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[[Category:New Reviews|Women's Fiction]]__NOTOC__ {{Frontpage|isbn=1471180158|title=Maybe Tomorrow|author=Penny Parkes|rating=4.5|genre=General Fiction|summary=Jamie Matson works in an upper-class grocery store, for a man who's a control freak with all the subtlety of a half brick. Jamie's son, Bo, 'has his problems'. He's asthmatic and the more you read, the more you'll suspect that he's on the autistic spectrum. Sometimes Jamie needs to take time off at short notice - she's a frequent flier in the local A&E and sometimes Bo's not fit enough to go to school. <!Missed shifts or the need to be away on time to pick Bo up from school are occasions when Jamie can be controlled and put in the wrong. It was going to come to a head.}}{{Frontpage|author=Lauren Bravo|title=Preloved|rating=4|genre=Women's Fiction|summary= Gwen is pressing her middle-aged bosom on a big number that starts with a four and ends with an oh- Remove my-God->I'm-nearly-forty. Having been made unexpectedly redundant - any HR officer worth their salt would argue the toss - Gwen finds herself having a bit of a mid-life crisis. Catharsis is key and Gwen has decided now is the time to take back her life'|isbn=1398510629}}{{Frontpage|class-"wikitable" cellpaddingisbn=0008506337|title=The Garnett Girls|author=Georgina Moore|rating=5|genre=General Fiction|summary="15" <!The love affair between Margo Garnett and poet Richard O'Leary was all-consuming, apparently on both sides. Margo was just sixteen when they fell in love. Richard was twenty- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HEREone and described by Margo's mother as 'an older man'. Her parents worried that Richard's influence would take her away from what they felt she could achieve -going to Oxford and having a glittering career. In the event, they eloped and Richard took her away from the Isle of Wight. Margo did go to Oxford and went on to become a well->respected journalist. The couple had three children: Rachel, Imogen and Sasha. Life was lived in London and holidays were spent at Sandcove, the family home on the Isle of Wight. Even then the doubts about Richard's drinking were never far from Margo's mind: ''she would never be able to leave him in charge''.

{{Frontpage| styleauthor="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Hadeer Elsbai|title===[[The Curious Heart Daughters of Ailsa Rae by Stephanie Butland]]Izdihar|rating=4|genre==Fantasy[[image:4star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]], [[:Category:WomenDrawing inspiration from Egypt, ''The Daughters of Izdihar's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] Ailsa Rae has been sick her whole lifeexplores the lives of two women who could not be more different, yet find themselves fighting for the rights of women and just as she was edging closer to death she finallyweavers – those with magical abilities - in a society pitted against them. Nehal, finally got born into the call that she neededupper class, that a heart was available for her wishes to have a transplant. Previously she had felt so helpless that she had used her blog attend the Weaving Academy to make decisions for her, running polls amongst her readers learn to decide on control her actions. But with her new heartabilities and then join the military, but instead she has been given a new lifeis forced into an arranged marriage with Nico. Can Ailsa manage to start Giorgina on the other hand did not have a privileged upbringing like Nehal and feels great pressure to live on provide for her ownfamily and maintain their reputation, and will her mother let her do that? [[The Curious Heart whilst secretly attending meetings of the Daughters of Ailsa Rae by Stephanie Butland|Full Review]] <!-- Woods -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0751568538Izdihar – a group campaigning for women's rights.jpg|link=http://www.amazonGiorgina also happens to be in love with Nico.coWhat follows is a story of an unjust society, filled with hypocrisy and cruelty, from which blossoms a group of admirable women fighting for their rights and overcoming their personal obstacles.uk/dp/0751568538/ref=nosim?tag|isbn=thebookbag-21]]0356520471}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"B0B575J99N|title=Beneath the Porticoes|author=Brooke Adams|rating==[[How to be Happy by Eva Woods]]===4[[image:4star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women'Women's Fiction|Womensummary=Elizabeth Miller was thirty-four and a teacher at a prestigious girl's Fiction]] Annie had hit rock bottomschool in York. Her mother It was suffering from early-onset dementia and her marriage was well and truly over''comfortable'' but she longed for something more in life. She lived in a damp and depressing tenth-floor ex-council flat and had to share with someone she didn't really know just to afford the rent. And letd ''still not