The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

Goodreads Synopsis The Keeper of Stories meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of mystery and secrets. ‘The thing about books,’ she said ‘is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of.’ On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is …

Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

Goodreads Synopsis “I made the wrong choice.” Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kind of father isn’t around for sixteen years? All …

5 Star Reads of 2022

As 2022 has ended and we are getting comfortable in 2023, reading Sammie's Five Star Reads of 2022 made me want to go down memory lane as well. So, before I do exactly that, let me tell you that I set myself a goal of reading 52 books in 2022; a book a week. But, …

The Christmas Trip by Sandy Barker

Thank you NetGalley for an ecopy. I loved the first book in the series. Review of The Christmas Swap can be found here. Goodreads synopsis Another year has passed and it’s Christmas again. This year best friends Chloe, Jules and Lucy are all loved up but living worlds apart.Chloe is madly in love with her celebrity beau, …

Love Under Contract by Cassie Connor

Goodreads Synopsis When you can’t find the perfect date for the holidays you hire him! Hotshot lawyer Rebecca Madison is dreading the annual family Thanksgiving break where the question on everyone’s lips will be ‘why are you still single?’. When it comes to her career, she’s the best of the best, hired for her take-no-prisoners …

The Trial by S. R. Masters

Goodreads Synopsis Would you sign up to a medical trial if you didn’t know the possible side effects? 18-40? PAID CLINICAL TRIAL IN THE CANARY ISLANDS – UP TO £20,000 TAX FREE It seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. An all-inclusive luxury trip abroad, all you need to do is take a pill every …

The Secret Couple by J. S. Lark

Goodreads Synopsis Someone knows what they did… A laugh. A touch. A lingering look. A dead body. An affair. A crime years in the making. Alison knows she’s in too deep. But behind closed doors, no one is who they seem… Rating Review The title was intriguing and so was the synopsis, so I requested …

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

Goodreads Synopsis The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the …

56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard

Goodreads Synopsis No one knew they'd moved in together. Now one of them is dead. Could this be the perfect murder? 56 DAYS AGO Ciara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin the same week Covid-19 reaches Irish shores. 35 DAYS AGO When lockdown threatens to keep them apart, Oliver suggests that Ciara …

The Flatshare by Beth O’ Leary

Goodreads Synopsis Tiffy and Leon share a flatTiffy and Leon share a bedTiffy and Leon have never met… Tiffy Moore needs a cheap flat, and fast. Leon Twomey works nights and needs cash. Their friends think they’re crazy, but it’s the perfect solution: Leon occupies the one-bed flat while Tiffy’s at work in the day, …