2 September 2022

SEPTEMBER 22 READS


The kiddos heading back to school can only mean one thing... it's time for your September reading list! So many great books came out this summer and here is a round up of my favourites. 

AFTER PARIS, Nicole Kennedy

Best friends for twenty years, Alice, Nina and Jules return to the city where they met for a much-needed catch up. But they're carrying around more baggage than the Eurostar. This is an excellent, honest and completely compelling story of friendship through the years.

INFAMOUS, Lex Croucher

Regency romance collides with a Gen Z mindset in this absolute treat of a tome. Edith (Eddie) and Rose have been best friends forever but their debut into society changes everything. With Rose engaged and Eddie enthralled by poet du jour Nash Nicholson, Eddie and Rose are forced to navigate what they really want from life during a hedonistic trip to Nash's family pile. So good.

BEFORE I DO, Sophie Cousens

Audrey's getting married to sweet, dependable Josh. Until the night before her wedding when The One That Got Away, Fred, turns up at her rehearsal dinner. Gah! Audrey's in a dither, considering every bad sign from then on an omen that she should not marry Josh after all. Is fate telling her that she should have waited for Fred? This is a lovely, heart-warming romcom.

Thank you to Hodder, Head of Zues and Zaffre for the early copies. 



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11 March 2022

THRILLER MINUTE


I often find myself with a hankering for a thriller, specifically something fresh and stylish. I'll take an Agatha Christie for the modern age, please! If you're in the mood for suspense then these two new corkers should do the trick.

THE PARIS APARTMENT, Lucy Foley 

I adored The Guest List and Lucy's new release is just as compelling, with plenty of opulent Paris thrown in for good measure. This immersive, atmospheric murder mystery is an absolute must. 

Out now.

THE WEDDING NIGHT, Harriet Walker

An incredibly stylish thriller set in the South of France? Yes please. Lizzie's just cancelled her French wedding but she and her closest friends decide to go on the break anyway, only to find the chateau still set up for her nuptials. When Lizzie goes to bed, her friends celebrate the big day without her... and one is hell-bent on tormenting her. 

You'll read this way past your bedtime, hungry for more. The definition of a page-turner.

Out now.

Thanks to Harper Collins for the advanced copy of The Paris Apartment.

More reading material...

> New for 2022

> Summer Reads

> Must Read Modern Love Stories

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2 February 2022

NEW FOR 2022


Pre-orders at the ready... these fabulous new books drop in May and are SO worth a read.

ONE NIGHT WITH YOU, Laura Jane Williams

Ruby and Nic are perfect for each other but there's one seismic problem. She's leaving London and he's just arriving. One Night With You is yet another corker from Laura Jane Williams, filled with engaging characters who will come to feel like your real life pals. A dreamy will-they-won't-they. 

This one's out in May and available to pre-order now.

TELL ME EVERYTHING, Laura Kay

Well, well, well. This is the first time I've read a Laura Kay and it definitely won't be the last. I fell hard for Tell Me Everything. It's about Natasha, a therapist who does not have her stuff together. She's still living with her ex girlfriend and life is kind of messy. Gah! The book serves up plenty of goodness... romance and relationships sit alongside a smart and brilliantly fast-paced plot.

Also out in May and available to pre-order now.


A big ol' thanks to Avon and Quercus for the early reads.

More of the same... 

> Perfect books for your thirties

> The A to Z of Us

> Summer reading list


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16 June 2021

TWO PERFECT BOOKS FOR YOUR THIRTIES



Thirties. That third decade where we feel like we ought to have everything sussed and sorted and yet GAH! Making big decisions, wondering if they're the right decisions... phew, it can be a tricky one. 

Thankfully we're all in it together and there are some great books exploring those very themes. Like these two! Happy reading, lovers.

DID YOU MISS ME, Sophia Money-Coutts

It is no secret that I love Sophia, she's fast becoming one of my favourite authors. I just adore the gorgeous warmth of her characters and her sense of unbridled fun. In Did You Miss Me we follow Nell, a successful London lawyer who finds herself pulled back to the family home in Northumberland, where she bumps into her former crush / ruiner of teenage dreams. Will they make amends? Will he question everything she's worked towards? Obviously I'm not going to tell you but this is such a sweet, enchanting book and you really should dive in. 

It lands in August and can be pre-ordered now.

COBBLE HILL, Cecily von Ziegesar

Cecily wrote Gossip Girl which is precisely why I picked up Cobble Hill, although it's not a follow-on and there's no more Serena and Blair here. What we do have are four couples living in a smart part of New York, juggling work and families and everything else that often comes with life in your thirties. There are lots of hilarious moments in the book and one of my favourite characters is the British author, desperately trying to write his much anticipated next novel and coming up with some super weird stuff instead. There's also a famous artist who treats life like a living exhibition and announces her arrival back in New York by birthing herself in a dive bar, cocoon and fake blood and all. So, yeah, it's quite nuts and loads of fun and weirdly reassuring, too. 


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