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Blog Tour: The Other Mother – Heidi Field

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Suzannah is pregnant with her third child. The first is in prison. The second is dead. How far will she go to keep her unborn baby safe?

When Suzannah learns she is pregnant, she feels like safety and happiness are finally within reach.
Her handsome, successful fiancé, Alec, is over the moon about the baby. He proposes and pampers her. He thinks this is Suzannah’s first marriage and first child, but she’s keeping a few secrets.
Actually, a lot of secrets. And they are dangerous…putting Suzannah in a position where she must choose who and what she’s willing to sacrifice to keep her baby and her freedom.

Drowning in her lies, Suzannah is desperate to bury her past, but her ex-husband, who abandoned her years ago, returns, stalking her and demanding to know what really happened to their daughter.

When the imprisoned serial killer who lured and groomed her son, threatens to sell his story to the press, Suzannah feels like the life she’d built and the precious one she’s growing, teeter on a precipice. Now the two children she’s hidden from Alec may be the least of her worries.

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Heidi Field was raised in the beautiful countryside of the South of England with her parents and her two sisters. In her twenties she was a freelance Sports Massage Therapist. She achieved a Degree in Zoology at the age of thirty and then went on to raise two boys and became the stepmother of three more young children.

She still lives near her family home with her partner, their Great Dane and the
children that have yet to fly the nest. In her early forties Heidi completed a Masters in Creative Writing at Winchester University. She entered the course hoping she would become a children’s fantasy writer and left with a burning desire to write contemporary mysteries and thrillers. Heidi wanted to put relatable people in extraordinary situations, challenge them, push them to their limits
and watch them fight for their sanity.

The Other Mother is Heidi’s second novel, the next book in The Peasedale Woods Killers series.

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My thoughts: Suzannah’s whole relationship with her fiancé is about to fall apart because of the many, many secrets she’s been keeping. She hasn’t told him about her previous marriage, her children,  their fathers, or where she goes every few weeks.

She’s hoping she won’t have to, until an unwelcome blast from the past forces her to. Now things are falling apart completely, because she just can’t seem to tell the whole truth, and Alec’s patience is getting short, he’s worried about her mental state and whether their baby’s safe.

Suzannah’s an unreliable narrator, even to herself she keeps up the pretence and doesn’t share the full truth.

There are plenty of shocking things that come out and more that happen as Suzannah scrambles to stop some of the secrets from spilling out and destroying her life.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.

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Blog Tour: The Bookseller of Kathmandu – Ann Bennett

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A sweeping tale of secrets and survival set against the mystical backdrop of Nepal, and the tropical  heat of 1940s Malaya.

In the heart of bustling Kathmandu, Chloe Rai’s quaint bookshop is a sanctuary for those seeking  solace within the pages of timeworn stories. But when she discovers a collection of letters hidden  within the crumbling walls of a forgotten Rana palace, her world begins to intertwine with a narrative  from a different time and place.

Penned in the 1940s by a woman named Alice Lacey, the letters tell the story of the Malayan Emergency, a time of turmoil and conflict. As Alice’s life becomes intertwined with that of Anil, a Gurkha officer, their bond is tested by the chaos and violence surrounding them. Chloe’s discoveries not only reveal family secrets, but also mirror her own struggles in the present. As she delves deeper into Alice’s story, she begins to understand the power of the past in shaping the present.

With a rich cultural backdrop and a poignant exploration of friendship, resilience, and truth, ‘The  Bookseller of Kathmandu’ is a beautifully woven tale that showcases the enduring power of
storytelling. Join Chloe on a journey through time as she uncovers the truth and learns to navigate the complexities of her own life.

If you enjoy captivating storytelling, then you won’t want to miss ‘The Bookseller of Kathmandu.’ And  if you loved ‘The Fortune Teller of Kathmandu,’ then you will be enthralled by Chloe and Alice’s
intertwined stories…

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Ann Bennett is a British author of historical fiction. Her first book, Bamboo Heart: A Daughter’s  Quest, was inspired by researching her father’s experience as a prisoner of war on the Thai-Burma  Railway and by her own journey to uncover his story. It won the Asian Books Blog prize for fiction published in Asia in 2015, and was shortlisted for the best fiction title in the Singapore Book Awards
2016.

