What fell from the TBR pile in May

Netflix is seriously damaging to your reading mojo! This fact I discovered this month as I have been seriously distracted by catching up on the amazingly well-written Line of Duty, and the extremely unsettling Conversations with Ted Bundy.  However, in amongst watching these programs, I have managed to squeeze in the following books:

A Bakery at the Little Duck Pond Café by Rosie Green

Available on Amazon Kindle ebook

Whisper Man by Alex North

Published by Penguin

Publication Date 13 June 2019

A Face in the Crowd by Kerry Wilkinson

Published by Bookouture

Publication Date 6 June 2019

The Honeymoon by Rona Halsall

Published by Bookouture

Publication Date 7 June 2019 (ebook)

The Mother's Mistake by Ruth Heald

Published by Bookouture

Publication Date 11 June 2019 (paperback & ebook)

Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman

Published by Simon & Schuster 

Publication date: 26 July 2018 (hardback) 16 May 2019 (paperback)

New NetGalley badged earned today

I'm delighted to announce that I finally earned my 100 reviews badge from NetGalley today!

                                                                     

Amongst those reviews I have earned a total of 9 orange pencil awards, which means that publishers have used those posts as a featured reviews for the book on the NetGalley page to promote the book.
Which means a lot to me as I do wonder sometimes whether what I write is worth reading.

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Familiar Strangers by Jackie Walsh #FamiliarStrangers @HeraBooks @JackieWalsh_ie #BlogTour @BOTBSPublicity

Familiar Strangers by Jackie Walsh

Published by Hera Books

Publication Date: 22nd May 2019 ebook

Genre: Psychological Thriller

365 pages

Book Description:

'I took you, Becca. You’re not my daughter.'Since Becca Wall’s mother was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s, every day Becca loses a little more of the loving, caring mother who would do anything for her only daughter. But when one day Nancy Wall confesses that Becca is not her child, Becca's world falls apart.

Becca tells herself that the words are just a cruel symptom of Nancy’s illness; after all, she has her birth certificate, and pictures of herself as a newborn along with her Mom, Dad and older brother, Danny. Becca tries to forget, to get on with her life – until the day the police question her about the whereabouts of a missing woman, Katie Collins.

Katie has disappeared without a trace, telling her husband that she is leaving to find Rebecca Wall. But Becca doesn’t know Katie, so it’s a case of mistaken identity – isn’t it? But as Becca discovers why Katie was desperate to find her, the lies that Becca has always believed come crashing down. 

Soon, it’s clear that someone knows the truth – and that they’ll stop at nothing to keep their secrets…

An addictive, fast-paced psychological thriller with a shocking twist that will leave you gasping. Fans of The Girl on the Train, The Wife Between Us and T.M Logan will be gripped until the very last page. 

My Review:

Becca and Danny's mum has dementia. Danny is busy with his heavily pregnant wife Joanna so the visiting tends to fall to Becca and her dad these days.  It's on one of her solitary visits that Becca's mum Nancy turns to her and, looking deep into her eyes, tells her that she's not her mum; she took her.  The moment passes quickly and despite Becca pressing her mum for further details she knows that she won't get any more information out of her.  Becca leaves, shocked and upset, craving answers.  Is what Nancy said true? If so, who else knows? What about Danny? And her dad?

When Becca gets home she finds out from the news channels that a woman has gone missing; her name is Katie Collins and looking at the news reports the woman looks uncannily like Becca.  Then the police call, asking Becca questions about Katie.  She truthfully tells them that she has no idea who Katie is or why Katie is allegedly looking for Becca.
Life is currently going down the pan for Becca - she's had an unfortunate liaison with her boss, who is now making threats if she tells anyone about their night together. Her brother is acting strange and her dad's neighbours Bert and Edith are struggling to cope with Edith's terminal diagnosis. Becca feels pulled in so many directions emotionally and the bombshell her mum has dropped couldn't have come at a worse time. What can she do to find out the truth - she can't ask her dad, the police seem to know something Becca doesn't so she can't say anything to them in case it incriminates her and anyone else she trusts enough to ask has more than enough on their plate already. Following her gut instincts Becca starts putting the evidence together herself to try to work things out, only to then discover that Katie Collins is dead, the victim of a violent death in a local park. Just when she thought her situation couldn't get any worse the police are questioning her again, and this time it's a murder investigation.
The story comes together well in the last quarter of the book with answers to all the questions the reader has been mulling over from the start. The emotional turmoil Becca goes through from the moment her mum was admitted to Oakridge care facility are explored - the guilt of not being able to care for her at home, then the betrayal she feels with her mum's announcement, the confusion as to who she really is. And then the worry of being considered as part of a murder case all take their toll on Becca.
I enjoyed reading about the challenges facing the various characters, especially those other than the main character. Neighbour Bert in particular has an interesting role in the story and I would have liked Stephen Black to have had a stronger influence on proceedings - I felt he could have had a much bigger part in the story. There were opportunities to develop a few of the characters further which is why I wouldn't give this book the full 5 stars that I feel it could have achieved.

