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[[Category:New Reviews|Women's Fiction]] <!-- Remove -->{{newreview|author= Erica James|title= Coming Home to Island House|rating= 4|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= Much to the disgust of the village and his estranged children Jack Devereux has a new wife, the 'scarlet woman' Romily Temple. But, can his death and final demand that his children spend seven days together at childhood home, Island House, 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 the family find themselves pulling together.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1409159590</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Sue Moorcroft|title= The Little Village Christmas|rating= 4|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= For me, the best Christmas books are unapologetic. There is no such thing as too much mistletoe and magic as far as I'm concerned and sentiment should absolutely be the order of the day. Whilst Moorcroft offers a rather more tapered version of this Christmas ideal, I still thoroughly enjoyed ''The Little Village Christmas'' and was definitely left with a warm and fuzzy festive feeling!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>000826001X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Jenny Colgan|title= Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery|rating= 4|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= Polly, Huckle and Neil are back but in what, sadly for fans of the Little Beach series, seems to be the last of this trilogy. Never say never but by the end of this book, the author has certainly secured the destiny of these three much-loved characters. 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.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>075156477X</amazonuk>}}__NOTOC__ {{newreview|author= Heidi Swain|title= Sleigh Rides and Silver Bells at the Christmas Fair|rating= 5|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= 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 previous book. Yet again Heidi Swain has managed to combine an original mix of characters with a feelclass-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.|amazonuk"wikitable" cellpadding="15" <amazonuk>1471164853</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Melissa Pimentel|title=Jenny Sparrow Knows the Future|rating=4.5|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=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!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0718186443</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Melissa Hill|title= Keep You Safe|rating= 4|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= 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. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008217122</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Chrissie Manby|title= The Worst Case Scenario Cookery Club|rating= 4|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= 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.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1473639778</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Holly Hepburn|title= The Picture House by the Sea|rating= 4|genre= Women's Fiction|summary=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 iceINSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-cream cart. Consider me sold!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471161714</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Susi Osborne|title=Angelica Stone|rating=4|genre=General Fiction|summary=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.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1911320947</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Katy Colins|title= Chasing the Sun|rating= 4|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= 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. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0008202192</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Heidi Swain|title= Coming Home to Cuckoo Cottage|rating= 5|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= 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.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471147282</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Rebecca Chance|title= Killer Affair|rating= 3|genre= Women's Fiction|summary=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.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447282914</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Sophie Divry and Alison Anderson (translator)|title=Madame Bovary of the Suburbs|rating=2.5|genre=General Fiction|summary=''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''.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857054686</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Louise Pentland|title=Wilde Like Me|rating=4.5|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=World famous fashion and beauty vlogger Louise Pentland, also known as Sprinkle of Glitter, takes on a new challenge in the form of her touching debut novel, ''Wilde Like Me''. You will be transported into a world full of exasperating drama with the PSMs (Posh School Mums), heart-warming mother daughter moments and self-righteous men who you realise aren't the be all and end all. Now enters Robin Wilde, a single mum to Lyla and make-up artist living in her granny's house simply just trying to get by. The novel follows her journey of self discovery, which even she'd admit sounds like some awful cliche, and shows you that only '''you''' can make you happy.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1785762931</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Dorothy Koomson|title=The Friend|rating=5|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=Maxie, Anaya, Hazel and Yvonne – four friends and school-gate-mums who meet for coffee, wine, gossip and momentary escape from their respective lives. Nothing unusual about that until Yvonne is found battered and half-dead in the playground. Three weeks later Cece moves into the area, her children starting that same school. Gradually she finds herself falling into the orbit of Maxie, Anaya and Hazel and hears what happened to the still comatose Yvonne. Two questions still hang in the air though: who did it and why? The police believe that the perpetrator is one of the three remaining friends and that Cece is in the perfect position to help them with their enquiries… a very dangerous position to be in.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780895984</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Nora Roberts|title=Come Sundown|rating=4|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=Bodine Longbow's family has learnt to live with tragedy. A quarter of a century earlier Bodine's Aunt Alice disappeared without a trace. Nothing has softened the pain but life goes on and the family business (a ranch-style resort) certainly keeps them all busy. Bo is fully focussed as the resort's manager but distraction is on the horizon in the form of Callen Skinner. Local lad Callen comes home with a successful Hollywood film career on his CV and an eye for a certain Longbow lady. However, when a woman's body is found on resort land Callen is implicated. Is history repeating itself? Can Callen and Bo shake themselves free of a lawman's prejudice in order to discover the truth? The clock's ticking as Bo and Callen try to solve a mystery while putting themselves in the firing line and then Aunt Alice returns...