This week's topic: books set in times of war As it's Remembrance Day today, I'm deviating from the nominated topic (yes, again!) and have chosen ten books set either wholly or partly during the First or Second World Wars. Never Tear Us Apart by Rowan Coleman Dear Miss Lake by AJ Pearce Whispers in the Glen by Sue Lawrence My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor…

I'm delighted to be sharing my review Jane Anderson's new historical fiction novel, The Orchid Hunter's Daughter, which is published this very day. I'm excited to be going to the book launch tonight at The Edinburgh Bookshop. Thanks to Kelly at Love Books Tours for the invitation to take part in the booktour. Iris is a daughter of the manse who is left in the care of her Aunt Leonora when her father goes off on a plant-hunting expedition to Ecuador.

I'm delighted to be joined by Kathryn today, author of The Christmas Party. The Christmas Party was published by Bookouture in October and available now in as an e-book: full details below. Over to Kathryn to tell us more. Tell me THREE things about your festive book It’s a chilling reunion of six friends at a remote Scottish lake house, twelve years after the disappearance of Gabby’s young sister, Seffie.

My enormous thanks to Peter Wiholm for sending me a copy of his children’s book Grumpy Gnome all the way from Canada. Grumpy Gnome is illustrated by Alejandro Segura Baron and it’s my pleasur…

Happy Monday! Today I’m back with Jack Jordan and Before Her Eyes, his third thriller first published 7 years ago!! And yes, I read it back then.

I do love a book challenge, so I’ve joined in with this one after spotting it on Bluesky. Day 10 – A book that made you cry I read A Mother’s Confession by Kelly Rimmer when I fi…

the setup… Sydney Singleton, a former journalist now working and in PR and living in Los Angeles, makes the trip to Raleigh following her paternal grandmother’s death to clear out her home. Hidden …

I'm delighted to be joined by Kathryn today, author of The Christmas Party. The Christmas Party was published by Bookouture in October and available now in as an e-book: full details below. Over to Kathryn to tell us more. Tell me THREE things about your festive book It’s a chilling reunion of six friends at a remote Scottish lake house, twelve years after the disappearance of Gabby’s young sister, Seffie.

From Jane Austen to Bridgerton and several other books in between, I am quite a fan of Regency romance. So when I met author Sarah Mallory at an authors and readers lunch in York earlier this year and she asked if I'd like to give her Regency romance a go, I said yes. Thank you Sarah for sending me a digital copy of…

I do love a book challenge, so I’ve joined in with this one after spotting it on Bluesky. Day 8 – A book you were assigned at school I think I studied A Tale of Two Cities by Charles D…

Saturdays at the Café is a weekly feature hosted here to talk about and discuss the books I’ve discovered during the past week, added to my shelf and am excited about reading. They may be new/sched…

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I'm delighted to be joined by Kate Sidley and Gail Schimmel (writing as Katie Gayle) today, authors of Murder in the Winter Woods. Murder in the Winter Woods was published by Bookouture in September and available now in digital and audiobook formats: full details below. Over to Kate and Gail to tell us more. Tell me THREE things about your festive book…

They say you can never have a second chance to make a good first impression. A book’s cover does just that – gives a first impression. A good cover can make a reader pick up a book. A bad cover can…

James by Percival Everett is described as 'a profound and ferociously funny novel from one of our greatest living writers'.

the setup… Paul Wanlass is a Salt Lake City computer repairman who works from home and is pretty much a recluse. It’s been three years since he lost his wife and son in a car accident on Christmas …

I'm sharing the first lines from Jane Anderson's new historical fiction novel, The Orchid Hunter's Daughter, which is due out next week. I'll have my review as part of the book tour on publication day next week. I'm excited to be going to the book launch on Tuesday too at The Edinburgh Bookshop. There had been no piano music in this house since Mama died; Papa and I had been unable to bear it.