But that's just my opinion. Follow the other bloggers on the tour to see what they think - and grab yourself a copy and make your own mind up!

About the Author:

Jackie Walsh lives in Dublin with her husband Paul and dog Layla. After years spent building her own business, she decided to take time out and pursue her interest in writing. With a lot to learn, she spent years attending classes and writing groups, going to festivals and launches, writing and rewriting, until eventually sending her words out into the world.  Now she is thrilled to have landed a publisher. Especially Hera Books, a new company headed by two women who have years of experience and love a good story.

Jackie is a member of the Irish Writers Centre, The Irish Crime writers group and proof that perseverance can work.   

Social Media:

Twitter: @JackieWalsh_ie

My thanks to Sarah Hardy from Book On The Bright Side Publicity & Promo for the opportunity to read this title and be part of the promotional tour. All opinions here are my own and unbiased.

Haverscroft by S A Harris **Read an extract here** #Haverscroft #BlogTour @salharris1 @EmmaDowson1 @MyriadEditions

Haverscroft by S A Harris

Published by Salt

Publication Date 15th May 2019

Genre: Contemporary Horror/Ghost Stories

320 pages

My thanks to Emma Dowson, publicist for the opportunity to bring you a chilling extract from Sally Harris' debut novel Haverscroft. I am looking forward to picking up my copy of this spooky book but as a quick taster of what it has in store, read on down and I think you will get goosebumps and be looking to be grabbing a copy of your own. Don't turn out the lights...

Book Description:

Kate Keeling leaves all she knows and moves to Haverscroft House in an attempt to salvage her marriage. Little does she realise, Haverscroft’s dark secrets will drive her to question her sanity, her husband and fatally engulf her family unless she can stop the past repeating itself. Can Kate keep her children safe and escape Haverscroft in time, even if it will end her marriage?

Haverscroft is a gripping and chilling dark tale, a modern ghost story that will keep you turning its pages late into the night.

Extract : From End Of Chapter 9

 ‘Mummy, where are you?’ 

 Sophie’s on the landing, her face, pale and sleepy, chin resting on the bannister, looking down

