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[[Category:New Reviews|Women's Fiction]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Diane Allen1471180158|title= The Mistress of Windfell ManorMaybe Tomorrow|author=Penny Parkes|rating= 4.5|genre= Women's General Fiction|summary= Charlotte Booth is Jamie Matson works in an upper-class grocery store, for a man who's a control freak with all the beautiful daughter subtlety of a successful wool farmer half brick. Jamie's son, Bo, 'has his problems'. He's asthmatic and like any young Victorian womanthe more you read, she looks forward the more you'll suspect that he's on the autistic spectrum. Sometimes Jamie needs to the day take time off at short notice - she can be married and have a family of her own. Her childhood sweetheart Archie has 's a place frequent flier in Charlottethe local A&E and sometimes Bo's heart, but he cannot provide her with the life she desires, so when wealthy mill owner Joseph Dawson comes not fit enough to town Charlotte sees her luck begin go to changeschool. After a brief courtship, Charlotte and Joseph marry and move in Missed shifts or the need to be away on time to the illustrious Windfell Manor, but things soon turn sour pick Bo up from school are occasions when one of Joseph's mill workers is found dead Jamie can be controlled and Charlotte starts to suspect that Joseph isn't put in the man she first thought he wrong. It wasgoing to come to a head.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447287312</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Wray DelaneyLauren Bravo|title=An Almond for a ParrotPreloved|rating=4.5

|summary=It was when Tully gained Gwen is pressing her middle-aged bosom on a big number that starts with a stepfour and ends with an oh-my-God-I'm-mother that her education really startednearly-forty. That was Having been made unexpectedly redundant - any HR officer worth their salt would argue the beginning toss - Gwen finds herself having a bit of the road to discoverya mid-life crisis. The discovery that she can realise ghosts for others, that she can escape the cruelty of an alcoholic father Catharsis is key and Gwen has decided now is the discovery of the income and pleasure her body can generate. That, in turn, leads time to the rather classy Fairy House brothel and, now, the condemned cell in Newgate Prison. As she awaits her fate, Tully writes take back her autobiography 'life'An Almond for a Parrot'' and allows us to read over her shoulder.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>000818254X</amazonuk>1398510629

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Nancy Revell0008506337|title=The Shipyard Garnett Girls|author=Georgina Moore

|summary=1940 Elizabeth Miller was thirty-four and the workload of Thompsons, the Tyneside shipyard, increases so much they do the unthinkable: employ women to perform the roles traditionally taken by men. Ita teacher at a prestigious girl's the bravest as well as the strongest women who accept the challenge and, under the expert tuition of Rosie, begin to take their places beside their male counterpartsschool in York. Itwas ''s not an easy ride comfortable'' but she longed for any of themsomething more in life. In fact, as they band together, thereShe'd ''s one particular group that will face dangers in their daily lives as real - and more imminent - than any encountered on still not found the right vocation nor met the slipway.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784754633</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Lisa Dickenson|title= Mistletoe on 34th Street|rating= 4|genre= Womenright man's Fiction|summary= It's December, and Olivia is off now was the time to New York. Sadly it's not for the Christmas of make a lifetime, or even a pre-holiday shopping weekendchange. She's going needed challenges. There was a little trepidation when she applied for work, the professoressa job in fact she's leading Bologna. After a team of colleaguestelephone interview, so it's far from a relaxing trip. Luckily she'll be home in time for was offered the big day itself, position and then she'll really be able to relax. Except, in a comedy of errors such as this, things donit wasn't exactly go to planlong before she was exploring the beautiful city. Fierce weather grounds flights and shatters dreams, and new Christmas plans come into play There were some natural doubts before her first class but it went surprisingly well.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0751563099</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Fionnuala Kearney0241542405|title=The Day I Lost YouMeredith Alone|author=Claire Alexander

