Book Reviews (by publication)

About books

2023

Match Me If You Can, Sandy Barker
Misty Mornings at the Potting Shed, Jenny Kane
Not in a Billion Years, Camilla Isley
The Science of Agatha Christie, Meg Hafdahl & Kelly Florence
The Village Vicar, Julie Houston
Before We Grow Old, Clare Swatman

2022

The Do-Over, Bethany Turner
One Italian Summer, Rebecca Serle
Plot Twist, Bethany Turner

2021

Teddy Spenser Isn’t Looking For Love, Kim Fielding
By Mistake, Sigal Ehrlich
The Hate Project, Kris Ripper
NW, Zadie Smith
Dominicana, Angie Cruz
The Guilty Feminist, Deborah Frances-White
Take a Chance on Me, Beth Moran
I Am Pilgrim, Terry Hayes
Fairy Godmothers, Inc., Saranna DeWylde

2020

Juliet Takes a Breath, Gabby Rivera & Celia Moscote
The Love Study, Kris Ripper
The Plus One Pact, Portia MacIntosh
Swipe Right, Stephie Chapman
The Little Teashop in Tokyo, Julie Caplin
The Five-Year Plan, Carla Burgess
Aftermath (Nasleep), Tinka Floor
The Summer of Wishful Thinking, Eve Edwards
That Night in Paris, Sandy Barker
The Wedding War, Liz Talley
The Neighbours, Nicola Gill
A Dozen Second Chances, Kate Field
New Beginnings at Glendale Hall, Victoria Walters
Tweet Cute, Emma Lord
My One Month Marriage, Shari Low
My Great Ex-Scape, Portia Macintosh
Mad About You, Anna Premoli

2019

The Dating Charade, Melissa Ferguson
Queerbaiting and Fandom, Joseph Brennan
There’s Something About Darcy, Gabrielle Malcolm
#No Filter, Maxine Morrey
Starlight over Bluebell Castle, Sarah Bennett
The Secret Cove in Croatia, Julie Caplin
A Question of Us, Mary Jayne Baker
Two Like Me and You, Chad Alan Gibbs
The Love Solution, Ashley Croft
Honeymoon for One, Frankie Collins
Sunshine over Bluebell Castle, Sarah Bennett
The Ingredients for Happiness, Lucy Knott
Love and Other Mistakes, Jessica Kate
Kiss, Jill Mansell
Five Wakes and a Wedding, Karen Ross
As Luck Would Have It, Zoe May
Please Send Help, Allison Raskin & Gaby Dunn
Hattie’s Home for Broken Hearts, Tilly Tennant
A Very French Affair, Sue Roberts
Dating by the Book, Mary Anne Marlowe
Summer at the Little French Café, Karen Clarke
The Little Giftshop on the Loch, Maggie Conway
Maybe This Time, Jill Mansell
A Vicarage Homecoming, Kate Hewitt
Gender Queer – A Memoir, Maia Combabe
Furthermore, Tahereh Mafi
Red, White and Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston
The Printed letter Bookshop, Katherine Reay
Entangled, J.S. Scott
The Time of Our Lives, Portia MacIntosh
The Forgotten Secret, Kathleen McGurl
The Age of Misadventure, Judy Leigh
Badly Done Emma Lee, Leah Marie Brown
The Happiness Project, Pippa James
The Man I Fell in Love With, Kate Field
Coming Home to Holly Close Farm, Julie Houston
The Little Paris Patisserie, Julie Caplin
The Little Theatre on the Seafront, Katie Ginger