at me.
 ‘Here, Sophie. On my way back to bed.’
 I stand, the beam from the torch illuminates my daughter. There’s something I can’t make out,
something black, moving along the landing from the direction of the office. Something dark and
tall, swiftly heading to where Sophie stands.
 ‘Sophie!’
 Astonishment wipes across Sophie’s features. I run towards the stairs, all the while staring up
at the landing. A darkness moves behind her, double her height, it will engulf her. What the hell is
it?
 ‘What’s wrong, Mummy?’
 I bound up the stairs, near the top of the flight the torchlight flickers. I shake it, clear the top
step. It dies completely as I make it onto the landing runner.
 ‘Mummy?’
 Tom’s face appears from around my bedroom door. Sophie stands in the triangle of yellow
light seeping from the bedroom. She’s visibly shivering. There’s nothing here. Did I see a shadow,
torchlight bouncing them off the high ceilings?
 ‘Quickly now, back into bed, both of you!’
 I hurry towards the twins, wrap an arm about Sophie and herd them into the bedroom. I glance
towards the spare room. The door stands wide open, the room filled with moonlight. A liquid
darkness moves across the space as the door swings shut. Even though I watch it moving, the slam
makes me flinch. I hurry after the twins, bang the door behind me. So many of these old doors lost
their tiny brass keys over the years but not this one. I turn it now, hear the soft click as the
mechanism moves into place. I step back, stare at the locked door as if it might somehow spring
open. I’d spooked myself. So stupid, convinced I seen something. But what the hell is going on with
the spare bedroom door? I throw my heap of clothes off the dressing-table chair and carry it to the
door. I wedge it beneath the handle.
 ‘Mummy, what are you doing?’
 I turn around, look at the twins sitting side by side on the bed. Riley, next to Tom, my son’s
arm around the dog. I’m startled to see them there, utterly ridiculous. It’s as if, in my panic, I’ve
forgotten their existence. They stare back at me, waiting for my explanation.
 ‘What’s out there?’
 Tom sounds terrified. His face is pale, clutching Blue Duck to his chest.
 Don’t get weird. They’re not used to weird anymore. Normal, be normal.
 I crease my face into a smile.
 ‘Nothing. Nothing’s out there, Tom. Just the wind. It keeps slamming the doors. This’ll keep it
shut. Come on, get some sleep now.’
 I move away from the door, try very hard not to look back at it, to maintain a smile which I
pray looks vaguely relaxed and reassuring.
 ‘Why were you downstairs?’
 I don’t need Sophie’s usual barrage of questions right now. Only a plausible explanation will
prevent several more following.
 ‘Riley was scared by the storm, so I went to fetch him. He nearly tripped me up on the stairs
and I dropped the torch. I had to go back and get it, okay?’
 I’m tucking cold limbs into bed, shooing Riley to the floor. Tom’s nodding, desperate for good
news. Sophie watches and waits for more. I hurry on.
 ‘I must’ve damaged the torch when I dropped it. I’ll have to buy a new one tomorrow. Come
on, snuggle down, you’ve school in the morning.’
 I make much of straightening the duvet and am grateful for the warmth in the bed as I slip in
next to Sophie. I can see the door from here. Nothing moves. In the safety of the bedroom, my
fright already begins to seem ridiculous.
 ‘Can we keep the light on?’
 Tom’s voice is already heavy with sleep.
 ‘Just for tonight, Tom.’
 I’ve no intention of switching off the lamp.
 ‘Sing our song to us, Mummy?’
 Normally I’d laugh, say they’re too big now for nursery rhymes and baby things.
 ‘ “Sing-a-song of Sixpence”?’
 Sophie nods, burrows deeper into the bed. I mumble the song into my daughter’s warm hair.
Riley sneaks back onto the bed and settles himself at the bottom near our feet. I can’t help but strain
my ears for every sound the house makes as I sing.
 3:29am.
 Less than an hour since I went looking for the knocking sounds. I try and think rationally. No
one’s in the house. Just shadows, wind and my overactive imagination. That’s all. It’ll seem absurd
in the morning, in the daylight.
 I’m exhausted. Warmth seeps into my cold limbs as I cuddle up to Sophie’s back. Tom’s
steady breathing suggests he’s sound asleep already. Riley makes small whistling sounds from the
end of the bed. The pressure of him on my feet is surprisingly reassuring. I’m doubtful though, that
he’ll be much of a guard dog, judging by his behaviour so far. I let the song fade to nothing and
hope sleep will come quickly. Sophie mumbles, her words blurring into sleep.

 ‘Who are the people in the empty bedroom, Mummy?’ 

Follow the tour and find out what early readers are saying about Haverscroft:

About the Author:

S.A.Harris is an award-winning author and family law solicitor born in Suffolk and now living and working in Norwich, Norfolk.

She won the Retreat West Crime Writer Competition in 2017. She was shortlisted for The Fresher Prize First 500 Words of a Novel Competition in 2018 and published in their anthology, Monsters, in November 2018.

Social Media:

Twitter: @salharris1

Website: https://www.saharrisauthor.com

A Bakery At The Little Duck Pond Cafe by Rosie Green #BlogTour @rararesoures @Rosie_Green1988

A Bakery at the Little Duck Pond Café by Rosie Green

Genre: Short Stories

153 pages

Book Description:

Ellie's dreams of opening a bakery in Sunnybrook are coming true and best friends Fen and Jaz are happily rallying round, helping her to plan a fabulous grand opening day. Everything in their garden seems to be rosy - until the arrival of a newcomer brings chaos to the village and tests relationships to the limit. Can the bakery succeed in the face of such upheaval? And more importantly, can firm friendships survive?

