going missing is one of my worst fears and I truly felt for Evan’s family when they discover he’s missing. It must be a huge mess of emotions to have your child back but then realise that they are incredibly altered by the experience. I really felt for his parents and grandparents throughout the book as they go through a whole range of emotions.

I thought this was a brilliantly written and well paced book which had me firmly glued to the page. I enjoyed watching the investigation unfold and see the gradual changes to Evan as he adapts back to normal life. It was incredibly powerful to read the story from both the police and the victims point of view as it added a lot of extra weight to the story.

The police investigation was well plotted and very gripping as we follow the detectives on a race against time to find the kidnappers. There were lots of twists and turns that took me by surprise and I often found myself holding my breath as the action unfolded.

This wasn’t an easy read as it follows a difficult subject which naturally brings a lot of emotions to the surface. I often found myself in tears whilst reading and had to go upstairs to give my kids extra hugs. I always think it’s a sign of great writing when an author can make you react so strongly to a story.

This unbelievably is the author’s debut novel and I’m very excited to read more from her in the future. Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Headline for my copy of this book.

About The Author:

Erin Kinsley is a full-time writer. She grew up in Yorkshire and currently lives in East Anglia. Now writing under a pseudonym, her previous books were published by Bloomsbury. Longlisted for the Desmond Elliot prize amongst other awards, her writing has received glowing reviews across the national press.

Book Synopsis:

The war is almost over – and it’s up to the East End Angels to keep the home fires burning!

Frankie‘s fiance, a doctor, is away looking after the troops in Europe – will he return safely home?

Winnie has a happy secret – but can she carry on at Station 75 when she’s going to have a baby?

Bella is intrigued by her new friend, a Polish airman.

As the war ends and victory is in sight, what next for the girls of Station 75?

A gorgeously uplifting saga for fans of Ellie Dean and Donna Douglas

Victory For The East End Angels is available in ebook and paperback from today. You can purchase your copy using the link below.

My Review:

I’ve been a huge fan of this author and this series so was delighted to have the chance to read this, the last book in the series. It’s another absolutely corker of a book but it was also quite a bittersweet read as I just didn’t want it to end.

This book describes the last few moments of the second world war but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s getting easier. The introduction of V1 and V2 bombs brought another level to the blitz as there was no warning that they were coming. The level of detail the author used to describe the bomb sites and the general atmosphere during the blitz was truly exceptional. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book that describes the situation so well that the reader feels like they are actually there experiencing everything alongside the characters.

I felt incredibly sad that this series was ending and I had to say goodbye to the fabulous characters that I had grown incredibly fond of. The fact that they were also having to say goodbye to each other was heartbreaking and I found myself tearing up as I remembered everything they had been through together. I found myself hoping that they would remain friends and still see each other.

This was a very absorbing book and I soon felt drawn back into their lives. There is lots of interesting things going on which completely kept my attention. I so enjoyed following the characters as they went about their lives.

Huge thanks to Rachel from Rachel’s Random resources for inviting me onto the blog tour and to the publishers for my copy of this book via Netgalley.

About The Author:

Rosie Hendry lives by the sea in Norfolk with her husband, two children, chickens and a snake. She’s worked in a variety of jobs from fruit picking, waitressing, teaching and as a research scientist but has always loving reading and writing. Starting off writing short stories for women’s magazines, her stories have gradually become longer as her children have grown bigger.

Listening to her father’s tales of life during the Second World War sparked Rosie’s interest in this period and she’s especially intrigued by how womens’ lives changed during the war years. She loves researching further, searching out gems of real life events which inspire her writing. 

When she’s not working, Rosie enjoys walking along the beach, reading and is grateful for the fact that her husband is a much better cook than her.

To find out more about Rosie follow her on Twitter @hendry_rosie, on Facebook rosie.hendry.94 or visit her website http://www.rosiehendry.com.

Book Synopsis:

The perfect read to pop in your suitcase this summer!

Ava needs to escape.

Stuck in a dead-end job, her husband Mark has left her with a mountain of debt and no clue as to when he’ll be back.

When she receives the news that her grandfather has passed away, Ava is shocked to learn he has left his entire vineyard, Chateau Saint Clair, to her.

Fresh coffee and croissants for breakfast, a glass of red with the handsome local waiter Jacques; Ava starts to feel quite at home. But it would be madness to walk away from her marriage, to take a chance on a place she fell for as a child – wouldn’t it?

Fans of Jenny Colgan, Lucy Diamond and Veronica Henry will want to join Ava for a glass of wine as the sun sets on the terrace at Chateau Saint Clair.

The Little Vineyard In Provence is available in ebook and paperback from today. The ebook is currently the fantastic price of £1.99. You can purchase your copy of both using the link below.

My Review:

This was a fantastic, heartwarming read that would be great to enjoy in the sun this summer.

I’ve always loved the idea of starting completely anew in another country so the blurb of this book really appealed to me. The descriptions of Provence were vividly described so I could picture the vineyard in my mind. I loved learning more about it and watching Ava do it up. It’s definitely something that I would love to do in the future.

I absolutely adored Ava and warmed to her instantly. She is such a plucky, brave lady who is trying to make the most of a bad situation. It was great to see her come out from her husband’s shadow and make new friends. She goes through such a journey of discovery in this book as she works out who she is and what she wants in life.

This was a thoroughly compelling and absorbing book that I quickly found I couldn’t put down. I so enjoyed reading about Ava’s new life and her revamp of the farm that I found I didn’t want to leave their world. There is lots happening to keep the reader’s attention including dodgy friendships and new rivalries that added a lot of tension to the book. I was sorry to leave Ava and her vineyard behind.

Huge thanks to Tracy Fenton for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Orion for my copy of this book via Netgalley.

About The Author:

Ruth Kelly is an award-nominated journalist, who has ghosted a string of Sunday Times bestsellers.

Ruth has had over ten years’ experience in print journalism and television. She has a background in newspapers, having trained as a news reporter. Ruth then went on to freelance for the Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror and The Sun. Her magazine experience includes covering as news features editor for Grazia, deputy features editor for Look magazine and helping More magazine relaunch, as features editor. She also worked in TV as a news producer for Richard and Judy, and a writer for Endemol. Working as a ghostwriter has allowed Ruth to capture the voices of celebrities as well as ordinary people with extraordinary stories. Ruth is currently working on her first commercial fiction novel.