The Girl I Used To Be is the second book of Debbie Howells I’ve read this year. In July I read The Sunday Times bestseller for 2022 – The Life You Left Behind. Book Description Anna and Will have been passing in and out of each other’s lives since they were just kids. Now 20 years later, Anna is married – she has a lovely house, a step daughter in university and a husband with a good job. What she doesn’t have is joy. When she runs into Will it sparks something in her, a longing for the Anna she…

Daughter of the Dawn is the fourth and final instalment in the Margarete’s Journey series by Marion Kummerow. Although I haven’t read the earlier three books in the series, this made an excellent stand-alone read. Book Description 1944, Germany: The war is still raging, as a young woman named Margarete hides from the Nazis in plain sight. With each day that passes, she takes more risks. But will one of those risks ultimately take her to the most evil place on earth? After a bombing led to her identity being mistaken, Margarete Rosenbaum has been living disguised as one of the Nazis…

To Be A Mother is another winner from Emma Robinson. Book Description What if your only chance to be a mother was to give birth to his first wife’s child? All I’ve ever wanted is to be a mother. And since I married David, it’s gone from being a dream of mine, to a dream of ours. And I want it for him too – it’s the happy-ever-after he deserves after the tragic loss of his first wife, Katherine. We have tried and we’ve hoped. But today I’ve just found out it’s impossible. That I’m unable to become a mother. My heart breaking…