Dead Secret

 ‘Enthralling from the first page to the last. Devoured in one sitting. Noelle Holten has become one of my must-read authors’ Angela Marsons, bestselling author of the Detective Kim Stone series

Psychopaths can take root in the unlikeliest soil…

DC Maggie Jamieson crosses paths once again with Probation Officer Lucy Sherwood when a domestic violence survivor stumbles into her new refuge, unable to speak, desperate for help.

Then another case hits Maggie’s desk. A young man has been murdered, and a curious constellation of black dots has been inked onto his cheek.

That’s when DCI Hastings goes missing and Maggie uncovers a shocking connection that turns the case on its head.

Every family may hide secrets, but not every family buries them…

Author Bio:

Noelle Holten is an award-winning blogger at www.crimebookjunkie.co.uk. She is the PR & Social Media Manager for Bookouture, a leading digital publisher in the UK, and worked as a Senior Probation Officer for eighteen years, covering a variety of risk cases as well as working in a multi agency setting. She has three Hons BA’s – Philosophy, Sociology (Crime & Deviance) and Community Justice – and a Masters in Criminology. Noelle’s hobbies include reading, attending as many book festivals as she can afford and sharing the booklove via her blog. Dead Inside – her debut novel with One More Chapter/Harper Collins UK is an international kindle bestseller and the start of a new series featuring DC Maggie Jamieson.

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My Review

The series just gets better and better. The characters are becoming old friends and it's really interesting watching the different relationships develop. Noelle Holten has a knack of tapping into raw emotions and her realistic, sometimes almost too realistic!, descriptions draw you into the scene. The result is that you end up thinking about the story long after you finish the last page. I really enjoyed this book but I'm glad I don't live in the author's mind.

Summer Secrets at Streamside Cottage

 

Summer Secrets at Streamside Cottage

A new start can come from the most unexpected places...

It's been years since Lizzie Lockhart spoke to her parents. But she was safe in the knowledge she knew everything about them. Once upon a time, they were as close as could be. Until they weren't.

After receiving the earth-shattering news of their passing, Lizzie decides it's time to unearth some family secrets and find out just who her parents really were... starting with Streamside Cottage. A cottage Lizzie never knew existed, in a place she's never heard of: the beautiful English village of Leafton.

Leaving behind London, and the tattoo parlour she called home, Lizzie finds herself moving to the countryside. Faced with a tight-lipped community, who have secrets of their own, Lizzie is at a loss for what to do, until her rather handsome neighbour, Ben, steps in to help.

As Lizzie finally begins to piece together the puzzle of her family history she realises she has to confront the truth of the past in order to face her future.

 

Purchase Links 

UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Summer-Secrets-Streamside-Cottage-page-turning-ebook/dp/B08NWC5V52/

US - https://www.amazon.com/Summer-Secrets-Streamside-Cottage-page-turning-ebook/dp/B08NWC5V52/

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/summer-secrets-at-streamside-cottage

Author Bio – 

Samantha Tonge lives in Manchester UK and studied German and French at university. She has worked abroad, including a stint at Disneyland Paris, and has travelled widely.
She has sold many dozens of short stories to women's magazines.

In 2014 her bestselling debut, Doubting Abbey, was shortlisted for the Festival of Romantic Fiction Best Ebook Award.
In 2015 her summer novel, Game of Scones, hit #5 in the UK Kindle chart and won the Love Stories Awards Best Romantic Ebook category.
In 2019 she was shortlisted for the RNA’s Romantic Comedy Award.
In 2020 she won the RNA’s Jackie Collins Romantic Thriller Award with her novel Knowing You, from publisher Canelo.

Social Media Links – 

Twitter: @SamTongeWriter
Instagram: @samanthatongeauthor

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SamanthaTongeAuthor

 

Website http://samanthatonge.co.uk/

My Review

Really enjoyed this book which was full of surprises. I now know more about the art of tattooing than I did before and found it unexpectedly interesting. Of course, this isn't the main story, but that too leaves the reader full of surprises. As Lizzie tries to unravel the secrets of the past, it doesn't unravel as she or the reader might expect. The twist isn't overly contrived but comes as a shock nonetheless. A story that will grab you and make you keep on reading. Definitely one for the summer.

Interview with a seducer

 Interview With A Seducer

A Bewildering Love Story

 

Trip Murgatroyd is a hotter than hot sex worker. He is happy with his life, with what he does for a living - he is comfortable in his own skin. 

Then he receives an unusual request – to be Rachel’s 30th birthday gift. 

An uber-hot escort is an unlikely candidate for a rather prim, over-protected widow to befriend. And who had ever heard of a jealous ghost?
     

