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Archive for August 2021

The Paris Wife, by Meghan Masterson

Newlywed and pregnant Livia moves to Paris with her husband Niccolo. She struggles to cope with the physical changes as the baby grows but also the adjustment to married life to a diplomat. She is befriended by a fellow Italian, the mistress of the Emperor, after saving her life. But is Elisabetta in further danger […]

An afternoon at Shaw House, Newbury

Last weekend we went to Newbury to visit the vegan fair and we needed something to do in the afternoon and I picked Shaw House. Shaw House is a stately home situated just 5 minutes’ drive to the north of Newbury town centre. It dates from the 1500s when the Dolman family bought the property. […]

Her Sister’s Killer, by Michelle S. Smith

Chicago detective Victoria Wharton returns to her hometown, devastated by the murder of her twin sister. She is given permission to investigate the murder but this is emotionally fraught as she has significant history with the suspects and the other lead detective… Her Sister’s Killer is a tense and dramatic police and crime thriller as […]

Greece Actually, by Sue Roberts

Becky is a hard working business owner who is offered the opportunity to house sit her uncle’s Greek villa. She seizes the chance for a holiday with her friends. But an unhealthy relationship haunts her and the possibility of a holiday romance seems both exciting and dangerous… Greece Actually is a warm novel about love […]

Beyond the Olive Grove, by Kate Hewitt

TRIGGER WARNING: this book involves the death of a child Ava arrives in Greece with an address, a key and a broken heart. Her marriage is over following the death of her daughter and she has travelled to Greece to discover more about her recently deceased grandmother who owned a house in a rural village […]