|genre=Women's General Fiction|summary=Anna is missing; a difficult truth When we first meet Meredith Maggs it's Wednesday 14 November 2018 and she's not left her home for 1,214 days. She'd ''like'' to: in fact, she so nearly does. Her outdoor clothes are on and she's even considered which shoes to wear if she's going to catch her mother Jess train. Then, she can't. She simply can't force herself to absorbleave the safety of her home. Anna went ski-ing She's fortunate that she has a good friend, Sadie, who visits regularly with friendsher two children, leaving Jess to look after AnnaJames and Matilda. Sadie's daughtera cardiac nurse and full of sound common sense. In fact it was Sadie who gave Meredith her cat, Jess' granddaughterFred. Little Rose is now a comforting presence for Jess Groceries are online deliveries and there's also an internet-based support group where you'll find Meredith as she thinks about AnnaJIGSAWGIRL, piecing together the person and life that Jess thought so you can guess what she knew aboutdoes in her spare time. Then Tom McDermott arrives. HoweverHe's from Holding Hands, Anna has secrets, at least one of a charity which will have repercussions… and not just for Jesssupports people with problems such as Meredith's.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007593996</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Diney Costeloe0008441618|title=The Sisters of St CroixOther Parents|author=Sarah Stovell

|summary=On her 21st birthday Adelaide discovers a family Jo Fairburn knew that she was under intense pressure as the new head of West Burntridge First School: if she wasndidn't aware of: live up to her retired predecessor there could well be a Mother Superior aunt house price slump in a French convent and a father who died in WWI rather than Richard - her mother's husband that part of the town. The school had an active Parent Teacher Association and the man who funds which they raised her. Adeline decides to go to France for were a short holiday in order considerable benefit to learn more from her aunt that her family knew as Sarah Huntthe school. Both Sarah and Adelaide partThere was one difficulty, hoping that though - they will see each other again soon and they willwere ''devastatingly shockable'', with two members, but in circumstances that neither of them envisagedparticular, causing problems for the head. As the Second World War begins Laura Spence and Germany captures France, thereKate Monroe objected to Jo's danger ahead restrictions on the toys children could bring in on Toy Day but that was just a warm-up act for each of themtheir real gripe: LGBTQ education.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784972606</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Melissa PimentelGiovanna Fletcher|title= The One That Got AwayWalking on Sunshine|rating= 4|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= When youMike're Americans wife, and planning a weddingPia, you want that wedding to be in a properwho he was with for seventeen years, English castlehas died. Of course you doAnd whilst he is dealing with his grief, so are their best friends, Vicky and Zaza. ItBut Pia left them all some 's the only thing rules' to follow, knowing that she was dying and that mattersthey would need help to carry on living. It's far more important than the hassle Whilst some of shipping in your whole family from the Statesrules are around practicalities such as clearing out her wardrobe, forcing your sister another one that Mike discovers one day encourages him to spend a week in a foreign country take one of their trips away, and Vicky and Zaza, struggling with her ex or anything else. This is the situation Ruby finds herself their grief and their own life troubles, decide to drop everything in. Her extheir own lives, Ethan, is the best man and she's Maid of Honour. It can't be avoided. And it's going to be a disastergo along with him.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1405923733</amazonuk>140593560X

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Vanessa GreeneB09FS89KX9|title= The Little Pieces of You and Fall On Me|rating= 4|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= Sometimes you know exactly what you want in life, can list it all quite easily. At the end of their first year of uni, Isla and Sophie make lists. Just one list each, but with a number of items on. Things they want to accomplish in their lives. Lofty goals and easier wins. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0751563765</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Penelope Jacobs|title= Playing FTSE|rating= 4.5|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= Melanie is something of a ''wunderkind'', a graduate at an investment bank with brains to match her body. In a male dominated environment she's finding that one gets in the way of the other, but she's a smart girl and can learn to play this to her advantage. With her friend Jenny keen to lead her astray, Mel must learn the give and take of life in the City, and how far to push the limits to get ahead.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781324611</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Alan Titchmarsh|title=Mr Gandy's Grand TourPotts