found the right vocation nor met the right man''s not get into and now was the time to make a change. She needed challenges. There was a little trepidation when she applied for the professoressa job with Lewisham Council and her colleagues therein Bologna. Could it get any worse? Well After a telephone interview, she was offered the position and it looked as though it might when Polly burst into her life. She's one of those irritatingly happy, joyful people who simply wonwasn't take no for an answer and long before she's determined to make Annie happywas exploring the beautiful city. Whether she likes There were some natural doubts before her first class but it or notwent surprisingly well. [[How to be Happy by Eva Woods|Full Review]]}}<!-- Marilyn Bennett -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=0241542405| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Meredith Alone|author=Claire Alexander[[image:B079LS2VKW.jpg|left|linkrating=http://www4.amazon.co.uk/dp/B079LS2VKW/ref5|genre=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] General Fiction| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: When we first meet Meredith Maggs it's Wednesday 14 November 2018 and she's not left;"|===[[Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Marilyn Bennett]]=== [[image:4starher home for 1,214 days.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women She'd ''like's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] Lorraine has one of those voices which makes you stop whatever you're doing to: in fact, she so that you can listen ''properly''nearly does. She has some disadvantages though. SheHer outdoor clothes are on and she's a checkout operator for Fresh and Co and frankly it's not the best place even considered which shoes to be wear if youshe're hoping s going to be the next big superstarcatch her train. Her manager is her mother, but that's not ''quite'' as much of a disadvantage as you might think as Natalie definitely has Lorraine's best interests at heart and Then, shecan's street smartt. But Lorraine (actually, itShe simply can's Lolly t force herself to leave the safety of her Mum) has one really big advantage too: home. She's fortunate that she sounds just like the superstar she idolises and that lady has been indulging in some illegal substances a good friend, Sadie, who visits regularly with her two children, James and needs a body/voice double at pretty short noticeMatilda. ItSadie's the perfect opportunity for Lorrainea cardiac nurse and full of sound common sense. [[Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Marilyn Bennett|Full Review]] <! In fact it was Sadie who gave Meredith her cat, Fred. Groceries are online deliveries and there's also an internet-- James -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:James_Islandbased support group where you'll find Meredith as JIGSAWGIRL, so you can guess what she does in her spare time. Then Tom McDermott arrives.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co He's from Holding Hands, a charity which supports people with problems such as Meredith's.uk/gp/product/1409159590?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1409159590]]}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"0008441618|title=Other Parents|author=Sarah Stovell|rating=5|genre=[[Coming Home to Island House by Erica James]]===Women's Fiction [[image:4star.jpg|linksummary=CategoryJo Fairburn knew that she was under intense pressure as the new head of West Burntridge First School:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Womenif she didn's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] Much t live up to the disgust her retired predecessor there could well be a house price slump in that part of the village town. The school had an active Parent Teacher Association and his estranged children Jack Devereux has the funds which they raised were a new wife, considerable benefit to the school. There was one difficulty, though - they were ''devastatingly shockable'scarlet woman' Romily Temple. But, can his death and final demand that his children spend seven days together at childhood homewith two members, Island Housein particular, bring about a reconciliation and forgiveness from his much loved family? With sadistic Arthur, grief-consumed Hope, remorseful Kit and fiery Allegra this seems like an impossibility but then war is declared and causing problems for the family find themselves pulling togetherhead. [[Coming Home Laura Spence and Kate Monroe objected to Island House by Erica James|Full Review]]Jo's restrictions on the toys children could bring in on Toy Day but that was just a warm-up act for their real gripe: LGBTQ education.}}<!