Publication List – Alex Brown

  1. Cupcakes At Carrington’s (2013) Carringtons #1
  2. Me and Mr Carrington (2013) Carringtons Short Story
  3. Christmas At Carringtons (2013) Carringtons #2
  4. Ice Creams at Carrington’s (2014) Carringtons #3
  5. The Great Christmas Knit Off (2014) Tindledale #1
  6. The Great Village Show (2015) Tindledale #2
  7. The Secret of Orchard Cottage (2016) Tindledale #3
  8. Not Just for Christmas (2016) Tindledale Short Story
  9. The Wish (2018)
  10. A Postcard From Italy (2019) Postcard #1
  11. The Great Summer Sewing Bee (2019)
  12. A Postcard from Paris (2021) Postcard #2
  13. A Cosy Christmas at Bridget’s Bicycle Bakery (2021) Carringtons Bakery #1
  14. A Postcard from Capri (2022) Postcard #3
  15. A Summer Holiday at Bridget’s Bicycle Bakery (2023) Carringtons Bakery #2
  16. Bring Me Sunshine (2024) Come Away With Me #1
  17. Wish You Were Here (2025) Come Away With Me #2

Publication List – Ali McNamara

  1. From Notting Hill with Love… Actually (2010) Actually #1
  2. Breakfast at Darcy’s (2011)
  3. From Notting Hill to New York . . . Actually (2012) Actually #2
  4. Step Back in Time (2013)
  5. From Notting Hill with Four Weddings . . . Actually (2014) Actually #3
  6. The Little Flower Shop by the Sea (2015)
  7. Letters from Lighthouse Cottage (2016)
  8. The Summer of Serendipity (2017)
  9. Daisy’s Vintage Cornish Camper Van (2018)
  10. Secrets and Seashells at Rainbow Bay (2019)
  11. Kate and Clara’s Curious Cornish Craft Shop (due July 2020)

Publication List – Carole Matthews

  1. Let’s Meet on Platform 8 (1997)
  2. A Whiff of Scandal (1998) aka The Scent of Scandal
  3. More to Life Than This (1999)
  4. For Better, for Worse (2000)
  5. A Minor Indiscretion (2001)
  6. A Compromising Position (2002) aka Bare Necessity
  7. The Sweetest Taboo (2003)
  8. With or Without You (2004)
  9. You Drive Me Crazy (2005)
  10. Welcome to the Real World (2006)
  11. The Chocolate Lovers’ Club (2007)
  12. The Chocolate Lovers’ Diet (2007)
  13. It’s a Kind of Magic (2008)
  14. All You Need Is Love (2008)
  15. The Difference a Day Makes (2009)
  16. That Loving Feeling (2009)
  17. It’s Now or Never (2010)
  18. The Only Way is Up (2010)
  19. Wrapped Up In You (2011)
  20. Summer Daydreams (2012)
  21. With Love at Christmas (2012)
  22. A Cottage by the Sea (2013)
  23. Calling Mrs Christmas (2013)
  24. A Place to Call Home (2014)
  25. The Christmas Party (2014)
  26. The Cake Shop in the Garden (2015)
  27. The Chocolate Lovers’ Christmas (2015)
  28. The Chocolate Lovers’ Wedding (2016)
  29. Paper Hearts and Summer Kisses (2016)
  30. Christmas Cakes and Mistletoe Nights (2017)
  31. A Million Love Songs (2018)
  32. Happiness for Beginners (2019)
  33. Sunny Days and Sea Breezes (2020)
  34. Christmas for Beginners (2020)

Publication List – Dorothy Koomson

  • The Cupid Effect (2003)
  • The Chocolate Run (2004)
  • My Best Friend’s Girl (2006)
  • Marshmallows for Breakfast (2007)
  • Goodnight, Beautiful (2008)
  • The Ice Cream Girls (2010)
  • The Woman He Loved Before (2011)
  • Where I Found You (2012)
  • The Rose Petal Beach (2012)
  • The Flavours of Love (2013
  • That Girl From Nowhere (2015)
  • When I Was Invisible (2016)
  • The Friend (2017)
  • The Brighton Mermaid (2018)
  • Tell Me Your Secret (2019)
  • I Know What You’ve Done (2021)
  • My Other Husband (2022)
  • Every Smile You Fake(Due 2024

My Other Husband (2022)

  • Every Smile you Fake (due 2024)

Publication List – Tilly Tennant

Publication List -Andrew Gross

  1. The Blue Zone (2007)
  2. The Dark Tide (2008) Ty Hauck #1
  3. Don’t Look Twice (2009) Ty Hauck #2
  4. Reckless (2010) Ty Hauck #3
  5. Eyes Wide Open (2011) aka Killing Hour
  6. 15 Seconds (2012)
  7. No Way Back (2013)
  8. Everything to Lose (2014)
  9. One Mile Under (2015) Ty Hauck #4
  10. The One Man (2016)
  11. The Saboteur (2017) aka The Spy
  12. Button Man (2018)
  13. The Last Brother (2018)
  14. The Fifth Column (2019)

Red Tiger by Sean Black (Ryan Lock #9)

The winner of the 2018 International Thriller Writers Award returns with his latest explosive thriller featuring ex-military bodyguard Ryan Lock and his business partner, retired US Marine, Ty Johnson.

