The author very skilfully weaves their stories together, leaving just enough intrigue to be teased out gradually. I liked all three women but my favourite was probably Miranda, just because she had guts and spirit – and I’m in awe…
The idea for the book came about during a hike in the Tsitsikamma with friends some years ago. One morning, one member of our party awoke with a debilitating migraine. She insisted that we walk on, saying that she would…
Hannah and Daniel were teenage sweethearts, but then Daniel left their sleepy village of Middlefern and his grandfather’s veterinary practice behind for the bright lights of London. A Vacancy for a Village Vet is published by ChocLit today. You will…
Nick and Laura are the hosts: pretending their marriage isn’t on the rocks. Kate Riordan is a writer and journalist. She is an avid reader of Daphne du Maurier and Agatha Christie, both of whom have influenced her writing. She lives…
About the Author From the outside, Eleanor and Edward Hamilton have the perfect life, but they’re harbouring a secret that threatens to fracture their entire world. London, 1929. Louise Fein recently took part in my Author in the Spotlight feature…
Like Loading… Hurt and furious, Joni calls the women. They’re angry. They want revenge. But how exactly will they get it? Fallon describes Joni’s job-sharing down to a tee, that slight resentment of the other person and any work they…
The story opens when newly widowed Claire finds her box of memories from the 1960s, while rooting through her attic with her grown daughter Tally, which takes her back to a magical time that changed her life forever. The author…
I reviewed Sarah Morgan’s latest novel, Beach House Summer, just a couple of days ago but it’s always good to catch up with an author’s previous novels too. I really enjoyed the audiobook of The Summer Seekers (published 2021) when…
The reading room offered one ray of hope, for its internal door led to one of the richest manuscript collections in the world, a place only the library staff were allowed to enter. But one had to come prepared. One…
Kathleen Hart has a really engaging style of writing which made this book a pleasure to read. I was struck and in awe really about how brave she was. Not only had she faced serious illness followed by several life-threatening…
