ebook: 320 pages Publisher: Snowbooks Ltd Publication date: 30 April 2010 ISBN-13: 9781906727192 First Line – “There was a woman screaming in his face.” “There’s a nasty flu going round. An epidemic, they call it. The posters say to cover your mouth when you sneeze, and throw away the tissue. But such simple measures won’t…
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Review – Great Bitten – Outbreak by Warren Fielding
ebook: 222 pages Publisher: Iceni Publishing Publication date: 31 Oct 2013 ASIN: B00GBLBCE0 First Line – “I’m not sure how much you really know about British culture and attitudes.” “The UK is infected and Warren is going to be a hero, whether he likes it or not. Life used to be simple; a journalist addicted…
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,…
Review – The Secrets Women Keep by Fanny Blake
Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Orion Publication date: 03 July 2013 ISBN13: 9781409128472 First Line – “The dark outline of hte doorway framed a section of the sun-drenched garden beyond, the brilliance of the outdoor colours such a contrast to the house’s shady interior. Rose waits for her family to arrive at their villa in Tuscany…
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,…
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…
Review – Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Indigo Publication date: 6 June 2013 ISBN13: 9781780621418 First Line – “The Servants called them malecnchki, little ghosts, because they were the smallest and the youngest, and because they haunted the Duke’s house like giggling phantoms, darting in and out of rooms, hiding in cupboards to eavesdrop, sneaking into the kitchen…
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…
Review – The String Diaries by Stephen Lloyd Jones
Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Headline Publication date: 04 July 2013 ISBN13: 9781472204677 First Line – “It was only when Hannah Wilde reached the farmhouse shortly after midnight that she discovered how much blood her husband had lost.” The String Diaries. A jumble of entries, written in different hands, different languages, and different times. They tell…
Review – Lexicon by Max Barry
Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Mulholland Books Publication date: 20 June 2013 ISBN13: 9781444764659 First Line – “He’s coming around.” At an exclusive school somewhere outside of Arlington, Virginia, students aren’t taught history, geography, or mathematics—they are taught to persuade. Students learn to use language to manipulate minds, wielding words as weapons. The very best graduate…