Trip and Rachel would most likely never have met, had Rachel's friend not come up with this original birthday gift idea. Rachel was meant to close her eyes, and say 'thank you' afterward.

But, the concept of a stranger paid to spend the night with her did not sit well with her. She couldn't be part of his harem. So, questioning the man about his 'work', in a very public place, was as far as she was prepared to go.
     

However, the plan was doomed from the start - having never encountered a man like him before, she never stood a chance against his charm - the seducer was good at what he did for a living.
     

And her husband objected.
     

Since his death, Lawrence had been hanging around the house, reading the newspaper, watching TV - until  Rachel's meeting with Trip. Then he made his displeasure known - Rachel had promised him forever, and he was holding her to it.
     

But Rachel was a young woman - she wanted to love again. 

 

How was she to escape her jealous husband's ghost?

 

Interview With A Seducer is a steamy paranormal romance for adult readers.

 

Order your copy at the preorder price of 99c here :
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About Maggie Tideswell

Maggie Tideswell is an international bestselling author with a passion for romance. Ghosts just can't seem to leave her alone. She combines things that can't be explained, sweaty bodies, and rumpled beds in a way that will make your toes curl and your hair stand on end.

 

To Contact Maggie

Send her an email: authormaggietideswell@outlook.com

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Aegean sun - The Kafeneion

Aegean Sun: The Kafenion

The Kafenion has much more to offer than just coffee and cake!

The Kafenion is undergoing its regular seasonal change from traditional coffee shop and local hangout to summertime hotspot for the massive influx of tourists who visit the Greek island each year.

The furniture has been updated, the new signs for more specific coffee types have been installed, the basic cookies have been replaced with a tempting range of cakes and desserts and a fresh coat of paint has added an optimistic glow to the place, which always attracts the many visitors who are looking for a treat.

Jane has been working on the island for a few years and finds a job in the kafenion for her friend Helen, who is hoping for some fun and romance during the summer.

Xenon and Kyriakos both make regular deliveries of fresh produce to the kafenion and they find other reasons to want to visit when Jane and Helen are around, but are they both interested in the same girl?

Georgina discovers the kafenion while searching for information from her mother’s past, but does Pericles have all the answers or will he just cause more confusion?

Visit the kafenion during a Greek summer season to see how the staff and their regulars navigate their way through complex working and romantic relationships.
This is the eleventh book of standalone reads in the Aegean Sun series.

Ideal for fans of contemporary romance writers Sandy Barker, Kate Frost and Jo Thomas

Purchase Links

UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aegean-Sun-Kafenion-Stephanie-Wood-ebook/dp/B08W58RCCB

US - https://www.amazon.com/Aegean-Sun-Kafenion-Stephanie-Wood-ebook/dp/B08W58RCCB

Author Bio – 

Stephanie Wood writes contemporary fiction in the form of novels, novellas and short stories and you can find the running order of her titles on the ‘look inside’ of any book. 

She published the AEGEAN SUN series of books as a fly-on-the-wall vision of life in a Greek resort during the summer season, using her extensive experience as a holiday rep to bring some unusual incidents to life on the page. The series began as an exploration of the various ways in which tourists make the most of their holidays and how they interact with the locals while they are visiting. The later books in the series have taken a closer look at the locals themselves and show how their lives and relationships are sometimes changed by the regular influx of seasonal visitors.

The CHRISTMAS ON THE CLOSE series is set in a British suburban cul-de-sac over the festive period and visits each house individually to discover how the neighbours who live there celebrate the season in their own special way.

Stephanie lives in Lancashire where, apart from reading and writing, she loves gardening and cycling and is a huge fan of the soaps Emmerdale and Neighbours. If you would like to sign up to her newsletter list (with around four messages per year) you can do so on the contact page of her website and, as a thank you, will receive the free short story THE ZIA SUNSET EXCURSION.

 

Social Media Links – 

Website: www.stephaniewood.co.uk

Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephaniewooduk

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StephanieWoodAuthor/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8198175.Stephanie_Wood

My Review

Stephanie Woods can always be relied upon for some light-hearted fun whilst using her years of experience in Greece to shed light on what happens when the tourists have gone home.

Now more than ever I felt the need to escape to Greece for a while. The romantic shenanigans, the search for a missing father and the relationships between the staff and customers of the Kafeneion all brought to life the Greece that I remember.

This is an easy light-hearted read perfect for anyone who loves Greece or simply wants to escape for a while in a good book.

Corfu Capers

 

Corfu Capers

Five people, three secrets, one planned proposal. What could possibly go wrong? 

