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Blog Tour / Review: The Magnificent Sons by Justin Myers

Posted May 26, 2020 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Magnificent Sons by Justin Myers Published by Piatkus on May 28, 2020 Genres: Fiction Pages: 320 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Two brothers. Two different journeys. The same hope of a magnificent future. Jake D’Arcy has spent most of his twenty-nine years trying to get his life just right. He’s nearly there: great girlfriend, great friends, stable job. A distant relationship with his boisterous family – which is exactly the way he wants it. So why does everything feel so wrong? When his popular, irritatingly confident teenage brother Trick comes out as gay to a rapturous response, Jake realises he has questions about his own repressed bisexuality, and that he can’t wait any longer to find his answers. As Trick begins to struggle with navigating the murky waters of adult relationships, Jake begins a journey that will destroy his relationship with girlfriend Amelia, challenge his closest friendships, and […]

Review: The Little Cafe of Second Chances by J.D. Barrett

Posted February 13, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

The Secret Recipe for Second Chances by J.D. Barrett Published by Hachette Australia on February 2nd 2017 Genres: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance Pages: 336 Format: Paperback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Lucy Muir is leaving her husband. It’s complicated. They’re joint owners and chefs at one of the best restaurants in town, so making a clean break is tough. But, let’s face it, a woman can only take so much cheating, recipe stealing and lack of good grace. Despondently driving around the back streets of Woolloomooloo one night, Lucy happens upon an old, empty terrace that was once the city’s hottest restaurant: Fortune. One minute she’s peering through grimy windows into an abandoned space, the next she’s planning a pop-up bistro.When Lucy fires up Fortune’s old kitchen she discovers a little red recipe book that belonged to the former chef, the infamous Frankie Summers. As she cries over the ingredients for Frankie’s French Onion Soup, she imagines what Fortune was like in its heyday. It’s strange, Lucy can sense Frankie beside her, almost see him there …This fiery chef, who […]

Blog Tour / Review: Worth Fighting For by Kirsty Moseley

Posted December 12, 2016 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Netgalley, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Worth Fighting For by Kirsty Moseley Series: Fighting to Be Free #2 Published by Forever on December 6, 2016 Pages: 352 Format: E-Arc, Paperback Source: Netgalley, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Kirsty Moseley brings us the sequel to Fighting to be Free. It’s been years since Jamie Cole’s seen Ellie Pearce. He’s immersed himself in the life he’d once fought to leave and taken over his old turf–creating dangerous rivals. He has nothing to lose–until Ellie comes back to town. Ellie has moved on. She met a man in London–a man she’s marrying. She hardly allows herself to remember the boy who broker her heart at 18. But when tragedy strikes, Ellie’s forced to return to New York. She thought she could handle seeing Jamie again, but she can’t deny he’s still a part of her. Now amidst threats from Jamie’s enemies and fighting to keep her sister safe, Ellie must […]

Review: Fighting to be Free by Kirsty Moseley

Posted September 16, 2016 by Charlotte in Reviews / 1 Comment

I received this book for free from Netgalley, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Fighting to Be Free by Kirsty Moseley Series: Fighting to Be Free #1 Published by Piatkus on September 6, 2016 Genres: Contemporary, Fiction, New Adult, Romance Pages: 385 Format: E-Arc, Paperback Source: Netgalley, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Jamie Cole has just been released from juvenile detention. Determined to go straight, he tried to cut ties with crime boss Brett Reye–but Brett has no intention of letting him go. Jamie’s life is already more complicated than it needs to be, yet when he meets a beautiful stranger at a bar, Jamie knows he’s in over his head. Ellie Pearce has just gotten out of a terrible relationship and isn’t looking for anything serious…until she meets Jamie. Their attraction is overwhelming and intense-she can’t seem to shake her growing feelings for him, even though she’s trying to keep it casual. But when fate goes horribly wrong and Jamie’s family is faced with […]

Blog Tour / Review: The Perfect Girl by Gilly Macmillan

Posted September 15, 2016 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Netgalley, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Perfect Girl by Gilly Macmillan on March 3, 2016 Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller Pages: 448 Format: E-Arc, Paperback Source: Netgalley, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Zoe Maisey is a seventeen-year-old musical prodigy with a genius IQ. Three years ago, she was involved in a tragic incident that left three classmates dead. She served her time, and now her mother, Maria, is resolved to keep that devastating fact tucked far away from their new beginning, hiding the past even from her new husband and demanding that Zoe do the same. Tonight Zoe is giving a recital that Maria has been planning for months. It needs to be the performance of Zoe’s life. But instead, by the end of the evening, Maria is dead. In the aftermath, everyone—police, family, Zoe’s former solicitor, and Zoe herself—tries to piece together what happened. But as Zoe knows all too well, the truth is rarely […]

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