My Review:

I absolutely adore this series of novellas set in the little village of Sunnybrook and was really pleased when this latest instalment was announced.
Ellie we have met before and she's set her heart on opening a bakery next door to her existing business, the Little Duck Pond Café. Best friend Fen has been a godsend in helping her set this up and is running it pretty much single-handedly which is taking its toll as she can't be baking and serving in the shop at the same time.  So Ellie advertises for a baker to help Fen with the every day tasks of the bakery.
This is where the character of Katja comes in - or Kate as she becomes in her half-hearted application for the job.  Her grandmother is determined to get Katja's life back on track following a recent heartbreak, and sends in Katja's application form; one which she had intended for the bin.  Nobody is more surprised than Katja herself when Ellie gets in touch to offer her an interview.
We follow the ups and downs of village life as Kate and her gregarious competitor for the job, Madison settle in.  Madison is not the easiest to live with, and Kate's hopes of a quiet life at the bakery are shattered when she realises that she has to house share with her feisty colleague.  With her dubious identity rumbled, will Madison spill the beans to Ellie out of pure spite to beat Kate to the job or can the two young women work together to make the budding business a success for their boss Ellie?
I found this book equally as enjoyable as the previous instalments, although there seemed much less going on this and it did feel like a traditional short story unlike some of the busier books.
The prospect of another instalment coming soon means we won't have too long to wait to find out how the residents of Sunnybrook are getting along.

Pre-order Links

UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bakery-Little-Duck-Pond-Cafe-ebook/dp/B07MLF2N6T

US - https://www.amazon.com/Bakery-Little-Duck-Pond-Cafe-ebook/dp/B07MLF2N6T

About The Author:

Rosie Green has been scribbling stories ever since she was little. Back then they were rip-roaring adventure tales with a young heroine in perilous danger of falling off a cliff or being tied up by ‘the baddies’. Thankfully, Rosie has moved on somewhat, and now much prefers to write romantic comedies that melt your heart and make you smile, with really not much perilous danger involved at all, unless you count the heroine losing her heart in love.

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​Rosie’s brand new series of novellas is centred on life in a village café. Confetti at the Little Duck Pond Cafe will be the sixth in the series

Twitter - https://twitter.com/Rosie_Green1988

Breaking News - Coming Soon – Confetti at the Little Duck Pond Café

With Ellie and Zak’s Big Day on the horizon, the sun is shining brightly on the Little Duck Pond Café community. But as dark clouds begin to roll in, threatening more than one close relationship, will the wedding of the year take place at all? 

Follow Rosie Green on Amazon to hear when its published and available for purchase - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rosie-Green/e/B07CZYV7DW

Lost Daughter by Ali Mercer @Bookouture #BlogTour #NetGalley @AlisonLMercer

Lost Daughter by Ali Mercer

Published by Bookouture

Publication Date: 14th May 2019

Genre: Psychological Thriller

379 pages

Book Description:

If you think photos aren’t important… wait until they’re all you have left of your child. Your life isn’t perfect, but you’re still happy. Your husband has stuck by you and he’s a good dad. Your daughter Becca makes your heart explode with love. And then, in the time it takes to say ‘bad mother’, there’s no longer a place for you in your own family. Your right to see your child has disappeared.

Life goes on in your house – family dinners, missing socks and evening baths – but you aren’t there anymore. Becca may be tucked up in bed in Rose Cottage, but she is as lost to you as if she had been snatched from under your nose.

Everyone knows you deserve this, for what you did. Except you’re starting to realise that things maybe aren’t how you thought they were, and your husband isn’t who you thought he was either. That the truths you’ve been so diligently punishing yourself for are built on sand, and the daughter you have lost has been unfairly taken from you. Wouldn’t that be more than any mother could bear?

A heart-wrenchingly emotional drama for fans of Lisa Wingate, Jill Childs and Jodi Picoult.

My Review:

Something bad has happened.  We don't know what, but it appears that Mitch and daughter Becca don't want mum Rachel around any more. She has no choice but to leave the family home and try to rebuild her life outside the family unit.

As you read, you can feel how heartbroken Rachel is, she clearly did whatever it was with the best interest of her family at heart but it has backfired on her, big style. Living alone in a grotty bedsit, Rachel reflects on events which led her here and wonders what exactly she did wrong.  According to her husband it all lies in Rachel's head: she worked long hours in London with its associated commute leaving him to bring up their daughter - but that suited him didn't it? Being an artist who worked from home it made sense and brought in a regular income to keep a roof over their heads. Has she neglected family in being the breadwinner? And has this commitment affected her mental health as he suggests it has? With the support of her therapist Rachel slowly builds up her self confidence to tackle the issues which have floored her.