When the daughter of a Chinese billionaire is kidnapped from her mansion in Arcadia, California, Ryan and Ty find themselves caught in the middle of a vicious standoff.

Emily Yan is a Chinese ‘parachute kid’, one of thousands of children sent to study in America by their ultra-wealthy parents. Living in a multi-million dollar mansion in Arcadia, California with her hard-partying cousin Charlie, it’s not long before their ostentatious displays of wealth attract the wrong sort of attention in the form of some MS-13 gang members.

But someone else has been looking for Emily, a shadowy figure from back home known only as The Red Tiger. Two very different worlds collide in this explosive new thriller from Sean Black as Ryan Lock and his business partner, wise-cracking US Marine Ty Johnson, set out to save Emily from a violent tug of war between two deadly forces; the brutal members of America’s most dangerous gang, and an equally determined Chinese enforcer called the Red Tiger.

My Rating: 4/5

My Review: It’s been WAY too long since I have delved back into my superhero of fictional characters Ryan Lock’s life. This is the ninth book in the series and we are back with Ryan and his colleague Ty. These two are absolutely meant to work together and as much as I enjoyed the last short story featuring Ty on his own, they are so much more engaging when they are working side by side.

Emily the daughter of a Chinese Billionaire and her cousin have been kidnapped so Ryan and Ty are called in to help find them. The only problem is they seem to have been taken by the brutally and well known violent gang MS-13. On the opposite side of the story it seems there is another person also interested in finding Emily and at first there is no clear cut reason why.

This story was fabulous and kept me turning the pages until late into the night. One element which has slightly changed is the fact that Ryan now has a lady in his life and it’s amusing to see how that changes the dynamic of Ryan and Ty’s friendship. I also liked the addition of Carl Galante who featured in a previous book and thought he was a great addition to both Ryan and Ty.

There is plenty of pace in this book and it build up as the story continues. The story of the other man chasing Emily is slowly revealed making it even more tense for all those involved. In short this was another 5 star read and in truth Sean Black can do no wrong in my eyes. This is one of my favourite series and have enjoyed each and every book that has been released. It’s clear Sean Black knows his stuff and I can only hope this series continues for years to come. Hugely recommended and although it could be read as a stand alone, this series is too good to start here. So if you are interested do yourself a favour and go back to the first book and work your way through…I promise you wont be dissapointed

The Not So Perfect Mum by Kerry Fisher

Previously published as ‘The School Gate Survival Guide’.

Maia is a cleaner for ladies who lunch. With mops and buckets in tow, she spends her days dashing from house to house cleaning up after them, as they rush from one exhausting Pilates class to the next.

But an unusual inheritance catapults her and her children into the very exclusive world of Stirling Hall School – a place where no child can survive without organic apricots and no woman goes a week without a manicure.

As Maia and her children, Bronte and Harley, try to settle into their new life, Maia is inadvertently drawn to the one man who can help her family fit in. But is his interest in her purely professional? And will it win her any favours at the school gate?

Kat’s Rating: 4/5 Continue reading “The Not So Perfect Mum by Kerry Fisher”

The Birthday by Carol Wyer (Natalie Ward #1)

Synopsis: One hot summer’s afternoon, five-year-old Ava Sawyer went to a party. She never came home… 

Two years later, Ava’s body is found and another little girl, Audrey Briggs, goes missing. Audrey also attended that party …

Leading the investigation is Detective Natalie Ward. A mother of two teenagers, this case chills her to the bone, and is a disturbing reminder of the last job she worked on. One that still keeps her awake at night…

Natalie soon discovers that Ava’s mother has some worrying gaps in her alibi and as she digs deeper, she’s sure Ava’s father is not telling the full story. And what did the owner of the garden centre Elsa see that day? Something that she’s not telling Natalie …

Just as Natalie is facing up to the grim possibility that Ava and Audrey were killed by someone close to home, another little girl from the party doesn’t come home from her ballet lesson. Can Natalie find a way to stop this killer before more innocent lives are taken?

Kat’s Rating: 3/5 Continue reading “The Birthday by Carol Wyer (Natalie Ward #1)”

Maybe This Time by Jill Mansell

Synopsis: Mimi isn’t looking for love when she spends a weekend in Goosebrook, the Cotswolds village her dad has moved to. And her first encounter with Cal, who lives there too, is nothing like a scene in a romantic movie – although she can’t help noticing how charismatic he is. But Cal’s in no position to be any more than a friend, and Mimi heads back to her busy London life.

When they meet again four years later, it’s still not to be. Cal is focusing on his family, and Mimi on her career. Then Cal dives into a potentially perfect new romance whilst Mimi’s busy fixing other people’s relationships.

It seems as if something, or someone else, always gets in their way. Will it ever be the right time for both of them?

Kat’s Rating: 5/5 Continue reading “Maybe This Time by Jill Mansell”