That initial inspiration led her to write more books about WWII in Southeast Asia – Bamboo Island: The Planter’s Wife, A Daughter’s Promise, Bamboo Road: The Homecoming, The Tea Planter’s Club,
The Amulet, and The Fortune Teller of Kathmandu. Along with The Lotus House, published in October 2024, they make up the Echoes of Empire Collection.

Ann is also the author of The Oriental Lake Collection – The Lake Pavilion and The Lake Palace, both set in British India during the 1930s and WWII, and The Lake Pagoda and The Lake Villa, set in French
Indochina.

The Runaway Sisters, USA Today bestselling The Orphan House, The Child Without a Home and The Forgotten Children are set in Europe during the same era and are published by Bookouture.

Her latest book, The Stolen Sisters, published on 29th November 2024 is the follow-up to The Orphan List (published by Bookouture in August this year) and is set in Poland and Germany during WWII.

A former lawyer, Ann is married with three grown up sons and a granddaughter and lives in Surrey,  UK. For more details, please visit her website.

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My thoughts: I really enjoyed this story of love told through letters and a diary, hidden inside a beautiful old palace in Kathmandu. Chloe runs a bookshop, and her husband’s second cousin Rajesh comes to see her, asking if she would take his late father’s books. Inside one of these volumes is a letter from a British woman, Alice, to Anil, Rajesh’s father, a former Gurkha who had been stationed in what was then British Malaya, now Malaysia. 

As Chloe looks through the books, she finds more letters, and when Rajesh finds his father’s diary, they piece together a love story set against the backdrop of the Malayan Emergency. 

Reflecting on Alice’s life, Chloe works through some of the issues of her own, and as they unravel the secrets of the past, forms a friendship with Rajesh, helping him learn more about his often distant father.

Enjoyable, moving and with a rather lovely ending, this was an interesting love story that illuminated a time not taught in history lessons, at least not in mine, and brings both modern Kathmandu and 1950s Malaysia to life.  

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.

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Blog Tour: The Secret Sauce – M.J. Porter

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The Secret Sauce, the third book in the Erdington Mysteries

Birmingham, England, November 1944.
Chief Inspector Mason of Erdington Police Station is summoned to a suspicious death at the BB Sauce factory in Aston on a wet Monday morning in late November 1944.

Greeted by his enthusiastic sergeant, O’Rourke, Sam Mason finds himself plunged into a challenging investigation to discover how Harry Armstrong met his death in a vat containing BB Sauce – a scene that threatens to put him off BB Sauce on his bacon sandwiches for the rest of his life.

Together with Sergeant O’Rourke, Mason follows a trail of seemingly unrelated events until something becomes very clear. The death of Harry Armstrong was certainly murder, and might well be connected to the tragedy unfolding at nearby RAF Fauld.

While the uncertainty of war continues, Mason and O’Rourke find themselves seeking answers from the War Office and the Admiralty, as they track down the person who murdered their victim in such an unlikely way.

Join Mason and O’Rourke for the third book in the quirky, historical mystery series, as they once more attempt to solve the impossible in 1940s Erdington.

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I’m an author of historical fiction and non-fiction (Early English (Saxon), Vikings and the British Isles as a whole before the Norman Conquest, as well as five twentieth-century mysteries), born in the old Mercian kingdom at some point since the end of 1066.

Historical mysteries allow me to use such modern inventions as the telephone and the car, which is very exciting when I spend so much of my time worrying about feeding the horses my warriors usually ride.

I was raised in the shadow of a strange little building and told from a very young age it housed the bones of long-dead kings of Mercia, it’s little wonder my curiosity in the early English ran riot. I can only blame my parents!
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A quick note for non-British readers; BB Sauce isn’t real but is inspired by HP Sauce, which is. As far as I know, no one has ever drowned in a vat of it. Sometimes referred to as brown sauce (as opposed to tomato ketchup aka red sauce), some people enjoy it on their bacon sandwiches, chips and other savoury dishes. I am not a fan.

My thoughts: A rather strange death, a man drowned in a vat in a sauce factory near Birmingham. He was the delivery driver for the factory and shouldn’t have been inside after they closed half day on Saturday, so why was he there and who killed him?

There don’t appear to be many clues, most of the workers had been heading off to the football after finishing up for the weekend. The few clerical staff had gone too, and the owner had locked up. There was no reason for Harry to even be inside that part of the factory, as the driver he only needed access to the yard and loading dock.

The police are stumped. But as they investigate the BB Sauce factory, its staff and Harry’s own history, it becomes clear that plenty of people have something to hide. There are secrets galore. 