2018

The Secrets of the Wild Wood, Tonke Dragt
A Village Affair, Julie Houston
Coming Home to Maple Cottage, Holly Martin
The Manifesto on How to be Interesting, Holly Bourne
What’s Love Got to Do With It, Anna Premoli
Come Away With Me, Maddie Please
Disconnected, Michelle Halket (editor)
The Man You Meet in Heaven, Debbie Viggiano
The Letter for the King, Tonke Dragt
Dreaming of Christmas, T.A. Williams
A Dad of his Own, Minna Howard
The Lucky Dress, Aimee Brown
Come For Me Darling, Alexis Anne
The Little Brooklyn Bakery, Julie Caplin
Happily Never After, Emma Robinson
Waker, Maud Van Der Veen
The Summer Getaway, Tilly Tennant
Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom
The Day is Ready, Alison Malee
The witch doesn’t burn in this one, Amanda Lovelace
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Becky Albertali
The Little Wedding Island, Jaimie Admans
Wedding Bells at the Dog & Duck, Jill Steeples
The Royal We, Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan
Winter at the Dog & Duck, Jill Steeples
The princess saves herself in this one, Amanda Lovelace
A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson
Queen Victoria’s Children, Jon Van Der Kiste
The Wedding that Changed Everything, Jennifer Joyce
Accidentally in Love, Anna Premoli

2017

Christmas at Cedarwood Lodge, Rebecca Raisin
Christmas at Butterfly Cove, Sarah Bennet
The Little Village Christmas, Sue Moorcroft
A Vicarage Christmas, Kate Hewitt
Christmas at the Dancing Duck, Daisy James
Hope at Christmas, Nancy Naigle
The Royal Wedding, Melanie Summers
The Royal Treatment, MJ Summers
Why Not Me, Mindy Kaling
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, Mindy Kaling
The Story of Awkward, RK Ryals
More Than This, Patrick Ness
Loved by you, Kate Perry
Bet Me, Jennifer Crusie
William & Kate: The Love Story, Robert Johnson
The Wedding Gift, Lucy Kevin
A Little Something Different, Sandy Hall
Never Never, Colleen Hoover
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, Eliezer Yudkowsky
That Kind of Girl, Kate Perry
Her Best Match, Tamie Dearen
What A Girl Wants, Kate perry
Vous Revoir, Marc Levy
84 Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff
Thursday’s Children, Rumer Godden
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Benjamin Alire Saenz
Have A Little Faith, Mitch Albom

2016

The Five People You meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom
Good Omens, Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Fowler
Girl Hearts Girl, Lucy Sutcliffe
Speak, Laurie Hall Anderson
I Am The Messenger, Markus Zusak

Mini reviews

2021

Christmas Far from Home:
1. The Post Box at the North Pole, Jaimie Admans
2. The Perfect Christmas Gift, Katie Ginger
3. The Great Christmas Escape, Kellie Hailes
Have Yourself a Gay Christmas:
1. The Christmas Proposal, Lisa Moreau
2. Humbug, Amanda Radley
Insta-Christmas:
1. The Twelve Wishes of Christmas, Ruby Basu
2. Half-Baked Holidays, Kat Bastion
Christmas Feeling Down:
1. Mistletoe at the Manor, Teresa F. Morgan
2. Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing, Lacey Baker

2020

A Working Christmas
1. No Room at the Little Cornish Inn, Nancy Barone
2. All I Want for Christmas, Joanna Bolouri
3. Winter at Wishington Bay, Maxine Morrey
4. The Little Christmas Shop on Nutcracker Lane, Jaimie Admans
Friends to Lovers at Christmastime
1. Stuck on You, Portia MacIntosh
2. The Winter We Met, Samantha Tonge
3. Christmas Wishes, Sue Moorcroft
Dreaming Away for Christmas
1. A Perfect Paris Christmas, Mandy Baggot
2. The Christmas Swap, Sandy Barker
3. Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy, Nancy Naigle
4. Dreaming of Christmas, T.A. Williams
A Christmas of Unfortunate Events
1. One Family Christmas, Bella Osborne
2. Winter Wishes at Swallowtail Bay, Katie Ginger
3. The Holiday Detour, Jane Kolven