A holiday in a luxury villa on Corfu sounds like the answer to all their prayers but it will change their lives forever. A week in paradise might not be long enough…

Purchase Links 

UK  - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corfu-Capers-Joy-Skye-ebook/dp/B082MP48H1/

US -  https://www.amazon.com/Corfu-Capers-Joy-Skye-ebook/dp/B082MP48H1/

Author Bio – 

Joy lives on the seductive island of Corfu with her four dogs and an embarrassing number of cats. 

Her many years working in the tourist industry on this sunny isle and her love of all things literary inspired her first novel Corfu Capers which recently hit the #1 spot in Parenting and Family humour much to her delight.

She loves to cook, dance and drink wine, usually at the same time, and is currently working on book number two, due to be released later this year. 

She also loves to travel, absolutely anywhere, and is looking forward to jumping on a plane!

Social Media Links – 

 Twitter: @JoySkye4

 Instagram: joys.kye

Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B08S386CV1

My Review

Kate is planning the perfect holiday, in the perfect villa on a perfect island so that her son Scott can make the perfect marriage proposal to his long-term girlfriend. A total control freak, Kate is not the kind of customer you would want to deal with, nor is she the ideal mother-in-law. With Scott being a total mummy's boy, will Linda even accept the proposal? So much could go wrong and it does with hilarious results. This is a genuinely funny book. The descriptions of Corfu are luscious and made me even more nostalgic for the days when we could just jump on a plane. In the meantime, this book is the next best thing to getting my Greek fix.

Moonlight over Muddleford Cove

 

Moonlight Over Muddleford Cove

When thirty-four-year-old Nellie Wagstaff loses her job and discovers her fiancé is a cheating scumbag in a single day, she feels like the world has come crashing down. And that’s before the solicitor’s letter, along with a request to visit a place she hasn’t thought about for a very long time.

Heartbroken, Nellie escapes to the beautiful seaside town of Muddleford in Dorset, where she discovers she’s inherited more than she ever bargained for. Nellie never knew why her mother stopped talking to her sister, but now childhood memories of Muddleford come flooding back: long hot summers, the sea glistening beyond the sandy cove... and a stolen kiss with a boy called Jack.

Jack, now a devilishly handsome vet, has the local pet owners swooning over him, and as Nellie and he become close once more, and she gets used to gossiping with the locals and sipping wine at her beach hut with sand between her toes, she’s sure she can feel sparks flying once more. But just as she thinks she might be able to open her heart again, her newest frenemy, the glamourous Natalia, tells her a secret about Jack that changes everything.

Nellie will never know why her mother and aunt parted ways. She’ll sell the house, forget about Jack, and get back to real life. Because there’s nothing for her in Muddleford... is there?

An utterly uplifting and completely hilarious summer read about learning to trust yourself and of finding love and friendship in the least expected places for fans of Jessica Redland, Heidi Swain and Holly Martin.

 

Purchase Links 

UK: https://amzn.to/2NXKaJ7 
US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08VHNLRML

Author Bio – 

 

Kim Nash is an author of uplifting, funny, heartwarming, feel-good, romantic fiction.

Her latest book, Sunshine and Second Chances, was shortlisted for the 2020 Amazon Kindle Storyteller Award.

She lives in Staffordshire with son Ollie and English Setter Roni, is Head of Publicity for Bookouture and is a book blogger at www.kimthebookworm.co.uk.

Kim won the Romantic Novelists Association's Media Star of the Year in 2016, which she still can't quite believe. She is now quite delighted to be a member of the RNA.

When she's not working or writing, Kim can be found walking her dog, reading, standing on the sidelines of a football pitch cheering on Ollie and binge watching box sets on the TV. She's also quite partial to a spa day and a gin and tonic (not at the same time!) Kim also runs a book club in Cannock, Staffs.

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Amazing Grace was her debut novel with Hera Books and came out in April 2019.

Escape to Giddywell Grange is Kim's second novel and was published by Hera Books in September 2019.

Sunshine and Second Chances is Kim's third novel and was published in June 2020.  

 

Moonlight over Muddleford Cove, Kim’s fourth novel is available to pre-order now and will be published on 30^th March 2021.

You can read Kim's Blog here: www.kimthebookworm.co.uk 

Social Media Links – 

Twitter: (@KimTheBookworm) https://twitter.com/KimTheBookworm 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimTheBookWorm/ 
Instagram: @Kim_the_bookworm

My Review

This is just a lovely summery read. I could picture myself in Nellie's cottage and this book made me long for the sea. Jack and Nellie's realtionship is touching and it's clear their past history has created a bond between them but can they rekindle their teenage feelings? Natalia is a great if unwelcome character in the story and does her best to deter Nellie but will she succeed? The beach hut is a lovely touch making this a light-hearted summer escape, perfect for reading in the garden or if you're lucky, on the beach.