There’s also a terrible explosion at the nearest RAF base, and as the case goes on, there’s a worry that it might be connected. Could someone working at the factory in fact be some sort of enemy agent? With the war still raging on, people are supposed to be on the lookout for anyone suspicious, and several of the employees certainly are. 

In the end this is a much more complex case than the accident it has been made to look like, Harry didn’t put himself in the vat, he certainly didn’t trip and fall from the gangway above, and the stench of vinegar is overwhelming. A bit like guilt.

Clever, complex and occasionally quite funny, this was a very enjoyable outing for Mason and the excellent O’Rourke (who will probably end up running the place one day!)

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.

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Blog Tour: Shocking Crimes – Michael Hambling

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A body in a suitcase. A woman in a coma. A cold case that’s suddenly red-hot.

When a child’s mummified body is discovered in a suitcase hidden in the loft of a rundown terraced house in Bournemouth, even Sophie Allen and her hardened team of detectives are
shocked to their core.
The only clue to the victim’s identity is a badly-spelt note: Im Jan. im only 10. plees help me.

Meanwhile, a young woman lies in a coma in the local hospital. Student Holly Evans was jabbed in the thigh with a potentially lethal drug while out clubbing with friends. Was Holly simply in the wrong place at the wrong time — or was she deliberately targeted?

When Sophie’s team uncovers a link between Holly and the body in the suitcase, the case takes a shocking twist.
Twenty years ago something very nasty happened inside 68 Crawley Terrace — and someone is prepared to go to any lengths to ensure the truth remains hidden.

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I try to write thoughtful, contemporary crime novels and include several plot layers in my books. The adult novels feature DCI Sophie Allen and her close-knit team of detectives. I don’t write simple whodunnits, nor violent, all-action, gun-toting thrillers.

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My thoughts: This was an excellent addition to this series of crime novels featuring Sophie Allen and her team.

The body of a young child has been found in a suitcase, wedged inside a hidden alcove in the attic of a house. The house belongs to a woman in prison for murder, but before that it belonged to her uncle. She knows something about it, but won’t disclose anything unless the police give her something in return to help with her case.

Meanwhile a student at the University has been ‘spiked’ while out with friends, jabbed in the leg with something in a club. She has a heart condition and is now in a coma. Wrong place, wrong time? It appears so at first, but once they gather more information, something more sinister appears to have been going on.

Could these cases, despite the twenty odd years between them, be connected?

Clever, full of twists and with a team of dedicated detectives on the case, along with some rather suspicious types, who know more than they’re saying, this is the kind of case that will keep you guessing!

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.

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Blog Tour: Midnightsong – C.W. Rose

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We’re celebrating the release of Midnightsong by C.W. Rose this week! This is a complete duet and we can’t recommend it enough!

Midnightsong (Oceansong Duet #2)

Release Date: November 18, 2025

Genre: Romantasy

  • Forbidden Romance
  • Who Did This to You?
  • Reluctant Hero & Heroine
  • Undersea Politics
  • Fairytale & Mythology Retelling

Mer-Queen Serapha has been murdered. The already fragile human-merfolk truce is shattered. And as Angie and Kaden find themselves on opposite sides of a rapidly escalating conflict, their loyalties to their families, their people, and each other will be tested.

When news of the merfolk becomes widespread in Angie’s Pacific Northwest town, she fights to protect the mer from those who wish them harm. But as vicious seas consume coastal cities and tragedy strikes her town and her family, she’ll need to decide whether to save her family and her people, or her relationship with Kaden and the mer.

In Mer-Prince Kaden’s queendom, an unlikely family member takes the throne, sowing dissent among the already fractured queendom and further straining their deteriorating relationship with humans. Branded a traitor for loving a human, he must make a choice between plunging the mer into all-out war, or fighting for the throne to unite his people, but leave Angie behind, as he can never take a human queen.

A cataclysmic war between humans and mer looms, and if Angie and Kaden cannot find a way to bring peace between their people, they’ll find the fragile mer-human truce shattered beyond repair, and the sea-crossed lovers will find themselves separated forever.

Join them in this romance and action-soaked sequel to Oceansong as they fight to save their relationship and their people while tensions between humans and merfolk reach a breaking point. That is, if the mer don’t drown the world in their rage and sorrow first.

