Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Carolyn Hughes’s recently released novel, Squire’s Hazard, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Squire’s Hazard is the fifth in Carolyn’s series the Meonbridge Chronicle set in the Meon Valley, Hampshire in the fourteenth century. The waters of the river … Continue reading Squire’s Hazard by Carolyn Hughes
A Shape on the Air by Julia Ibbotson
Today I’m delighted to be shining a spotlight on Julia Ibbotson’s time-slip mystery, A Shape on the Air, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. A Shape on the Air is the first book in Julia’s Dr DuLac series. A haunting Anglo-Saxon time-slip of mystery and romance Can echoes … Continue reading A Shape on the Air by Julia Ibbotson
My Reading – October 2022
The Quare Fellow by Brendan Behan (More detail on this play below)A prisoner sings: he is in one of the punishment cells. A hungry feeling came o’er me stealing, And the mice were squealing in my prison cell, And that old triangle, Went jingle jangle, All along the banks of the Royal Canal. A Shape … Continue reading My Reading – October 2022
Island of Dreams by Harry Duffin
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Harry Duffin’s soon to be released novel, Island of Dreams, as as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Island of Dreams is set in Cuba in the 1940s and 1950s. The harbour side was alive with humanity, loitering in the … Continue reading Island of Dreams by Harry Duffin
The Godmother’s Secret by Elizabeth St.John
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Elizabeth St.John’s newly released novel, The Godmother’s Secret, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. King Edward died suddenly, and Lady Elysabeth Scrope was commanded by his brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, to escort Prince Edward to the Palace of … Continue reading The Godmother’s Secret by Elizabeth St.John
Small Eden by Jane Davis
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Jane Davis’s novel Small Eden as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. The house they alight in front of is weatherboarded and painted white, a feature that binds the row of cottages and houses together. Each has a distinct personality, … Continue reading Small Eden by Jane Davis
My Reading – September 2022
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.Still being read after 200 years, Pride and Prejudice doesn't need another review (there are over 92,000 of them on Goodreads alone); however, I have written a post … Continue reading My Reading – September 2022
Brushstrokes from the Past by Heidi Eljarbo
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Heidi Eljarbo’s newly released novel, Brushstrokes from the Past, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Brushstrokes from the Past is a Soli Hansen Mystery. Wolfert did not want to admit he was at death’s door. He never thought of … Continue reading Brushstrokes from the Past by Heidi Eljarbo
The Old Dragon’s Head by Justin Newland
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Justin Newland’s novel The Old Dragon’s Head set in fifteenth-century China as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Ru was playing in their small garden while Luli sat at her writing desk. She moved her calligraphy brush over the paper. … Continue reading The Old Dragon’s Head by Justin Newland
A Turbulent Peace by Paul Walker
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Paul Walker’s newly released novel A Turbulent Peace, set in Paris in the lead up to the 1919 Peace Conference, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. We passed Avenue Beaucour and turned right into Rue Daru, which was clear … Continue reading A Turbulent Peace by Paul Walker
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