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0349410909</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Jenny Colgan|title=Spandex and the City|rating=4|genre=Women's Fiction|summary= Touted as a super-hero romantic comedy, ''Spandex and the City'' features a girl-next-door Holly, a typically insecure 20-something rom-com heroine, enjoying her life in Centerton (Colgan's stand in for Gotham). When a handsome stranger she meets at a bar turns out to be the ''Ultimate Man'', a vigilante superhero straight from the Marvel or DC universe (the superpowers are more of a Marvel kind, but the character - both of the UM and of his adversary - reference Batman, among others), she can't help falling for him. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0356505448</amazonuk>}}{{newreview <!-- remove 28/6 -->|author=Isabella Davidson|title=The Beta Mum: Adventures in Alpha Land|rating=4.5|genre=Women's Fiction|summary=To say that Sophie Bennett didn't want to move to London is something of an understatement. She's a shy person who doesn't make friends easily and the thought of losing all her support systems and having to start again fills her with dread. ''But'', husband Michael has been offered a big job on London's RailLink project and it's not a chance he can turn down - even if he wanted to, and he doesn't. So before long their three-year old daughter, Kaya, has been left with Sophie's parents and Michael and Sophie have found a flat in west London and they've even, against all the odds, managed to secure a place for Kaya at London's most exclusive nursery school. Well, when I say that ''they'' managed to secure the place, I actually mean that they required the services of a nursery consultant, who has a double-barrelled name and a friendship with the headmistress.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781326525</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Nora Roberts|title=The Obsession|rating=5|genre=Crime|summary=Naomi Carson lives in New York but she hasn't always lived there. Actually her name hasn't always been Naomi Carson. Naomi's life had to start again when, aged 11, she sneakily followed her father into the woods to see if he was hiding her birthday present. That night she saw something no child… no person... should see. As an adult she's now putting her life back together and even coping with the advances of Xander Keaton but danger still lurks. The past will one day repeat itself and this time Naomi will find she's the target.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0349407789</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Kaela Coble|title=Friends and Liars|rating=5|genre=Thrillers|summary= Kaela Coble's debut novel ''Friends and Liars'' is a gripping read that tells the tale of 'the crew', a group of friends who once made a pact to ''always be honest with eachother''. So what happens when none of them keep this pact? After not being together for over ten years the crew are reunited at the wake of one of their own, Danny Deuso, who has left a haunting suicide note along with an envelope for each crew member containing their darkest secret. They are now faced with two options: reveal their secrets or face the risk that Danny will reveal them from beyond the grave.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786492059</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Paige Toon|title= The Last Piece of my Heart|rating= 3.5|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= Bridget is a travel writer and blogger with dreams of writing a book, but so far that has remained just a dream. Then an opportunity arises: not to write a book of her own, but to ghost write someone else's. Nicole died with a bestseller in print and plans for a sequel, and her publishers are keen that Bridget picks up where she left off. It's an unusual proposition, even more so because she will need to go and spend time with Nicole's husband and baby daughter as part of her research, but it might be the foot in the door she needs to segway into that book she's been planning.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471162559</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Patricia Falvey|title=The Girls of Ennismore: A Heart-Rending Irish Saga|rating=4.5|genre=Historical Fiction|summary=Ireland 1900: Ennismore House's young heiress Victoria had hoped that she and Rosie Killeen would be friends forever. Rosie soon comes to know better as there's a social chasm between those who live in the House and those, like Rosie's family, who have been brought up merely to serve them. The days of innocence are coming to an end in many ways. Soon, as the cry for Irish Home Rule becomes louder, there'll be more than steps on society's ladder between them as each must discover their own way in a nation that will never be the same again.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786490625</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Colleen Oakley|title= Close Enough to Touch|rating= 4|genre= Women's Fiction|summary=''One time, a boy kissed me and I almost died...My lips started tingling. My tongue swelled to fill my mouth. My throat closed; I couldn't breathe. Everything went black.''

So begins <!-- Blake -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1409177122.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1409177122/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[An Italian Summer by Fanny Blake]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] Set against the tale backdrop of an unlikely romantic heroine: Rome and Naples, ten very different people meet on a girl who small 'Taste of Italy' sightseeing trip. This is allergic to other human beingsa story of family, friendships and relationships – my favourite. After However, it was a departure from the extreme humiliation suffered usual formulaic chicklit I normally read focused on sassy independent female characters in their twenties or thirties. Here the aftermath characters are middle-aged with children in their twenties and rather than looking for love they are facing different life challenges of maintaining love, empty nest syndrome, and the events aboveloss of loved ones. Essentially it is a story of breaking out and new beginnings. [[An Italian Summer by Fanny Blake|Full Review]]<!-- Coulton -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1473669588.