-- Moorcroft -->{{Frontpage|-author=Giovanna Fletcher| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Walking on Sunshine|rating=4[[image:Moorcroft_Little.jpg|leftgenre=Women's Fiction|linksummary=https://www.amazon.coMike's wife, Pia, who he was with for seventeen years, has died.uk/gp/product/000826001X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=000826001X]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: And whilst he is dealing with his grief, so are their best friends, Vicky and Zaza. But Pia left;"|===[[The Little Village Christmas by Sue Moorcroft]]=== [[image:4starthem all some 'rules' to follow, knowing that she was dying and that they would need help to carry on living.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] 'Tis the season to be jollyWhilst some of the rules are around practicalities such as clearing out her wardrobe, eat too many mince pies and read books with titles like ''The Little Village Christmas''. And so we come another one that Mike discovers one day encourages him to this latest offering from the ever popular Sue Moorcroft. I am unashamed to admit that I have rather a penchant for ''Christmas'' books take one of their trips away, and Vicky and Zaza, struggling with their grief and look forward their own life troubles, decide to indulging drop everything in them each yeartheir own lives, and go along with him. This year being no different I was greatly looking forward to some literary Christmas magic - and frankly if you can take the romance of Christmas and ramp up the nostalgia by inserting a village setting I am more than happy to leave my cynicism behind to wallow in some festive sentimentality. [[The Little Village Christmas by Sue Moorcroft|Full Review]]|isbn=140593560X}}<!-- Colgan -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=B09FS89KX9| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Fall On Me|author=Penelope Potts[[image:Colgan_Xmas.jpg|left|linkrating=https://www3.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/075156477X?ie5|genre=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=075156477X]] Women's Fiction| stylesummary="vertical-alignLife should have been good for Hollie: top; text She was just going into the final year of her veterinary degree and -align: left;"|===[[Christmas three years later - was still working at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan]]=== [[image:4starBB's diner.jpg|link=Category Bob - the owner - regarded her fondly:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[he was a good boss. Hollie had moved in with her boyfriend, Marcus:Category:Womenher mother thought he was great and he was doing well in his career. Hollie wasn's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] Polly, Huckle t quite so certain though: Marcus wanted to control her and Neil are back but in what, sadly for fans most of the Little Beach series, seems all he wanted her to be leave her job at the last of this trilogydiner. Never say never but by Then there was the end of this bookfact that he would be violent, the author has certainly secured the destiny of these three much-loved charactersboth to her and to other people. Don't be put off if you haven't read the previous ones, it really won't matter particularly as the author provides a helpful little synopsis at the start to help those, like me, that are new to these stories. [[Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan}}{{Frontpage|Full Review]] <!-- Swain -->isbn=0008421714|-| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Swain_Sleigh.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471164853?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471164853]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Sleigh Rides and Silver Bells at the Christmas Fair by Heidi Swain]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] Having just discovered author Heidi Swain and her series of novels featuring the residents of Wynbridge, I couldn't wait to read this book and it certainly didn't disappoint being every bit as good as the [[Coming Home to Cuckoo Cottage by Heidi Swain|previous book]]. Yet again Heidi Swain has managed to combine an original mix of characters with a feel-good storyline to create a totally compelling read. But, don't worry if you haven't read any of the other instalments as each one focuses on a different lead character and story so it really won't matter. [[Sleigh Rides and Silver Bells at the Christmas Fair by Heidi Swain|Full Review]] <!-- Pimentel -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Pimentel_Jenny.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0718186443?