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TRIGGER WARNING: domestic and child abuse, serious mental health conditions James Owens is released from a secure hospital after being incarcerated following a significant crime a decade ago which he cannot remember. He needs to adjust to life outside but is haunted by the abuse from his father which manifests as hallucinations. His twin sister […]

Orphan Edwin Hope is dared to climb a tree. He does, falls and is sent away. His relationship with the tree has begun… The Promise Tree is a mix of history, fantasy, myth and romance. Young Edwin meets a young girl in the branches of the sycamore tree on his family’s estate. It begins a […]

Day 274: early morning runs are now in the dark with street lights! Roll on the clocks changing… Day 275: accidental acquisition? Meet Ginger! Day 276: well I’m ready for Christmas! Feel a bit bad that I haven’t got anything for the kids yet (but the dogs have festive toys ready!) Day 277: my knee […]

TRIGGER WARNING: child murder 15 years ago a woman killed herself after her baby daughter went missing, presumed dead. Now a family are murdered on the same property and a toddler is missing. Madison Harper and her team are desperate to find little Annie while her associate Nate investigates the cold case for a killer […]

Mo is a child psychologist but cannot understand her own two children. Dora is full of hormones while her brother Peter is embracing a Victorian persona. Can the family survive the dreaded teenage years? A Tiny Bit Marvellous is a family comedy novel which made me laugh but I also found it emotional as the […]