|summary=Timothy Gandy lost his wife unexpectedly. Life should have been good for Hollie: One minute she She was reaching up for just going into the perfect serve final year of her veterinary degree and - three years later - was still working at BB's diner. Bob - the next she owner - regarded her fondly: he was lying dead of a massive heart attack on the tennis courtgood boss. It hadn't been the perfect marriage: the two Hollie had little moved in common, but Tim had stayed with his wife firstly for the sake of the childrenher boyfriend, then eventually for Isobel's sake and eventually because he realised that he would feel guilty if he left her. After the shock of Marcus: her death came the realisation that mother thought he was 55, retired great and could now do what he likedwas doing well in his career. And that was where the idea Hollie wasn't quite so certain though: Marcus wanted to control her and most of all he wanted her to leave her job at the grand tour came fromdiner. He Then there was going the fact that he would be violent, both to take a leisurely trip around the cultural sights of western Europe her and indulge himselfto other people.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340953071</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Georgia Clark0008421714|title= The RegularsMrs March|author=Virginia Feito|rating= 4.5|genre= Women's Literary Fiction|summary= If offered the chance to immensely upgrade your beauty, to become The problem began just after the very definition publication of gorgeous, George March's most successful novel to have a face and body the likes of which are date. Everyone but Mrs March (we know her first name only ever seen on magazine covers and catwalks, would you take the last page) seemed to either be reading it? This is or had already done so. Every day Mrs March went to the question posed local patisserie to best friends Eviebuy olive bread but on that particular morning, Patricia asked, Krista and Willowas she was wrapping the bread, when they are presented with ''Prettybut isn't this the first time he', an enchanted solution of which s based a single drop guarantees a stunning physical appearance for a week. Before the ''Prettycharacter on you?'' She mentioned that Johanna, the girls principal character had regular faces, faced regular problems, and found themselves regularly disappointed by the dating world'her mannerisms''. But Perhaps this bottle has would not have mattered, except for the potential to change everything. The adventure fact that ensues takes all three young women on a whirlwind journey Johanna is the whore of selfNantes -discovery as dreams are fulfilled''a weak, plain, detestable, pathetic, hearts are brokenunloved, and the addiction to such a lifestyle proves to be far more sinister than they ever imaginedunloveable wretch.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471160181</amazonuk>''

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Talulah Riley1473685745|title= Acts of LoveUnbreak Your Heart|author=Katie Marsh|rating= 4.5|genre= Women's Fiction |summary= Bernadette St John presents herself as the very face When Beth Carlyle and Simon Withers first met they were on opposite ends of contemporary feminine independencean angry exchange - well, Simon was angry and Beth was doing her best to apologise for having knocked Simon's son, Jake, off his bike. He wasn't hurt but Jake has history. She is strong, career He has HLHS -driventhat's Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome for those of you who are not ''au fait'' with your medical acronyms. When he was born, beautiful…and definitely holds the attention left side of the publichis heart hadn't developed properly and he needed open-heart surgery when he was a few days old. For Bernadette is the So, Simon has every right to be over-protective particularly when someone isn't looking where they'Man Whispererre 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, winning herself fame and watching over the sanctioned return to the throne of Edward VIII with her ability his wife, Queen Wallis. For yes, Britain caved in the lead-up to coax secrets from the richest World War Two that certainly didn't happen as we know it, and most powerful men we are now a protectorate – well, we share enough of the world, exposing them with controversial distaste in her articlessame blood as the Germanic peoples on ''the mainland''. Hidden behind such But this is most certainly a conniving different Britain, for Nazi-styled phrenology, and judgemental personaideas of female purpose, howeverhas put all of that gender into a caste system, is a deep insecurityranging from high-brow office bigwigs to the drudges, and a desperate longing beyond those, right on down to be loved by the perfect manchildless, the husbandless and the widows. She has already decided that the newly engaged Tim Bazier Female literacy is actively discouraged. And in this puritanical existence, our heroine, Rose Ransom, is employed with the only candidate task of bowdlerising classical literature to take all encouragement for such a position in her heartfemale emancipation out of it – after all, not every book can be banned, and will stop at nothing to win him back not every story excised immediately from his all-too-lovely fiancé. Yet what is perfect is a subject for discussionBritish civilisation, and charismatic entrepreneur Radley Blakeso they just get a hefty tweak towards the party line before they's unwavering attention has also fallen upon the feisty journalistre stamped ready for reprint. It That is a weaving tale her job, at least, until the first emerging signs of ''will-they-wont-they'' that Riley spins herefemale protest come to light, one that I found myself unable with their potential to put downspoil Hitler's visit.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1473637902</amazonuk>152941198X

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Julie CohenRuth Hogan|title=FallingMadame Burova|rating=4.5

