#WordlessWednesday ~ Bodnant Gardens #Photography #Flowers #Nature
The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter by @HazelGaynor ~ #HistoricalFiction based on fact #TuesdayBookBlog
Author: Hazel Gaynor
Published: September 2018 by Harper Collins
Category: Historical Fiction, Book Review
“They call me a heroine, but I am not deserving of such accolades. I am just an ordinary young woman who did her duty.”
1838: when a terrible storm blows up off the Northumberland coast, Grace Darling, the lighthouse-keeper’s daughter, knows there is little chance of survival for the passengers on the small ship battling the waves.
1938: when nineteen-year-old Matilda Emmerson sails across the Atlantic to New England, she faces an uncertain future.
I love books that mix fact with fiction, giving a real authenticity to the story. The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter incorporates the true story of Grace Darling.
#CoverReveal ~ Singles, Set And Match by Elaine Spires #Contemporary #Romance @rararesources @ElaineSWriter #TuesdayBookBlog
I’m pleased to share the cover reveal for Singles, Set and Match, organised by Rachel’s Random Resources.
Here’s what the book is all about…
#GuestPost by Miriam Drori #author of Cultivating A Fuji #Giveaway @rararesources @MiriamDrori
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Cultivating A Fuji, organised by Rachel’s Random Resources.
I have a guest post from Miriam, plus a giveaway, but first here’s what the book is about…
#SilentSunday ~ Sunset #Photography
#CoverReveal ~ The First Lie by A.J. Park ~ Psychological #Thriller @rararesources @AJParkauthor
I’m pleased to be joining in with the Cover Reveal for The First Lie by A.J. Park, organised by Rachel’s Random Resources. The First Lie is due to be published by Orion on the 13th June.
The Better Son by Katherine Johnson ~ Australian #FamilyDrama @KJohnsonauthor #FridayReads
Author: Katherine Johnson
Performed by Steve Shanahan
Released: May 2019 by Wavesound Audiobooks
Category: Historical Fiction, Family Drama, Audiobook, Book Review
1952. Tasmania. The beautiful green, rolling hills of the dairy town Mole Creek have a dark underside — a labyrinthine underworld of tunnels that stretch for countless miles, caverns the size of cathedrals and underground rivers that flood after heavy rain. The caves are dangerous places, forbidden to children. But this is Tasmania — an island at the end of the earth. Here, rules are made to be broken.
In the summer of 1952 brothers Tommy and Kip were growing up in Mole Creek, Tasmania, on a dairy farm. Harold, their father, had returned from the war a changed man, prone to explosive rages and Kip bore the brunt of his father’s temper, which would sometimes erupt into violence.
#ThrowbackThursday ~ Dead Man’s Blues by Ray Celestin #HistoricalFiction set in 1920s Chicago #Gangsters
Ahead of my review for the third book in the City Blues Quartet, The Mobster’s Lament, I’m revisiting the second instalment, Dead Man’s Blues, a historical novel based on fact. It was released in audio format in August 2016 by Wholestory Audiobooks and narrated superbly by Christopher Ragland.
#WordlessWednesday ~ Meet the Neighbours #Photography #Donkeys
Never Be Broken (DI Marnie Rome #6) by Sarah Hilary #PoliceProcedural #CrimeFiction @sarah_hilary #TuesdayBookBlog
Author: Sarah Hilary
Publication Date ~ May 16th 2019 (Ebook & Hardback)
Category: Crime, Murder, Mystery, Suspense, Police Procedural, Book Review
Children are dying on London’s streets. Frankie Reece, stabbed through the heart, outside a corner shop. Others recruited from care homes, picked up and exploited; passed like gifts between gangs. They are London’s lost.
DS Noah Jake is determined to handle Raphaela’s case and Frankie’s too. But he’s facing his own turmoil, and it’s becoming an obsession. DI Marnie Rome is worried, and she needs Noah on side. Because more children are disappearing, more are being killed by the day and the swelling tide of violence needs to be stemmed before it’s too late.
