Welcome to the tour for The Place of Her Name by SC Makepeace. Read on for more details!
The Place of Her Name (Fires of Irkalla #1)
Release Date: December 2024
Genre: Romantasy
– High stakes romantasy
– Enemies to lovers
– Morally grey FMC
– Dual POV
– He falls first
– Magical realism
– Found family
– Mesopotamian Mytholog
One killer, one rebel leader, and a web of lies that could shatter a realm.
Bound by vengeance and duty, Erisa Anzû’s mission is clear: infiltrate enemy territory, establish her position, and spy from within. The only way to protect her beloved ruler and realm is to bring down rebel leader Theo Lusilim and his district of traitors.
But as Erisa uncovers more about her handsome adversary and her passion for him shifts to something other than anger, she faces a series of impossible choices.
With each step, Erisa finds herself drawn into a game of deception, brutality and harsh truths, and the line she walks between loyalty and betrayal grows ever more treacherous.
Can she turn her back on everything she believed, or will her mission lead to devastation for all?
Contains mature themes, suitable for ages 18 and over.
Triggers: – Extreme violence – Death – Torture – Sexual scenes – Mention of human trafficking (not in detail)
A gory, supernatural campy horror set in a haunted English manor, The Haunting at Morsley Manor follows a troubled paranormal investigator uncovering terrifying secrets that blur the line between the living and the dead. Perfect for The Haunting of Hill House fans and The Woman in Black.
World-famous paranormal investigator Eric Thompson’s career took a nose-dive after a particularly gruesome case which left most of his camera crew dead. His partner and best friend also abandoned Eric, leaving him floundering.
He is soon approached by a mysterious woman who has purchased the supposedly haunted, but previously off-limits to paranormal sleuths, Morsley Manor. To drum up publicity about the house, she hires Eric to perform and host a paranormal investigation on the premises.
As he ventures over to England to uncover the darkness bleeding through the veins of Morsley, horrors begin to spring from every corner and Eric soon begins to realise that not all is as it seems…
My thoughts: Eric Thompson used to present a ghost hunting show with his best friend Mikey, but things went horribly wrong in Japan and Mikey vanished. Eric hasn’t been doing well since then.
Invited to visit the supposedly haunted by multiple ghosts Morsley Manor in Essex for a TV special, he reluctantly agrees.
But things aren’t as they seem, and something truly terrible begins, leaving Eric traumatised and unsure what to do next.
Creepy and full of nasty things, this is a great Halloween read.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
A charming literary-themed novel about a young woman determined to save her great-aunt’s beloved bookshop from extinction by the shiny new competition—which also happens to be run by the handsome son of her family’s rivals.
The cute, seaside town of Portneath has been the home of Capelthorne’s Books for nearly a hundred years… The shop, in the heart of a high street that stretches crookedly down the hill from the castle to the sea, may be a tad run-down these days, but to Jules Capelthorne, the wonky, dusty world of literary treasures is full of precious childhood memories.
When her great-aunt Florence gets too frail to run it alone, Jules ditches her junior publishing job in London and comes home to make the bookshop’s hundredth birthday a celebration to remember. Jules quickly discovers things are worse than she ever imagined: The bookshop is close to bankruptcy, unlikely to make it to its own centenary celebration, and the lease on the building is up for renewal. With a six-figure sum needed, the future looks bleak. To make matters worse, the owner of the property is the insufferable Roman Montbeau, from the posh, local family who owns half of Portneath.
The Montbeaus and Capelthornes have feuded for years, and Roman has clearly not improved since he tormented Jules as a child. Fresh from a highflying career in New York, he is on a mission to shake things up, and—unforgivably—proves his point about Capelthorne’s being a relic of the past by opening a new bookshop directly opposite—a shiny, plate-glass-windowed emporium of books.