|summary=Here is This book lets us discover several people in different stages of life in the story of three womenearly 1970s, from three generations within the same familyall vaguely connected. There is JoSo we have a bullied half-cast boy (as he would have been called then), a forty year old single mother whose first husband diedgirl in a humdrum job wanting to become a singer, and whose second husband ran off with their nanny. She is left caring for her older teenage daughterchiefly, LydiaImelda, and her two little onesthe third generation of Madame Burova, Oscar and Iris, whilst harbouring a secret that she feels she cannot share with anyone. Her daughter Lydia is the second female character''Tarot-Reader, Palmist and as well as the usual teenage angst she is also dealing with griefClairvoyant'', still, over to use her fatherfamily's death, anger with her mother for her second disastrous marriagesea-front booth. The singer, the scryer and her own very difficult secret that she is unable to talk to anyone about. Finally there's Honor who is Jothe sufferer's mother in lawwill all become staff at a revamped holiday camp, but just before then we see Imelda fly solo for the mother of Jo's first husband, Stephentime in the family stall. Honor has a fallWe also see her on her last day, breaks her hipfifty years later, and is forced to move in with Jo possession of a pair of letters that will change everything for a time as she has no one else who can help herwoman called Billie. She too Just who is hiding a secret from the worldshe, and as you read who delivered the story you begin secrets about her to wonder if any of these characters actually know who the others areImelda, and if any of them will ever start telling the truth.why did it have to remain a secret all this time?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1784160636</amazonuk>152937331X

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Lisa JewellJennifer Saint |title= I Found YouAriadne |rating= 4.5|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= A man This re-telling of the myth of Ariadne and the Minotaur is missing, interesting and his new wife is worriedunusual. Miles away, Jennifer Saint presents the story in a man way that is found alone and confused on sympathetic to its origins but also appealing to a beach, and his new friend modern audience. Saint's narrative is concerned. Are told predominantly through the two in any way connected and what events have occurredviewpoint of Ariadne, spanning from her childhood to her death, allowing the reader to really connect with Ariadne as a character in the past and her own right rather than just a prop in the present, to lead us all here?heroics of Theseus. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1780893612</amazonuk>1472273869

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Rhona MartinLucy Holland|title=Gallows Wedding: A dark novel of witchcraft and forbidden love set against the backdrop of religious upheaval in Henry VIII's timesSistersong

|genre=Historical Literary Fiction|summary=HazelSistersong is part of a genre I particularly enjoy, an orphaned peasant during the 16th century has had modern retelling of folk and fairy tales. These stories, for most of us, are a cornerstone of childhood and I relish seeing them retold with fresh eyes and a tough time fresh perspective. If handled well these retellings give new life and new meaning to say stories that are now becoming increasingly narrow and outdated, fleshing out characters, examining relationships and re-evaluating the leastrole of women. Therefore when she comes across Black JohnSistersong is a perfect example of a modern retelling done well, the plot is handled with care, an outlaw about keeping its archaic historical feel but allowing the characters to be hanged she sees her chance. By proposing come to him she'll save his life , to feel real andhuman, marrying him, her ownmost importantly they feel relatable in a modern world whilst still feeling appropriate for the pre-Saxon age they live in. At least that's Hazel's theory but the fates will make it This is a bit more masterpiece of a strugglestorytelling and I was captivated from beginning to end.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1861515456</amazonuk>1529039037

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Leah FlemingB08NF79QXT|title=The Last Pearl|rating=4|genre=General Fiction|summary=''I always think, without the grit there would be no pearl. Sorrows have a way of strengthening the heart, never forget that, child.'' Greta Costello lives in in poverty with her mother and siblings and must work as a skivvy to put bread on the table. She manages to find some joy in her work though, especially in her 'Sabbath' job working for a kindly old widowed Jew. The two become friends and he offers to take her on as his apprentice, stringing pearls. Could this highly-skilled job be her key to a better life? At the same time, many miles away in Scotland, Jem Baillie and his father can't contain their delight when they discover a magnificent, flawless freshwater pearl at the end of a long day of fishing. They call the pearl 'Queenie' and from that pivotal moment, the fates of Greta, Jem and Queenie will be inextricably linked.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471140970</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewCherry Blossom Boutique|author= Rosie Blake|title= How to Find your (First) HusbandBrooke Adams|rating=3.5|genre= Women's Fiction|summary=Isobel Graves hasn't got Thirty-one-year old Liberty Rossini has had her shop, the life she envisioned. She moved to LA to become a star-soaked television presenterCherry Blossom Boutique, instead for just six months when she's dressing up everyday in a series of wacky promotional costumes on nominated for - and wins - the streetsRetail Best Newcomer Award. She thought she'd be married to a gentleman, instead s delighted and the two people she's fallen into a lacklustre relationship brought with a pilot, whose booty calls do not send her sky high. So when Isobel sees a man from her past on TV, someone she was once married to on the playground at school, she wonders what her life would event couldn't be like if they were married nowmore pleased. With everything to gain and nothing to lose Sonja, Isobel attempts to find her first husband mother, is an ex-model and take back control of Brazilian: you can see where Liberty got her life. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782398627</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Paige Toon|title= The One We Fell In Love With|rating= 4looks from.5|genre= WomenJessica's Fiction|summary= I'm not sure whether it would be flattering or stressful to have 3 beautiful women lusting after you. In the case of Angus, itthirty-four and Liberty's itchy footed Phoebe whobest friend: they'd rather be flitting around the French Alps than stagnating in suburban Sale, boho musician Eliza whove known each other since university and Liberty adores Jessica's still waiting for her big breakhusband, Charles and former nurse Rose who is leaving behind an unsuitable boyfriend and a life in the city to move back up north… and live with her mother. It's a complicated situationtheir four-year-old daughter, made only more complex by the fact that the girls know each otherAva. In the past they Life would be perfect for Liberty if it wasn've shared t for one thing: she misses having a room, and a womb. Hello, tripletsman in her life.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471138437</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Angela LambertB08GFSK2WZ|title=Kiss and KinThe Karma Trap|author=Lisette Boyd