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0718186443]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Jenny Sparrow Knows the Future by Melissa Pimentel]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]]  Jenny and Isla were focused teenagers. So much so in fact that they decided to write a life plan for their futures right down to predicting the year in which Jenny would marry the man of her dreams. As luck would have it, as the predicted year arrives Jenny finds herself living with Chris – kind, dependable Chris. The sort of guy with whom she would happily walk down the aisle. Then that fateful long girly weekend with Isla happens in Vegas. A cocktail or two and voila, a sudden, very different husband. Can Jenny get a divorce in time for her wedding to Chris without Chris finding out about this little…errr... glitch? Jenny's working on it! [[Jenny Sparrow Knows the Future by Melissa Pimentel|Full Review]] <!-- Jordan -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Jordan_Tiny.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1760293814/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Our Tiny, Useless Hearts by Toni Jordan]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]], [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] As predicted by Caroline and Janice's mother on Caroline and Henry's wedding day, their marriage is over, albeit 15 years and two daughters further along than predicted. Indeed, this is definitely not a good weekend for Janice to be babysitting at Caroline's house. There's the split and the awkwardness of the girls' schoolteacher being the other woman for a start. Then there's that mistaken identity moment involving the neighbours. At least Janice is well adjusted and over her ex-husband Alec. She still dreams of him, yes, but it's so over! Just as well really… guess who's at the door? [[Our Tiny, Useless Hearts by Toni Jordan|Full Review]] <!-- Hill -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Hill-Keep.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0008217122/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Keep You Safe by Melissa Hill]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] This is the story of two mothers and two daughters, and the virus that binds them. Widowed mum Kate is a nurse. She has a daughter, Rosie, and Rosie is ill with measles. As a nurse, Kate knows exactly how dangerous this can be, but because Rosie has a rare allergy that prevents vaccination, there was nothing she could do except cross her fingers and hope herd immunity would carry her through. Married mum Madeleine is a ''mummy blogger'' and tells the world, or at least the internet, the do's and do not's of parenting. There's one thing she didn't do, though, and that is get her daughter Clara vaccinated. Dubious of the MMR, she and her husband decided to forgo the jabs for their children. And now, like Rosie, she has measles. [[Keep You Safe by Melissa Hill|Full Review]] <!-- Manby -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Manby_Worst.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473639778/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Worst Case Scenario Cookery Club by Chrissie Manby]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] I love a good romcom and so was excited to read Chrissie Manby's latest novel. It certainly didn't disappoint on the comedy value and pleasingly it was more a 'relationship comedy' than just a romcom with unlikely friendships and day-to-day family relations providing the best laughs. [[The Worst Case Scenario Cookery Club by Chrissie Manby|Full Review]] <!-- Hepburn -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Hepburn_Picture.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1471161714/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Picture House by the Sea by Holly Hepburn]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] So as another typically dreary British summer is drawing to a close, I found myself craving a fix of literary sunshine and sea kissed romance. In such a mood it was then, that I came across the cover for The Picture House by the Sea. Perfect blue skies, glistening sea, a beautiful Art Deco building and to top it off an old fashioned ice-cream cart. Consider me sold! [[The Picture House by the Sea by Holly Hepburn|Full Review]] <!-- Osborne -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Osborne_Angelica.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1911320947/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Angelica Stone by Susi Osborne]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] I'd say that Angelica Stone was known as Angel to her friends, but she's not big on friends. She has the sort of background you dread hearing about: sexually abused as a child, grabbed by the care system and didn't so much fall through the cracks as escaped its clutches and then had to learn how to cope. She's been told that she's tainted, that she ruins every relationship without intending to and that she's best staying away from 'decent' people. One of her jobs is working in a supermarket and it's there that she meets Lola Moriarty and ''she's'' a completely different kettle of fish. [[Angelica Stone by Susi Osborne|Full Review]] <!-- Colins -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Colins_Chasing.