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Triggers: Violence, Blood, Emotional Abuse (directed at MMC, but not between main couple), Racist Comment (directed at FMC, but not between main couple)

Spice level: 3/5

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Blog Tour: The Whisper of Stars – Cristin Williams

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A frozen island.

A monastery turned political prison.

A cipher inked in blood.

When anarchist poet Katya Efremova is transferred to the prison colony on Solovetsky Island, she finds an enigma among her returned possessions – a blood-stained book containing a cipher left by her murdered mother, written on the day she died.

Following her mother’s clues, Katya begins to unravel a centuries-old mystery woven into the history of Solovetsky Island. Finding the island’s legendary power might be the key to overthrowing the Bolshevik regime, but Katya wasn’t sent to Solovetsky by chance. The head of the government’s spy network is watching, and there will be no hope of a free Russia if he takes hold of the magic hidden beneath the White Sea snow.

My thoughts: mixing history and real figures with fantasy and Russian folklore, this is a magical, heartbreaking and mystical book about secrets, power and the Russian revolution.

I studied Russian history and am fascinated by the folklore and mythology of this vast country. The history is often bloody and brutal, and the period following the Bolahevik revolution in 1917-18 especially so.

Solovetsky island was home to a monastery, but turned into a prison, and it is here our story takes place. Katya is the daughter of an anarchist revolutionary, now deceased, while Dima comes from an aristocratic family, both are considered enemies of the new regime.

Sentenced to hard labour in this frozen and miserable place, they are under the watchful eye of Commissar Boky (a real person, obsessed with magic and mysticism), who believes they can lead him to a magical item with the power to make him unstoppable.

Katya’s mother left clues that only her daughter can decipher, Katya has special powers, gifts from her parents’ bloodlines, as does Dima. As the two natural enemies grow closer, and unravel the clues to this mysterious item, their lives are in danger more than ever before. Will love win out or will the forces ranged against them defeat the two young people?

Tragic, moving and utterly beautiful, I was captivated and transported to the frozen tundra by this book. It reminded me of some of the Russian fairy tales I love, though thankfully no Baba Yaga, and the dark, bitter days after the overthrow of the last Tsars, a period I know a fair bit about. But you could read this knowing nothing about Russia and still be swept up in its love story and the epic quest Dima and Katya are on. 

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.

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Blog Tour: Christmas Wishes at the Station Bookshop – Margaret Amatt

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After one toxic relationship too many and more failed jobs than she can count, spirited Scarlett Finch has lost her sparkle and doesn’t think she can face this year’s festive season. The last thing she expects is to land a Christmas job at Glenbriar’s Little Station Bookshop, especially not thanks to a slightly unhinged older woman with a parrot, a pug, a wild imagination, and some crackpot ideas for displays – not to mention a flair for making unexpected decisions, like hiring Scarlett without telling the owner.

Widowed dad-of-three Lloyd Miller is just trying to keep life on track. Between moving house, juggling his day job, and preparing to take over the bookshop from his retired mum, the chaos inside the shop is the last thing he needs, particularly when it includes Scarlett, the woman he shared a no-strings summer fling with… and hasn’t stopped thinking about since.

While Glenbriar twinkles with Christmas lights, both Scarlett and Lloyd are haunted by their pasts, drawn together in their present, and uncertain of their future.
A bookshop full of anonymous wishes might just give them the courage to make their own – but with neither convinced they deserve a second chance, it’ll take more than festive magic to open the book
on a new romance. They can’t change the past – but they can still choose how the story goes.

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Margaret Amatt is a bestselling Scottish author, professional daydreamer, and certified chocolate addict. She’s been making up stories for as long as she can remember – some of them even made it
onto paper (and, tragically, onto floppy disks that no computer can read anymore).

After two decades of writing in secret, she finally unleashed her first novel on the world in 2021, kicking off a ten-book series set on the stunning Isle of Mull.
But why stop there? She’s also the creator of The Glenbriar Series, where romance, small-town drama, and a pinch of spice keep readers coming back for more. This series is still going strong, with more books planned!

Margaret has spent her whole life in Scotland’s breath-taking Highland Perthshire, despite her entire extended family coming from the Glasgow area. Her books are romantic and emotional, sweet and funny, and each one can be read as a standalone, but long-time readers know the joy of familiar faces popping up, adding to the chaos.

So, if you love relatable characters, sizzling chemistry, and plenty of banter, you’re in the right place – just don’t blame Margaret when you stay up way too late reading just one more chapter.