|genre=General Women's Fiction|summary=It's six months since the death of Harriet Capel's husband GeorgeJackson is thirty-three years old, absolutely gorgeous to look at - and single. Looking back sheShe's concluded that she was fond of, but probably not ''in love'', with him. They had two sons sex for eight months and itshe's stuck in the elder karma trap: an awful lot of these, Roderick who's married to Jenniferbad luck is being visited on her and she has a real talent for attracting drama. They have three children, but thereHer life's been a rather silly feud between chaotic: she dealt with the leak from the shower by putting something down at the Capels and Jennifer's family, bottom of the Gaunts, which dates back stairs to absorb the water - then the couple's weddingshower fell through the roof whilst she was in it and left her, when Clarissa Gauntstark naked, Jennifer's mother said something unpleasant in staring at the church which dropped into one of those silences which always occur when you say something which you really shouldn'tpervy postman. Honours (or should it be She only has to take her mother''dishonours''?) were even when George Capel later said something crass s dog out for a walk for her to end up with dog poo spattered across her face - and vulgar about a photo being taken by someone who shares it around the bride's mother and was overheardoffice.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1861514301</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Liz FenwickB08CHJLNBS|title= Under a Cornish SkyCapturing Emilia|author=Brooke Adams|rating= 3.5|genre= General Women's Fiction|summary=He''Under s Charles Devereaux, thirty-eight and a Cornish Sky'' is partner at Wickham Jones, the story of two very different women who are forced to work together to complete a common goalMayfair letting agents. Their personalities couldn She't be more differents Emilia, twenty-nine, so expect fireworks along the way! Shy Demi is as timid as a mouse librarian and although she is a skilled architect, she is never able to succeed archivist in her career because others take credit for her workthe heritage library next door. In relationships, Emilia has read [[The Secret by Rhonda Byrne|The Secret]] but she is easily manipulated into doing things she doesn't always feel comfortable with; a fact s moved on from new age books like that is not lost , which leave you dependent on her sleazy current boyfriendsomeone else's philosophies, Mattto something a little deeper. Lady- Charles is more of-the-Manor Victoriaa [[Personal by Lee Child|Jack Reacher]] man himself, but, on the other handabove all, simply oozes self confidencehe's shocked that Emilia reads ''The Guardian''. Although she is in her sixties They're obviously not at all compatible, she has the body so why can Charles not get this woman out of a much younger woman and has no trouble getting men his mind? She's not his usual type at all: it's obvious to do exactly what she wantshis friends. Despite a long list of younger lovers providing a pleasurable distraction, her one true love is the family home of Boscawen And given that Emilia regularly feels repulsed by Charles's superficiality, why does she feel drawn to him? The relationship's obviously a glorious estate set in the picturesque Cornish countrysidenon-starter, not far from the sea.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1409148289</amazonuk>isn't it?