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0008202192/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Chasing the Sun by Katy Colins]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] Author Katy Colins became Britain's most famous jilted bride when the true story of her subsequent lonely hearts backpacking trip went viral, before becoming a romantic comedy book series with this the latest one. [[Chasing the Sun by Katy Colins|Full Review]] <!-- Swain -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Swain_Coming.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1471147282/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Coming Home to Cuckoo Cottage by Heidi Swain]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] I absolutely loved this book. It was utterly enchanting with its charming feel-good storyline, delightful characters and innocent romance. It was also an easy read with short chapters making it easy to pick up and put down (not that I wanted to) throughout the day. [[Coming Home to Cuckoo Cottage by Heidi Swain|Full Review]] <!-- Chance -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Chance_Killer.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1447282914/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Coming Home to Cuckoo Cottage by Heidi Swain]]=== [[image:3star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] Rebecca Chance's much anticipated and praised latest novel is definitely worth a 'chance' but for me it was a very mixed read. The cover blurb describes it as 'irresistibly readable' and 'a glittering page-turner' which it most certainly was, starting with a famed but as yet unidentified woman on a revengeful warpath against a second glamorous mystery woman. The story then restarts from the beginning setting the scene, characters and events that will eventually lead up to the revengeful opening act. It's not until the end of the book that this mystery betrayal is fully revealed which is what kept me hooked throughout what is quite a long book. [[Coming Home to Cuckoo Cottage by Heidi Swain|Full Review]] <!-- Divry -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Divry_Madame.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0857054686/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Madame Bovary of the Suburbs by Sophie Divry and Alison Anderson (translator)]]=== [[image:2.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] ''It starts with becoming a homeowner, then settling in, then reproducing.'' Well, it actually starts a lot before then, with a set of fractured memories of our heroine's childhood – things she recalls her parents and relatives saying both to and about her. It goes through her childhood, and pen letters to a best friend conveying her wishes for her life, those wishes being revised and affirmed by the liberty of university years, those wishes being met with or denied by married life… Someone archly could point out that you should be careful what you wish for, but not even our wise, modern woman could not see the next step after the reproducing – ''standing disappointed in front of the refrigerator''. [[Madame Bovary of the Suburbs by Sophie Divry and Alison Anderson (translator)|Full Review]]  <!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->|} {{newreviewMrs March|author=Louise Pentland|title=Wilde Like MeVirginia Feito

|summary=World famous fashion When Beth Carlyle and Simon Withers first met they were on opposite ends of an angry exchange - well, Simon was angry and beauty vlogger Louise PentlandBeth was doing her best to apologise for having knocked Simon's son, Jake, also known as Sprinkle off his bike. He wasn't hurt but Jake has history. He has HLHS - that's Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome for those of Glitteryou who are not ''au fait'' with your medical acronyms. When he was born, takes on a new challenge in the form left side of her touching debut novelhis heart hadn't developed properly and he needed open-heart surgery when he was a few days old. So, Simon has every right to be over-protective particularly when someone isn't looking where they'Wilde Like Mere driving.}} {{Frontpage|author=C J Carey|title=Widowland|rating=4|genre=General Fiction|summary=It's April 1953, and Adolf Hitler's schedule includes going to Moscow to attend the state funeral of Joseph Stalin then within weeks coming to London, parading around a bit, and watching over the sanctioned return to the throne of Edward VIII with his wife, Queen Wallis. You will be transported into For yes, Britain caved in the lead-up to the World War Two that certainly didn't happen as we know it, and we are now a world full protectorate – well, we share enough of exasperating drama with the PSMs (Posh School Mums)same blood as the Germanic peoples on ''the mainland''. But this is most certainly a different Britain, heartfor Nazi-warming mother daughter moments