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473669588/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Falling Short by Lex Coulton]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]], [[:Category:Humour|Humour]], [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] Lex Coulton's debut novel is a story about mistakes, failures, and relationships. The main protagonist, Frances Pilgrim, is a sixth form English teacher who has recently fallen out with her best friend Jackson, Jubilee Jenkins becomes a recluse work colleague, and hides herself away from is grappling with the increasingly eccentric behaviour of her mother. This relationship is complicated by the world for nine fact that Frances's father disappeared at sea when she was five yearsold. [[Falling Short by Lex Coulton|Full Review]] <!-- Fletcher -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0751571229.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0751571229/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[When her source of income suddenly dries upThe Curtain Falls by Carrie Hope Fletcher]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Paranormal|Paranormal]], [[:Category:Crime|Crime]], Jubilee needs to overcome her fears[[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] A thoroughly, step out into magical and riveting story that hooks you in from the world first page and find takes you on a jobroller coaster ride towards the last. Working at Fletcher weaves together a dash of ''Whodunit'' the local librarythrill of romance, she meets divorced dad Eric (the course of which never runs smoothly,) and his quirky adopted sonan unpredictable ghost. The ghost appears once a year, the principal star of her very own show, Aja to meet with the love of her life and strikes up a re-enact her death. A tragic accident with the roots buried deep within the whole array of human nature. Love, joy, care, friendship with them, jealousy, possessiveness, selfishness, cold ambition, all laid bare on centre stage. <!-- Butland -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Butland_Curious.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/785764403/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae by Stephanie Butland]]=== [[image:4star. As their mutual attraction starts jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]], [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] Ailsa Rae has been sick her whole life, and just as she was edging closer to growdeath she finally, can there be any future finally got the call that she needed, that a heart was available for her to have a relationship where even transplant. Previously she had felt so helpless that she had used her blog to make decisions for her, running polls amongst her readers to decide on her actions. But with her new heart, she has been given a simple kiss could be fatalnew life. Can Ailsa manage to start to live on her own, and will her mother let her do that?[[The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae by Stephanie Butland|Full Review]] |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1760294136</amazonuk!-- Woods -->}}|-{{newreview| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0751568538.jpg|authorlink=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0751568538/ref=nosim?tag=Nancy Revellthebookbag-21]]  |titlestyle=Shipyard Girls at War"vertical-align: top; text-align: (Shipyard Girls 2) left;"||rating=5==[[How to be Happy by Eva Woods]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|genrelink=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] Annie had hit rock bottom. Her mother was suffering from early-onset dementia and her marriage was well and truly over. 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 let's not get into the job with Lewisham Council and her colleagues there. Could it get any worse? Well, it looked as though it might when Polly burst into her life. She's one of those irritatingly happy, joyful people who simply won't take no for an answer and she's determined to make Annie happy. Whether she likes it or not. [[How to be Happy by Eva Woods|Full Review]] <!-- Marilyn Bennett -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:B079LS2VKW.jpg|left|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B079LS2VKW/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  |summarystyle=Warning"vertical-align: This review contains spoilers for top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Shipyard Girls Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Nancy RevellMarilyn Bennett]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|Book 1link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] in the series from the beginning[[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] Lorraine has one of those voices which makes you stop whatever you're doing so that you can listen ''properly''. She has some disadvantages though.The war bites deeper She's a checkout operator for Fresh and Co and frankly it's not the shipyard girls at Thompsons have more best place to be if you're hoping to contend with than be the next big superstar. Her manager is her mother, but that's not ''quite'' as much of a heavier workloaddisadvantage as you might think as Natalie definitely has Lorraine's best interests at heart and she's street smart. The Elliott household is in mourning now Teddy But Lorraine (actually, it's Lolly to her Mum) has one really big advantage too: she sounds just like the superstar she idolises and that lady has been killed indulging in Africasome illegal substances and needs a body/voice double at pretty short notice. It's the perfect opportunity for Lorraine. [[Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Marilyn Bennett|Full Review]] <!-- James -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:James_Island.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1409159590?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1409159590]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Coming Home to Island House by Erica James]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] Much to the disgust of the village and his estranged children Jack Devereux has a new wife, muting the celebrations when 'scarlet woman' Romily Temple. But, can his death and final demand that his twinchildren spend seven days together at childhood home, Island House, Joebring about a reconciliation and forgiveness from his much loved family? With sadistic Arthur, comes homegrief-consumed Hope, albeit injuredremorseful Kit and fiery Allegra this seems like an impossibility but then war is declared and the family find themselves pulling together. [[Coming Home to Island House by Erica James|Full Review]] <!-- Moorcroft -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Moorcroft_Little.