2019

It’s Christmas All Around
1. The Last Day of Winter, Shari Low
2. We Met in December, Rosie Curtis
3. Christmas Every Day, Beth Moran
White Romantic Christmas
1. A Snowy Little Christmas, Fern Michaels
2. Snowflakes on the Little Christmas Tree Farm, Jaimie Admans
3. Christmas at Frozen Falls, Kiley Dunbar
4. The Northern Lights Lodge, Julie Caplin
Finding Family for Christmas
1. It Won’t be Christmas Without You, Beth Reekles
2. Single All The Way, Karen King
3. Let It Snow, Sue Moorcroft
4. Coming Home to Glendale Hall, Victoria Walters
YA-Fun for Christmas
1. Decked With Holly, Marni Bates
2. Snow Queen, Emma Harrison
3. Ex-Mas, Kate Brian
4. Icing on the Lake, Katherine Clarke
Moving on at Christmas
1. One Christmas Star, Mandy Baggot
2. Magic under the Mistletoe, Lucy Coleman
3. Christmas at Strand House, Linda Mitchelmore
4. Snowdrops on Rosemary Lane, Ellen Berry
Finding Yourself at Christmas
1. Wishes under a Starlit Sky, Lucy Knott
2. The Christmas Countdown, Donna Ashcroft
3. An Unforgettable Christmas, Ginny Baird
Food and Christmas
1. Twelve Days of Christmas, Trisha Ashley
2. Snowflakes at Mistletoe Cottage, Katie Ginger
3. I’ll Be Home for Christmas, Karen Clarke
Making a Family for Christmas
1. A Very Vintage Christmas, Tilly Tennant
2. A Cosy Candlelit Christmas, Tilly Tennant
3. Starlight at Bluebell Castle, Sarah Bennett
4. A Perfect Cornish Christmas, Philippa Ashley
Delicious romance
1. The Cake Shop in the Garden, Carole Matthews
2. The Cosy Teashop at the Castle, Caroline Roberts
3. Welcome to Rosie Hopkin’s Sweet Shop of Dreams, Jenny Colgan

2018

Reunited for the Holidays
1. Snowflakes over Holly Cove, Lucy Coleman
2. Another Day in Winter, Shari Low
3. A Christmas Gift, Sue Moorcroft
Historical Christmas Story Collection
1. Christmas Stitches, Judith Miller
2. The Christmas Heirloom, Karen Witemeyer
3. My True Love Gave To Me, Stephanie Perkins
Loss and Christmas
1. A Miracle on Hope Street, Emma Heatherington
2. Cupcakes for Christmas, Kate Hewitt
3. The Christmas Wish, Tilly Tennant
Finding Love and Treasuring Family
1. The Christmas Café at Seashell Cove, Karen Clarke
2. How to Bake a New Beginning, Lucy Knott
3. Dear Santa, Nancy Naigle
Modern Day Christmas Story Collections
1. A Season to Celebrate, Fern Michaels
2. Let It Snow, John Green
3. Santa’s On His Way, Lisa Jackson
Christmas Weddings
1. A Way Back Home, Alison Sherlock
2. The Little Christmas Teashop of Second Chances, Donna Ashcroft
3. Happily Ever After at the Dog & Duck, Jill Steeples
4. One Winter’s Day, Laura Briggs
It Started with Paris & more Cathy Kelly
1. It Started With Paris, Cathy Kelly
2. Secrets of a Happy Marriage, Cathy Kelly
3. Between Sisters, Cathy Kelly

Series in review

2019

The Note, Zoe Folbigg
The Baby Sitter’s Club, Ann M Martin
Willoughby Close, Kate Hewitt
The Chronicles of Dalemark, Diana Wynne Jones
Wildflower Park, Bella Osborne
The Complete Prince of Wales Mysteries, Peter Lovesey

2018

A Hamilton Christmas, Donna Kauffman
The Little Book Café, Georgia Hill
Summerhill, Kate Perry
Laurel Heights, Kate Perry
The Wicked and the Divine, Kieran Gillen

2017

War of the Witches, Maite Carranza

2016

Tintin, Hergé

Reviewing the classics

2020

Lives and Deaths, Leo Tolstoy

2019

Isolde, Irinia Odoevtseva

2017

The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint Exupéry
War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells
The Railway Children, E. Nesbit
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott

2016

The Complete Tales, Beatrix Potter
The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Persuasion, Jane Austen