Good morning everyone here is some of the great bookpost I’ve received recently.
⭐The End Of Us by Olivia Kiernan
⭐The Beach Holiday by Isabelle Broom
⭐The Greek Secret by Francesca Catlow
⭐A Portrait In Shadow by Nicole Jarvis
Huge thanks to the lovely tagged publishers and authors for sending these to me. A Portrait In Shadow was a giveaway win from the lovely @mylittlebookhome. All these sound great and I can’t wait to read them soon.
Today is a sad day for me as my family is going away on holiday without me sob . Having just got a new job I felt it was too early to book annual leave so my husband is taking the kids to the beach for a few days. I’ll miss them so much and will be distracting myself by reading lots (and working).
The End Of Us by Olivia Kiernan
It all started to go wrong the day the Wrights moved in next door
Myles and Lana Butler live on a gorgeous new development in Wimbledon, leaning on a mortgage that is just within reach. When one of Myles’ investments fails they are bound to lose everything.
Gabriel and Holly Wright have just moved in next door. The Wrights are sophisticated, ambitious and apparently very wealthy. At an after-dinner drink with their new neighbours, Myles and Lana share their worries and a solution is suggested between the couples. Life Insurance fraud. For a cut of the pay out, the Wrights would help them.
No one thought they were being serious. No one agreed they’d actually go through with it. And no one mentioned it would involve murder.
Then, one night, Lana doesn’t come home.
The Beach Holiday by Isabelle Broom
A somebody. A nobody.
A love story waiting to be written . . .
All aspiring novelist Honor has ever wanted is to be successful. It’s the only way she can impress the father who abandoned her, the boyfriend who gave up on her, and the nagging voice in her head that tells her she’s not good enough.
Still, wanting to tell a story is not the same as having a story to tell, and Honor knows she needs to find a new source of inspiration.
When she’s invited to spend a summer abroad in The Hamptons, Honor realises it could be the dream setting for a book, especially when a chance encounter provides her with the perfect leading man.
But blurring fact and fiction is a dangerous game, and Honor soon discovers that writing her way to success might come at the expense of her own happy ever after . . .
A Portrait In Shadow by Nicole Jarvis
Enter a sumptuous world of art and magic in 17th-century Florence as Artemisia Gentileschi is determined to make her mark as a painter, and exact her revenge – perfect for fans of Alix E. Harrow, Elena Ferrante and Susanna Clarke.
When Artemisia Gentileschi arrives in Florence seeking a haven for her art, she faces instant opposition from the powerful Accademia, self-proclaimed gatekeepers of Florence’s magical art world. As artists create their masterpieces, they add layer upon layer of magics drawn from their own life essence, giving each work the power to heal – or to curse. The all-male Accademia jealously guards its power and has no place for an ambitious young woman arriving from Rome under a cloud of scandal. Haunted by the shadow of her harrowing past and fighting for every commission, Artemisia begins winning allies among luminaries such as Galileo Galilei, the influential Cristina de’ Medici and the charming, wealthy Francesco Maria Maringhi. But not everyone in Florence wants to see Artemisia succeed, and when an incendiary preacher turns his ire from Galileo to the art world, Artemisia must choose between revenge and her dream of creating a legacy that will span the generations.
Greek Secret by Francesca Catlow
What if you could never tell anyone how a relationship really ended?
Then
Ruby is starting to realise her boyfriend, Jonathan, is manipulating her every move. He’s the life and soul of a party, everyone loves him, but she’s starting to see him differently. She wants to make a change, but does she have the strength to let go of the life they have built?
Now
Ruby’s life in England has hit an all-time low, so she agrees to spend the summer working for her aunt in Corfu. While there, she’s mortified to feel an attraction to her step cousin, Yianni, who runs the family restaurant.
However much she tries to avoid her feelings, she can’t avoid Yianni or the romantic setting of Corfu. But is there any point trying to get close to him when she harbours an all-consuming secret. Is Ruby able to tell him the truth about how her relationship with Jonathan really ended? A truth she has never told a soul? And if she can trust him enough to tell him, what will he think of Ruby’s shocking past?
Perfect for fans of Paige Toon and Kate Frost. It’s time to escape to the idyllic island of Corfu this summer with Francesca Catlow’s latest emotional and heart wrenching love story. Greek Secret is a standalone novel and the perfect Greek beach read for 2023.
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