Category: Romance
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Review – Meant to Be by Terri Osburn
Hardback: 308 pages Publisher: Montlake Romance Publication date: 21 May 2013 ISBN: 9781612183084 First Line – “Why did this Godforsaken Island have to be in the middle of the damned water?” Lifelong people-pleaser Beth Chandler will do anything to make a good impression on her future in-laws, including defy her fear of boats to make…
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Review – Take Me Home by Nancy Herkness
Paperback: 331 pages Publisher: Montlake Romance Publication date: 06 Nov 2013 ISBN13: 9781612186030 First Line – “Breathing in the scent of fresh hay and saddle soap, Claire felt the knots of tension loosen their grip on her shoulders.” “When Claire Parker left Sanctuary, West Virginia, she thought it was for good. But now she’s back,…
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Review – Highland Surrender by Tracy Brogan
Paperback: 372 pages Publisher: Montlake Publishing Publication date: 04 December 2012 ISBN13: 9781612186962 First Line – “Fiona Sinclair could not reconcile the irony of nature’s twisted humour.” To seal a fragile truce, Fiona Sinclair’s brothers trade her in marriage to their sworn enemy. Though devastated by their betrayal, she has little choice in the matter,…
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Review – Within the Light by Carly Fall
Paperback: 458 pages Publisher: Westward Publishing Publication date: 31 October 2011 ISBN13: 9781479128662 First Line – “Noah had seen a lot of dead bodies in his time.” When Abby and Noah meet, there is an explosive attraction between them that neither can deny… As a shy, awkward, social misfit, Abby has gone her whole life…
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Review – The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
Paperback: 432 pages Publisher: Penguin Publication date: 29 August 2013 ISBN13: 9781405911665 First Line – “It was all because of the Berlin Wall.” At the heart of The Husband’s Secret is a letter that’s not meant to be read “My darling Cecilia, if you’re reading this, then I’ve died…” Imagine that your husband wrote you…
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Review – Winter Wonderland by Belinda Jones
Paperback: 297 pages Publisher: Hodder Publication date: November 8th 2012 ISBN13: 9780340994467 First Line – “I’m lying on a bed of ice.” Imagine waking up in a snow globe. . . That’s how travel journalist Krista feels when she arrives in magical Quebec to report on Canada’s glittering Winter Carnival. Over ten sub-zero days Krista’s…
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Review – The Collaborator by Margaret Leroy
Paperback: 480 pages Publisher: Harlequin (UK) Publication date: May 20th 2011 ISBN13: 9780778304593 First Line – “Once upon a time there were twelve princesses…” A forbidden love…a private war. There’s a sudden scatter of birds in the sky. I flinch. Little things seem violent to me. And in that moment my decision is made. It’s…
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Review – Heaven Can Wait by Cally Taylor
Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Orion Publication date: Oct 15th 2009 ISBN13: 9781409103233 First Line – “What would you do if you thought you were about to die?” ‘What would I do without you, Lucy Brown?’ he said, and kissed me softly. I held his face in my hands and kissed him back. I felt that…
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Review – Don’t You Forget About Me by Alexandra Potter
Paperback: 416 pages Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Publication date: July 19th 2012 ISBN13: 9781444712117 First Line – “What’s on your mind?” After a bad break up, doesn’t every girl want the same things? * For her ex-boyfriend to stay single forever… * Or maybe emigrate, to a remote, uninhabited island? * Better still, that she’d…
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If You Could See Me Now – Ceclia Ahern
From the internationally bestselling author of PS, I Love You and Where Rainbows End comes an enchanting novel — with more than a little magic! What if love was right there in front of you — you just couldn’t see it? Elizabeth Egan is too busy for friends. As a reluctant mother to her sister…