Having recently finished reading and reviewing a book essentially about old friendships, I was looking forward to reading another book centered on friendships. However, I didn’t quite know what to expect from Her Guilty Secret. Her Guilty Secret “Let’s play truth or dare, for old times’ sake…” I reluctantly agree, silently praying none of my three oldest friends gets the chance to ask me a truth. There is so much I’ve been keeping from them. Just for this weekend, for our long-awaited college reunion, I want to put all that aside and have some fun. But it wasn’t my secrets I should

Amanda Prowse is one of my favourite authors. This is book #13 of hers that I’m reading and she never fails to disappoint. The last book of hers that I read and reviewed here, The Boy Between, a much more personal book she co-authored with her son, Josh. An Ordinary Life From the bestselling author of The Girl in the Corner comes a tale of love, loss—and one last extraordinary dance. Christmas Eve, 2019. Ninety-four-year-old Molly lies in her hospital bed. A stroke and a fall may have broken her body—but her mind is alive with memories. London, 1940s. Molly is a

In December I shared my review of The Wild Heart here. That was Book #2 of Celeste De Blasis’ Wild Swan Trilogy. A Wild Legacy is Book #3. I so enjoyed both of these books that I got myself a copy of Book #1 of the trilogy, A Wild Hope . A Wild Legacy Lexy Culhane follows in stunned silence as her father bundles her younger brothers onto the train in a midnight flight away from the only life they have ever known. It seems impossible to her that her gentle, loving mother could have shot a man. Despite the shock,

“The Dream That Held US took me on an exquisite exploration if a love that crosses boundaries of time and culture.”  Angela Barton author of Arlette’s Story, Magnolia House and You’ve Got My Number “Deeply imbued with a certain wistfulness and haunting sense of loss brought out by the end of a glorious summer… Rhiannon Jenkins Tsang’s latest novel is a sensitive and skilful exploration of love, longing, and whether life sometimes relents to give us second chances.” Osama Siddique – author of Snuffing Out the Moon “This book carries a universal message about love and finding your way in

An absolutely riveting and moving book, I’m so glad I chose to read The Girl At The Back Of The Bus and would recommend it to you. The Girl At The Back Of The Bus I watched in awe as Miz Rosa stopped those men on the bus with her clear, calm “no” and I thought about that word. What if I said no? What if I refused to follow the path these White folks wanted for us? What if I kept this precious baby? Montgomery, Alabama, 1955On a cold December evening, Mattie Banks packs a suitcase and leaves her family home.