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Veronica HenryHelly Acton|title=How to Find Love in a Book ShopThe Shelf|rating=4|genre=General Fiction|summary=It is with a heavy heart that Emilia Nightingale returns home to the pretty Cotswold town of Peasebrook. Her beloved father Julius has just passed away; his legacy, a well-loved bookshop that serves as a beating heart to the community. Julius was loved by all: he always had time to listen to his customers and share a recuperative cuppa in times of need. However, his finances were another matter entirely and Emilia wonders how she can keep the bookshop open with an ever-mounting pile of debt. Greedy property developer Ian Mendip would be only ''too'' happy to help out, but can Emilia really give up on her father's dream?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140914688X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Juliet Ashton|title= These Days of Ours|rating= 4.5

|summary=Not everything that looks like love is loveWhen 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. Kate and Charlie were childhood sweetheartsAh, so what went wrongyes. Haven't we all been there? How has Things are looking up when he ended up marrying tells her wayward cousin and Kate marrying her wayward cousinto pack for a surprise trip. Could this be it? Is he ''finally''s pretentious ex-boyfriendgoing to get down on one knee? How can they still be four friends? Follow Kate through her life where she experiences all kinds of love in all kinds of places Was the work (and learns that not everything that looks like love is love, but that just sometimes what looks like love might be the real deal.wait) worth it?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1471155056,/amazonuk>1838770879

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Eliza KennedyAlyssa Sheinmel|title= I Take YouWhat Kind of Girl|rating= 24

|summary= In a week from now, Lily and Will are getting married! This weekend, they'll be leaving New York and jetting down to Florida to spend the week with her family, preparing for the big day, and it's all brilliantly exciting. TheyDoing something when you're scared is braver than doing something when you're quite the golden couple, her a lawyer at not'' When Mike Parker's girlfriend comes into school with a big firmblack eye, him an archaeologist at a top museum, young, attractive, they bring the world claiming he gave it to its knees. And then sometimes Lily gets on her knees, but, ooops, it's just as likely to be in front of her boss or a random from the bar as it whole world is her fiancétipped upside down. Lily, you see, is not exactly the monotonous, monogamous type. Instead she likes to sleep around, drink, take drugs Her relationship has just ended and breakdown in tears, all while keeping this a secret from the man now she's supposed to love and while holding down a substantial professional job of course.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099593661</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Esther Gerritsen and Michele Hutchison (translator)|title= Roxy|rating= 3|genre= General Fiction|summary= I liked the premise for this novel: a young wife (Roxy) is told at the beginning talk of the book that her much older husband has been killed in a car accidentschool. To add to the shock of this, Mike was the revelation that he died most popular boy in the arms of his (naked) lover school who was always so in the carlove with her, on the hard shoulder, is a further blow to Roxy. I found this an interesting set-up for a storyeveryone knew that, so why did he do what he did? Some people believe her and wondered how this was going to go. As the blurb on the back of the novel tells ussome don't, ''she but one thing is looking for revenge'', I thought the book would be a development of the character of Roxy into a self-motivatingsure, strong character. But this wasnisn't the casegoing to blow over any time soon.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>9462380643</amazonuk>0349003297

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Lisa BeazleyKatie Fforde|title= Keep Me PostedA Springtime Affair

|summary=I'Keep me Posted' is written in a lightve wanted to read author Katie Fforde for ages and this was pretty much exactly what I was expecting -hearted, informal style, narrated by a young mother called Cassie who lives in New York. She and her husband Leo have twin toddlerswarm, and her life is busycosy read focused on romance, full of technology family and fast foodfriendships. Her older sister Sid is more laid back, and something This provided two romances for the price of a technophobe; although they used to be closeone, they haven't really been in touch much since Sid and her but it was actually the family moved element as opposed to Singaporethe romance that I really enjoyed. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1925240754</amazonuk>1780897561

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Elisa AlbertB07W4MNBSG|title= After BirthBe Careful Who You Marry|author=Lizzy Mumfrey|rating= 4|genre= Literary General Fiction|summary= This book is definitely not for anyone who has It was coming up to Halloween in 1987 and a rosy picture group of new motherhoodsixth-form schoolgirls wondered what they would be doing when they were fifty. In factWhen you're only seventeen that seems positively ancient, I would probably avoid it if but Liz was convinced that ''your entire life depends on who you are contemplating giving birth in the near futuremarry''. For any woman who has ever struggled through The only eligible boys were the Young Farmers and the first few months idea of motherhood, however, or living in a farmhouse and having a partner couple of somebody who is going through itchildren called Will and Olly appealed to Charlotte, it is an astounding or perhaps William and revelatory readOliver if you were Elizabeth who was determined to marry the rather superior Patrick Shepley-Botham. Never before have I read a more searing, honest and open discussion of The place to start their search was obviously the Young Farmers' Halloween disco that weekend. There was just one problem - there were too many Elizabeths in the emotional upheaval a woman often goes through after giving birthclass.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>009959014X</amazonuk>