Finding a new job closer to home brings with it a new group of colleagues and some unexpected new friends - the last thing Rachel was expecting as her plan was to keep herself to herself, the judgment of outsiders is the last thing she needs. Her previous experience of close friendship has left her trusting very few people, but when workmate Leona invites her along to a group for absent parents to support one another she finds there a lovely lady named Viv, an older lady with a heart-wrenching story of her son who has special needs. They build up a very close bond so when Leona suddenly steps back from the support meetings Rachel is preoccupied with helping Viv in her hour of need.

Through various threads in the story we find out what really happened between Rachel and Mitch that fateful night - and the reader is not the only one to have their eyes opened to the facts. I am a great believer that the truth will always come out and with this in mind I was content with the way the book drew to a close.

I enjoyed this book as it tells the story of a broken family from the absent parent's point of view for a change - things aren't always what they seem from an outsider's perspective and this story shows that we should never judge anyone without knowing the full story. The person who steps away is not always the one who has done wrong.

I would like to express my thanks to the author Alison Mercer, publisher Bookouture and Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book as part of the blog tour.

About the Author:

Ali decided she wanted to be a writer early on and wrote her first novel when she was at primary school. She did an English degree and spent her early twenties working in various jobs in journalism, including as a reporter for the showbusiness newspaper The Stage. She started writing fiction in earnest after getting married, moving out of London to the Oxfordshire market town of Abingdon and starting a family. She has two children, a daughter and a son who is autistic and was diagnosed when he was four years old.

Ali is fascinated by families, their myths and secrets, and the forces that hold them together, split them up and (sometimes) bring them back together again. She always travels with tissues and a book and has been known to cry over a good story, but is also a big fan of the hopeful ending. 

For updates and pictures, follow Ali on Twitter (@AlisonLMercer) or Instagram (@alimercerwriter), or on her Facebook page (AliMercerwriter).

Guess Who by Chris McGeorge #NetGalley

Guess Who by Chris McGeorge

Published by Orion Books

Publication Date 3rd May 2018

Genre: mystery, suspense, thriller

416 pages

Book Description:

ONE ROOM. FIVE SUSPECTS.
THREE HOURS TO FIND A KILLER.

GUESS

WHO

A waitress. A cleaner. An actress. A lawyer. A student. Everyone is a suspect.

WHERE

In a locked room - with no escape, and no idea how they got there.

WHAT

In the bathtub, the body of a man they all knew. Someone murdered him. Someone in this room.

WHY

They have three hours to find out. Or they all die.

THE RULES ARE SIMPLE. THE GAME IS NOT

Imagine Agatha Christie had created an interactive Escape the Room game, and GUESS WHO would be the result. For fans of the DI Helen Grace series by MJ Arlidge, The Lucky Ones by Mark Edwards, Ragdoll by Daniel Cole, and From the Dead by Mark Billingham.

My Review:

I'm very late reviewing this book, I do apologise - and it is me who is feeling very sore at not having done so before as I have been missing out on a great book.
The focus of the story is a 39 year old TV celebrity named Morgan Sheppard, someone akin to Jeremy Kyle in my mind as I read the story.  Morgan shot to fame as a young man having hit the headlines as a promising detective following the death of his school teacher. An event which has had him seeing a therapist ever since.  But someone seems to have an issue with his celebrity status. Someone who has gone to extreme lengths to ensure that the public know the truth about Morgan Sheppard.
Morgan finds himself having been abducted, held captive and handcuffed to a hotel room bed. As he stirs, he realises he is not alone in the room however he is the only one in handcuffs.  As the other people come to, they all realise that they have all been drugged and brought to this location: a hotel room in Central London.
He is just trying to work out what is going on when the TV switches on, and a figure appears on screen wearing a horse head mask, explaining that it is up to Morgan to solve another crime; but this time he has a time limit.  There's a body in the bathroom, the suite is locked down so that means that the murderer is one of the people in the room. And if Morgan doesn't work out who killed the man, a bomb will detonate and he will then be to blame for the consequences - and the world will know that Morgan is not the crack detective he purports to be.
I'm not going to review the details of how the crime scene pans out, that would ruin the book for future readers, but there is a lot of soul searching among all the characters who have been brought together in the hotel room.  It's a clever plot for a book and I thoroughly enjoyed trying to work out the whys, hows and whos of the situation.
I definitely recommend it, as the suspense racks up and everyone of the people in the room is a suspect - they all have equal motive and opportunity to be the killer. But how is Morgan supposed to work it out when ultimately all he is is a high profile TV presenter. Someone wants Morgan cut down to size, but with an ego the size he has, will he come clean and admit his shortcomings?
With an easy to read style, Chris McGeorge has a great novel here and I am surprised I haven't seen more about this book since its release. I also think it would work really well as a TV mini series. Buy your copy from Amazon UK

About the Author:

Chris McGeorge is a graduate of MA Creative Writing (Crime/Thriller) from City University London where he wrote debut thriller Guess Who as his thesis. He told stories from an early age, writing and drawing comics and then scripts and finally novels. He loves Golden Age crime and gets incredibly excited about anything a little out of the ordinary. In his spare time, he is an actor with Durham Dramatic Society.