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My thoughts: If you’re looking for a fun romance with a bit of Christmas sparkle, you can stop now. Set in Scotland, in a small town called Glenbriar, this is a funny, charming love story with plenty of festive fun. Scarlett gets a job at the bookshop, after accidentally accepting one from Eunice, who works there, with her pug and parrot (the pug makes another appearance later, thankfully the sweary parrot doesn’t). Hired properly, Scarlett starts to make the shop more appealing, with new displays and decorations.

The owner, Lloyd, has taken over from his mum and isn’t really thrilled to do so. He’s got a lot on his plate – three bereaved children, a new house, his other job, and an interfering mother. He needs plenty of help, and even though his past fling with Scarlett makes things a bit awkward, he’s actually really pleased she’s happy to stick around and keep the shop running.

As Christmas comes to town, the pair realise they still have a lot of feelings for each other, but Lloyd’s kids aren’t so sure, and his mum still doesn’t really like Scarlett. Can they all be reassured and won over before the 25th or is love not allowed this year?

It’s cute, fun, jolly and funny, what more could you ask for? Some hot chocolate? Definitely get that going for reading time!

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.

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Blog Tour: Death of a Stranger – John Pilkington

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1594, Bishopsgate Ward, London. Within the walls and without, unease and uncertainty lurk beneath the noise and bustle of a smoky, teeming city.

Matthew Cutler, newly widowed and caring for two spirited daughters, takes his position as constable for the parish of Spitalfields very seriously. So when Paulo Brisco, a quiet Venetian perfumer is found brutally murdered in his own shop, Cutler throws himself into his first major crime, and one which threatens to set all Bishopsgate alight. 🔥

Being a humble parish constable, Matthew Cutler’s powers are slight – and yet he possesses a skill which most others do not. As a former actor, he can employ disguise, to considerable effect and to his
unique advantage…

Plunged into a treacherous world of notorious rakes, angry tradesmen and a community seething with anti-foreigner sentiment and suspicion, Cutler must decipher shattered clues and confront a
killer whose motive remains a baffling mystery – until the very last.

Step into the dangerous world of Elizabethan London with this cracking murder mystery!🩸🔍

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A writer for over forty years, John Pilkington was born in Lancashire and worked at many jobs including laboratory assistant, farm worker, weaver, shipping clerk, picture frame-maker and cabaret
musician before taking a degree in Drama and English and finding his true vocation.

He has since written plays for radio and theatre, television scripts for a BBC soap, a short-lived children’s series and numerous works of historical fiction, concentrating now on the Tudor and Stuart eras. He also
ventured into speculative fiction with his biography of Shakespeare’s famous jester, Yorick.

He now lives in a village on a tidal estuary in Devon with his long-term partner Elisabeth; they have a son who is a psychologist and musician. When not at the desk he walks, swims, listens to music, and tinkers with DIY. projects, and is enjoying being a grandfather.

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My thoughts: Elizabethan London was full of danger, although murder was rarely one of them, you were far more likely to fall into the Thames or die of plague. However, it’s murder that concerns Matthew Cutler, constable of Bishopsgate in the City of London. A perfumier, an Italian (people from other countries were known as strangers, hence the title) has been killed in his shop.

While Matthew’s powers are limited, it is up to him to find the killer. No proper police force exists, and there’s an obvious political angle as the victim was not only foreign, but Catholic, religion being the current main issue in England. Could one of his customers have killed him? He certainly seems to have popular.

As Matthew and his friend Margaret investigate, Matthew uses his player’s skills to gain access to some of Brisco’s higher-class clients and discovers that far from merely supplying scent, the Italian was also involved with some of the ladies he sold to. Perhaps an angry husband might be the killer. Until they discover that the pillow talk Brisco engaged in could have compromised England’s defences.

There’s a lot of intrigue and the more Matthew investigates the more suspects he finds, Brisco was clearly more than just a good salesman and the suspicion of strangers that Matthew has tried to avoid, may in this case, be justified. Can he find a way through the many strands of Brisco’s life and actually find a killer or will the threats to his family make him stop?

Full of historical details brought vividly to life, thankfully without the odours of 16th Century London, this is a clever, engaging read with a really interesting plot and characters.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.

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Blog Tour: Of the Stars and Sea – Brianna Remus

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Of the Stars and Sea is a bingeable rivals-to-lovers Romantasy with sharp-witted banter, page-turning adventure and delectable spicy romance, and we’re touring all week! Read now on Kindle Unlimited!