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/000826001X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=000826001X]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Little Village Christmas by Sue Moorcroft]]=== [[image:4star. Rosie is getting over her horrendous episode with her murderous uncle but shejpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's still not back Fiction]] 'Tis the season to full healthbe jolly, eat too many mince pies and read books with titles like ''The Little Village Christmas''. Working shifts at And so we come to this latest offering from the yard during ever popular Sue Moorcroft. I am unashamed to admit that I have rather a penchant for ''Christmas'' books and look forward to indulging in them each year. This year being no different I was greatly looking forward to some literary Christmas magic - and frankly if you can take the day romance of Christmas and secretly ramp up the nostalgia by night as inserting a brothel manager village setting I am more than happy to leave my cynicism behind to afford her little sisterwallow in some festive sentimentality. [[The Little Village Christmas by Sue Moorcroft|Full Review]] <!-- Colgan -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Colgan_Xmas.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/075156477X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=075156477X]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's school fees is a bit Fiction]] Polly, Huckle and Neil are back but in what, sadly for fans of the Little Beach series, seems to be the last of this trilogy. Never say never but by the end of this book, the author has certainly secured the destiny of these three much-loved characters. Don't be put off if you haven't read the previous ones, it really won't matter particularly as the author provides a strain helpful little synopsis at times but the worst seems start to help those, like me, that are new to be overthese stories. [[Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan|Full Review]] <!-- Swain -->|-| style="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. The complications in Rosiejpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's life arenFiction]] 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 over yet thoughdisappoint 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. A complication But, don't worry if you haven't read any of the heart is 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 horizonChristmas 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]] [[: can she afford 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 fall predicting the year in love 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 police detectivedivorce 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? Meanwhile Gloria attempts 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 move on from her abusive husband arenbe 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't s that easymistaken identity moment involving the neighbours. The war At least Janice is taking more than its share well adjusted and over her ex-husband Alec. She still dreams of casualties him, yes, but then it's so is life.over! Just as well really… guess who's at the door? [[Our Tiny, Useless Hearts by Toni Jordan|Full Review]] |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784754641</amazonuk!-- Hill -->}}|-{{newreview| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Hill-Keep.jpg|authorlink=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0008217122/ref=nosim?tag=Diney Costeloethebookbag-21]]  |titlestyle=The New Neighbours"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"||rating=4==[[Keep You Safe by Melissa Hill]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|genrelink=General Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]]|summary=Dartmouth Circle has always been This is the epitome story of British middle class proprietytwo mothers and two daughters, and the virus that binds them. Widowed mum Kate is a nurse. Manicured lawnsShe has a daughter, Rosie, well-kept house facades… All and Rosie is where it should 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 life hope herd immunity would carry her through. Married mum Madeleine is ordereda ''mummy blogger'' and tells the world, with or at least the disrupting influence of internet, the towndo's university students out of sight and out do not's of mindparenting. ImagineThere's one thing she didn't do, thenthough, and that is get her daughter Clara vaccinated. Dubious of the horror when MMR, she and her husband decided to forgo the good citizens of the Circle hear that one of jabs for their houses… THEIR houses… children. And now, like Rosie, she has been bought as student accommodationmeasles. [[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. Will it be the harbinger of doom they expectuk/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|amazonuklink=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]] <amazonuk!-- Hepburn -->1784972665<|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Hepburn_Picture.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1471161714/amazonuk>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]] {{newreviewSo 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 -->|author=Dinah Jefferies-|titlestyle=Before the Rains"width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Osborne_Angelica.jpg|ratinglink=4http://www.amazon.co.5uk/dp/1911320947/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  |genrestyle=Historical Fiction"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Angelica Stone by Susi Osborne]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|summarylink=Eliza has tragically punctuated childhood memories of India Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Women's Fiction|Women's Fiction]] I'd say that have feed Angelica Stone was known as Angel to her desire to returnfriends, but she's not big on friends. Therefore in 1930, following She has the death sort of her husbandbackground you dread hearing about: sexually abused as a child, when grabbed by the care system and didn't so much fall through the British government commission her cracks as escaped its clutches and then had to learn how to photograph scenes of Indian lifecope. She's been told that she's tainted, that she jumps at the chanceruins every relationship without intending to and that she's best staying away from 'decent' people. What One of her jobs is working in a supermarket and it's there that she doesnmeets Lola Moriarty and ''t realise is that not everyone she comes across is delighted '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 idealatest one. [[Chasing the Sun by Katy Colins|Full Review]] <!-- Swain -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Swain_Coming. 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[[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 opulent palace complex Fiction|Women's Fiction]] Rebecca Chance's much anticipated and praised latest novel is definitely an attraction worth a 'chance' but for herme 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 is Jayyet unidentified woman on a revengeful warpath against a second glamorous mystery woman. The story then restarts from the beginning setting the scene, an Indian price who shows Eliza characters and events that will eventually lead up to the real Indiarevengeful opening act. However, attractions are sometimes dangerous and even deadlyIt'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]] |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241287081</amazonuk!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->}|}