styled phrenology, and selfideas of female purpose, has put all of that gender into a caste system, ranging from high-righteous men who you realise aren't brow office bigwigs to the drudges, and beyond those, right on down to the childless, the husbandless and the widows. Female literacy is actively discouraged. And in this puritanical existence, our heroine, Rose Ransom, is employed with the task of bowdlerising classical literature to take all encouragement for female emancipation out of it – after all, not every book can be all banned, and not every story excised immediately from British civilisation, and end so they just get a hefty tweak towards the party line before they're stamped ready for reprint. That is her job, at least, until the first emerging signs of female protest come to light, with their potential to spoil Hitler's visit.|isbn=152941198X}}{{Frontpage|author=Ruth Hogan|title=Madame Burova|rating=4.5|genre=General Fiction|summary=This book lets us discover several people in different stages of life in the early 1970s, allvaguely connected. Now enters Robin Wilde So we have a bullied half-cast boy (as he would have been called then), a single mum girl in a humdrum job wanting to Lyla become a singer, and makechiefly, Imelda, the third generation of Madame Burova, ''Tarot-up artist living in Reader, Palmist and Clairvoyant'', to use her grannyfamily's sea-front booth. The singer, the scryer and the sufferer's house simply mother will all become staff at a revamped holiday camp, but just trying to get bybefore then we see Imelda fly solo for the first time in the family stall. The novel follows We also see her on her journey last day, fifty years later, in possession of self discoverya pair of letters that will change everything for a woman called Billie. Just who is she, which even sheand who delivered the secrets about her to Imelda, and why did it have to remain a secret all this time?|isbn=152937331X}}{{Frontpage|author= Jennifer Saint |title= Ariadne |rating= 4.5 |genre= Women'd admit sounds like some awful cliche, s Fiction |summary= This re-telling of the myth of Ariadne and the Minotaur is interesting and shows you unusual. Jennifer Saint presents the story in a way that only is sympathetic to its origins but also appealing to a modern audience. Saint'''you''' can make you happys narrative is told predominantly through the viewpoint of Ariadne, spanning from her childhood to her death, allowing the reader to really connect with Ariadne as a character in her own right rather than just a prop in the heroics of Theseus.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1785762931</amazonuk>1472273869

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Dorothy KoomsonLucy Holland|title=The FriendSistersong

|summary=Maxie, Anaya, Hazel and Yvonne – four friends and schoolThirty-gateone-mums who meet for coffeeyear old Liberty Rossini has had her shop, winethe Cherry Blossom Boutique, gossip for just six months when she's nominated for - and momentary escape from their respective liveswins - the Retail Best Newcomer Award. Nothing unusual about that until Yvonne is found battered She's delighted and half-dead in the playgroundtwo people she's brought with her to the event couldn't be more pleased. Three weeks later Cece moves into the areaSonja, her children starting that same schoolmother, is an ex-model and Brazilian: you can see where Liberty got her looks from. Gradually she finds herself falling into the orbit of MaxieJessica's thirty-four and Liberty's best friend: they've known each other since university and Liberty adores Jessica's husband, Anaya Charles and Hazel and hears what happened to the still comatose Yvonnetheir four-year-old daughter, Ava. Two questions still hang in the air though: who did Life would be perfect for Liberty if it and why? The police believe that the perpetrator is wasn't for one of the three remaining friends and that Cece is in the perfect position to help them with their enquiries… thing: she misses having a very dangerous position to be man inher life.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780895984</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Nora RobertsB08GFSK2WZ|title=Come SundownThe Karma Trap|author=Lisette Boyd