Jules may not be able to splash the cash on promotions and marketing like the Montbeaus, but she’s got some ideas of her own, plus she has a tenacity that may just win the hardest of hearts and the most hopeless of conflicts. Let the battle of the bookshops commence…
Poppy Alexander is the author of The Littlest Library, Storybook Ending, and 25 Days ’Til Christmas. She wrote her first book when she was five. There was a long gap in her writing career while she was at school, and after studying classical music at university, she decided the world of music was better off without her and took up public relations, campaigning, political lobbying, and a bit of journalism instead. She takes an anthropological interest in family, friends, and life in her West Sussex village (think The Archers crossed with Twin Peaks), where she lives with her husband, children, and various other pets.
My thoughts: If you (like me) like You’ve Got Mail, you’ll love this. There are also plenty of Romeo & Juliet references too, because Jules and Roman are very aware of the whole star-crossed lovers from two warring families. Thing is, they’re not entirely sure why their families have this ancient feud.
Although Roman’s new bookshop right across the street from Jules’ hundred years old family run, slightly down at heel shop, is definitely going to reignite the family war. But then they realise how much they like each other. Even as they battle for bookshop dominance.
It’s cute and funny and a bit silly, and altogether rather charming. Perfect for a grey day’s reading.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
She shared her darkest secrets. Now someone is using them to destroy her.
New mother Shelly should be enjoying the happiest time of her life. She’s just given birth to a beautiful baby boy, Alfie. But Alfie’s arrival has triggered something deep inside Shelly and now she finds herself at the mercy of crippling OCD and violent intrusive thoughts that terrify her. Desperate for help, she joins a therapy group led by renowned psychologist Dr Andrea Galanis.
It doesn’t work. Instead of helping, somehow therapy seems to be bringing her very worst fears to life. What Shelly doesn’t realise is that someone from her dark past has infiltrated the group. And now she is sharing her most private secrets with a person who is determined to rip her life apart, one painful piece at a time.
With everything and everyone she cares about under threat, Shelly has a simple choice – confront the horrifying truth she’s kept hidden for almost twenty years, or face every mother’s worst nightmare – losing the child she loves.
Hailing from Yorkshire, OMJ Ryan worked in radio and entertainment for over twenty years, collaborating with household names and accumulating a host of international writing and radio awards. In 2018 he followed his passion to become a full-time novelist, writing stories for people who devour exciting, fast-paced thrillers by the pool, on their commute – or those rare moments of downtime before bed. Owen’s mission is to entertain from the first page to the last. This is his first psychological thriller with Inkubator Books. OMJ also writes the Jane Phillips crime thriller series.
My thoughts: Shelly is doing the right thing in getting help and support for her OCD and intrusive thoughts, from a professional. But someone in the group session she attends isn’t who they claim to be and they’re out to get her due to a belief that she did something terrible years ago.
Suddenly her life is in free fall, sacked, accused of theft, her marriage in trouble, and nowhere to turn. Her new friend Jess suggests she needs to take a break and reassess, but can she trust what she hears?
An obsessive, grieving person is attempting to destroy her, to dismantle her whole life, and it is only when her son is threatened, that she learns why things have become so awful. And has to reveal the truth.
Clever, shocking and full of twists, this will keep you hooked as Shelly’s life is dismantled piece by piece.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
We’re celebrating the release of One Foot in the Ether, a witchy ghost story by Kayleigh Kavanagh!
One Foot in the Ether: Whispers of the Pendle Witches
Release Date: September 29, 2025
Genre: Historical Fantasy/ Witches
Death wasn’t the end.
More than two hundred and fifty years after the infamous Pendle Witch Trials, the spirits of rival witches Demdike and Chattox remain tethered to their bloodlines—watching, waiting, and bound by unfinished business.
Now, in the late eighteen hundreds, a pragmatic midwife and a troubled young psychic—descendants of the two witches—are drawn into a haunting legacy. An ancient being is stirring—an angry god of the old world, hungry for vengeance and ready to consume the future.
To stop it, the living and the dead must unite, recovering the lost knowledge of their craft. Whilst facing age-old problems and new foes. Some spirits don’t rest easy, and in Pendle, they’re clawing their way back from the past.
“Fans of Outlander and A Discovery of Witches will enjoy this book.”
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