He lives in Durham with his hamster, Agatha Christie.

Bridesmaids by Zara Stoneley @rararesources @ZaraStoneley #BlogTour #Bridesmaids

Bridesmaids by Zara Stoneley

Published by Harper Impulse

Publication Date: 26th April 2019 (ebook)

Genre: Romantic Comedy

400 pages

Book Description: 

Meet Rachel, the beautiful bride with BIG plans for the perfect day! The venue is a castle and the dress is designer.  It’s just a shame her husband is a rat.

Maddie and Sally have only one thing in common – they both love the same man!
 
Beth is a newly single mum with a mystery baby daddy.  Surely the father isn’t someone the girls all know?
 
And then there’s Jane, the glue holding them all together, but being dumped doesn’t make her the happiest bridesmaid…especially with gorgeous flatmate Freddie complicating things.

Will the bride say, ‘I Do!’?  Or will her bridesmaids save the day…and find love along the way?    

The most hilarious, feel-good rom com of the year!

My Review:

This is a great funny story of a group of friends who have known each other from schooldays and have kept in touch to varying degrees within the group; some are still close, others have drifted a little.  The story is told from jilted bride Jane's point of view after fiancée Andy ditches her by text in the middle of her hen night.  It has taken a while, but the emotional scars are beginning to heal and she is tentatively getting her confidence back, flat-sharing with another lad, Freddie from her school days - it's all totally platonic, purely for financial reasons as they are able to tolerate each other sufficiently to share a living space.
Best friend Rach has helped nurse Jane back to normality alongside Freddie, but suddenly drops the bombshell that she is getting married! It's the first dalliance with weddings since Jane and Andy's non-event and Rach is cautiously excited in making her announcement. Of course, the girls have many friends in common who will be invited to the ceremony including the infamous Andy so Jane has to get herself sorted emotionally quick-smart in order to be Rach's chief bridesmaid.
This is where Zara Stoneley's ability to write fabulous humour really starts to kick in.  By the time I had reached halfway through the book I had wiped tears of both amusement and upset from my eyes.  There seem to be a multitude of secrets hidden between the various members of the group, and with the addition of cocktails and other alcoholic beverages the truth seems to get tangled in a mass of misunderstanding.
By the time the wedding day rolls around Jane's head is in a complete spin regarding who knows what about whom and whether the beans should be spilt before or after the ceremony - if indeed at all.
I really enjoyed this book which throws up some interesting moral dilemmas and demonstrates just how difficult it is  - or not - to find Your One.
If you like a good rom com which will have you spilling tears one minute and your drink the next (from a fit of the giggles) this is definitely one for you.  Because at the end of the day, girl friends are always there for one another aren't they?
Buy Your Copy Here: Amazon  iBooks  Waterstones and other good retailers  

About the Author:

Zara Stoneley is the USA Today bestselling author of The Wedding Date.

Born in a small village in the UK, she wanted to be a female James Herriot, a spy, or an author when she grew up. After many (many) years, and many different jobs, her dream of writing a bestseller came true. 

She writes about friendship, dreams, love, and happy ever afters, and hopes that her tales make you laugh a lot, cry a little, and occasionally say 'ahhh'.

Zara now lives in a Cheshire village with her family, a lively cockapoo called Harry, and a very bossy (and slightly evil) cat called Saffron.

Zara’s bestselling novels include 'No One Cancels Christmas', 'The Wedding Date', 'The Holiday Swap', 'Summer with the Country Village Vet', 'Blackberry Picking at Jasmine Cottage' and the popular Tippermere series - 'Stable Mates', 'Country Affairs' and 'Country Rivals'. 

Social Media Links:

Website: http://www.zarastoneley.com
Twitter: @ZaraStoneley
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ZaraStoneley

Instagram: zarastoneley