|summary=Bodine Longbow's family has learnt George Jackson is thirty-three years old, absolutely gorgeous to live with tragedylook at - and single. A quarter of a century earlier BodineShe's Aunt Alice disappeared without a trace. Nothing has softened the pain but life goes on not had sex for eight months and the family business (a ranch-style resort) certainly keeps them all busy. Bo is fully focussed as the resortshe's manager but distraction is on the horizon stuck in the form karma trap: an awful lot of Callen Skinner. Local lad Callen comes home with a successful Hollywood film career bad luck is being visited on his CV her and an eye she has a real talent for a certain Longbow ladyattracting drama. However, when a womanHer life's body is found on resort land Callen is implicated. Is history repeating itself? Can Callen and Bo shake themselves free chaotic: she dealt with the leak from the shower by putting something down at the bottom of a lawman's prejudice the stairs to absorb the water - then the shower fell through the roof whilst she was in order to discover it and left her, stark naked, staring at the truth? pervy postman. The clockShe only has to take her mother's ticking as Bo dog out for a walk for her to end up with dog poo spattered across her face - and Callen try to solve a mystery while putting themselves in photo being taken by someone who shares it around the firing line and then Aunt Alice returns..office.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0349410909</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=B08CHJLNBS|title=Capturing Emilia|author=Brooke Adams|rating=3|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=He's Charles Devereaux, thirty-eight and a partner at Wickham Jones, the Mayfair letting agents. She's Emilia, twenty-nine, librarian and archivist in the heritage library next door. Emilia has read [[The Secret by Rhonda Byrne|The Secret]] but she's moved on from new age books like that, which leave you dependent on someone else's philosophies, to something a little deeper. Charles is more of a [[Personal by Lee Child|Jack Reacher]] man himself, but, above all, he's shocked that Emilia reads ''The Guardian''. They're obviously not at all compatible, so why can Charles not get this woman out of his mind? She's not his usual type at all: it's obvious to his friends. And given that Emilia regularly feels repulsed by Charles's superficiality, why does she feel drawn to him? The relationship's obviously a non-starter, isn't it?}}{{Frontpage|author=Jenny ColganHelly Acton|title=Spandex The Shelf|rating= 4|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= When we meet Amy, she's in a relationship with Jamie. You can't really call it a partnership, because things tend to get done on his terms, but she's sticking around because she hopes she can change him. Ah, yes. Haven't we all been there? Things are looking up when he tells her to pack for a surprise trip. Could this be it? Is he ''finally'' going to get down on one knee? Was the work (and the Citywait) worth it?|isbn=1838770879}}{{Frontpage|author= Alyssa Sheinmel|title= What Kind of Girl|rating= 4|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= '' Doing something when you're scared is braver than doing something when you're not'' When Mike Parker's girlfriend comes into school with a black eye, claiming he gave it to her, her whole world is tipped upside down. Her relationship has just ended and now she's the talk of the school. Mike was the most popular boy in school who was always so in love with her, everyone knew that, so why did he do what he did? Some people believe her and some don't, but one thing is for sure, this isn't going to blow over any time soon.|isbn=0349003297}}{{Frontpage|author= Katie Fforde|title= A Springtime Affair|rating= 4|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= I've wanted to read author Katie Fforde for ages and this was pretty much exactly what I was expecting - a warm, cosy read focused on romance, family and friendships. This provided two romances for the price of one, but it was actually the family element as opposed to the romance that I really enjoyed. |isbn=1780897561}}{{Frontpage|isbn=B07W4MNBSG|title=Be Careful Who You Marry|author=Lizzy Mumfrey

|genre=Women's General Fiction|summary= Touted as a super-hero romantic comedy, ''Spandex It was coming up to Halloween in 1987 and the City'' features a girlgroup of sixth-next-door Holly, a typically insecure 20-something rom-com heroine, enjoying her life in Centerton (Colgan's stand in for Gotham)form schoolgirls wondered what they would be doing when they were fifty. When a handsome stranger she meets at a bar turns out to be the you're only seventeen that seems positively ancient, but Liz was convinced that ''Ultimate Manyour entire life depends on who you marry'', a vigilante superhero straight from . The only eligible boys were the Marvel or DC universe (Young Farmers and the superpowers are more idea of living in a farmhouse and having a Marvel kindcouple of children called Will and Olly appealed to Charlotte, but or perhaps William and Oliver if you were Elizabeth who was determined to marry the character rather superior Patrick Shepley- both of Botham. The place to start their search was obviously the UM and of his adversary Young Farmers' Halloween disco that weekend. There was just one problem - reference Batman, among others), she can't help falling for himthere were too many Elizabeths in the class. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0356505448</amazonuk>