Of the Stars and Sea (A Divine Trinity Book 1)

🏴‍☠️Rivals to lovers

🏴‍☠️Morally grey MMC

🏴‍☠️Stäbby FMC

🏴‍☠️Slow burn

🏴‍☠️“I’ll be your villain”

🏴‍☠️Touch her and dïe

🏴‍☠️All the banter

🏴‍☠️He’s her awakening

🏴‍☠️“She’s mine”

🏴‍☠️”Who did this to you?”

🏴‍☠️Allies forged in darkness

🏴‍☠️Haunted pasts

🏴‍☠️Gothic world

🏴‍☠️Found family

🏴‍☠️Race to escape enemies

Of the Stars and Sea is a bingeable rivals-to-lovers Romantasy with sharp-witted banter, page-turning adventure and delectable spicy romance.

A traitorous pirate lord. A bounty hunter with a score to settle. And an epic treasure that will grant them both the freedom they desire…unless they destroy each other first.

Rowenya Stone is captain of the once fearsome pirate ship, the Trinity. Bound to her father’s old debts, Rowenya has been forced to break the Pirates’ Code by capturing her own kind in exchange for money. Tired of being shackled to her father’s past, Rowenya hatches a plan to steal an ancient artifact, said to unveil a map to the greatest treasure ever known to man.

But the plan goes awry when Grayson Tyde, the most ruthless and feared pirate lord in the Southern Realm, intercepts them. When Grayson discovers Rowenya has one thing he does not—knowledge of the old gods’ language inscribed upon the artifact—he forces her onto his ship.

However, they are not the only ones in search of the artifact, and as the threat of their enemies looms, Rowenya must trust the one person she’s always feared. But what terrifies her more is her perilous attraction to Grayson.

In a world where love is a traitorous thing and danger lurks around every corner, Rowenya must decide if finding the treasure is worth losing her heart.

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This book contains content only suitable for adults. Such content includes explicit depictions of violence and sexual encounters. Additional content includes mentions of sex trafficking, child abuse and loss of parents.

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Blog Tour: Broken Bones – John Carson

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Some bodies just won’t stay buried…

After putting a stop to one of Edinburgh’s most notorious serial killers 3 years ago, DCI Liam Brodie is known as a man who can handle – and solve – the hardest of cases. But when he’s assigned to Fife’s
Major Investigations Team, he soon realises that he’s walking into a minefield. The previous DCI is missing, presumed dead, and the case he’s been called in to lead becomes dangerously close to
home.

When a child’s bones are unearthed beneath the floorboards of an old house in Fife – the same house where his girlfriend, psychologist Ruth Calder, grew up as a foster daughter – Brodie uncovers a
tangled web of lies and jealousy. Ruth’s foster mother, now gripped by dementia, holds fragments of the truth but in a community haunted by its history, Brodie must navigate betrayal and buried guilt to
bring a decades-old secret to light.
But at what cost to those he loves most? ⚠️

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My thoughts: Brodie has been working on a case involving a now imprisoned serial killer, trying to locate and identify his victims. Seconded to Fife, where their DCI has gone missing and key people connected to him have died in supposed suicides, he’s involved in two very different cases.

The first is the terribly sad case of the remains of a young boy found under the floorboards of a house. He might be the son of the owner – a child who supposedly ran away after his father committed suicide. If that’s true, someone in the house killed him and hid his body. To complicate matters, Brodie’s partner Ruth, was fostered by the family as a child. She remembers the house and the family as not a happy place or people. Brodie’s got to find out what happened, and it stirs up difficult memories for all involved.

The MIT officers are also looking for their boss, after returning from holiday, he just vanished. It distracts them from the murdered boy, and Brodie, while sympathetic, has to pull them up on it and get them back to work.

Meanwhile his Edinburgh colleagues are attempting to identify the body found in a shallow grave, one their serial killer didn’t put there. It turns out to be connected to Brodie too, and there might be another serial killer out there.

This is a gripping, clever read, there are twists and turns and the three cases overlap and interweave as the two police teams attempt to solve them. Brodie is torn between the work he’s doing in Fife and what’s happening in Edinburgh, wanting to help there too. As for the missing DCI, it doesn’t look good for him either.  I really enjoyed this and if you’re into thrillers or police procedurals, you will too.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.