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The Final Hitch

By Samantha Scott-Jeffries

The Final Hitch is the latest installment from Samantha Scott-Jeffries, and follows on from her preceding novel I Do, I Do, I Do. We join protagonist, wedding planner and soon to be bride Izzy Mistry on the journey to her very own wedding – which is not without its mishaps and adventures along the way.

From the off this charming read will have you dreaming of foreign soils and romance abroad; as Izzy renovates a neglected property in a small village in the Majorcan mountains.

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Queen of Babble

By Meg Cabot

Before I review this novel I must confess that Meg Cabot is one of my all time favourite novelists; she is a brilliant writer of chick lit and every one of her books is a page turner – I am pleased to say that Queen of Babble is no different.

History of fashion student and air head Lizzie Nichols had just graduated, (or so her friends and family think) from college and has decided to spend her summer with her long-distance boyfriend. There’s only one catch – they have only met once and she can barely remember what he looks like. From the off, her beloved Andy is not all he cracked up to be and she soon realises she had made a horrific mistake.

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Improper Relations by Janet Mullany

The cover of this enticing novel by Janet Mullany promises ‘a rakish regency romance’ and I must agree they have got it spot on! From the word go, the reader is given a delicious insight into the fraught mind of a single woman in an age where a successful marriage is everything.

Being a huge fan of Austen and other such authors, I loved the feeling of stepping back in time and experiencing historical England; and it makes you feel that women have always had the same ‘man troubles’ whatever the era may be! Improper Relations is told in the first person, alternating between the hero and heroine; this was an aspect of Mullany’s style that I loved and was unusual in that you are given both sides to the story – a refreshing change!

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Sunnyside Blues is not your average romance novel, filled to the brim with deadly snakes, religious cults and pyromaniacs it’s definitely not for the faint hearted!

The novel follows the adventures of two outsiders, trying to fit in and find the one place they can truly call home. A tranquil dock in sunny Seattle sets the scene, however the peace is quickly shattered when a building goes up in smoke and everyone suspects it’s the doing of a ten-year-old pyromaniac. Read more…

I have just finished Marian Keyes new novel This Charming Man, and I must say that I am wholly undecided whether I actually like this book or not?

The ‘charming’ or not so charming protagonist, Paddy De Courcy is an evil Irish politician and the embodiment of fear itself for all the women involved in the plot. He is a serial domestic abuser and the plot follows the relationships he has with various women, gradually revealing the violence behind the seemingly perfect façade.

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