Author – Vered Neta Publisher – Independently Published Genre – Contemporary Fiction Pages – 298 Format – Paperback Release Date – June 15th 2023 Reviewer – Me AKA TheBookishHermit Synopsis ⤵️ Daisy Bach, a therapist, has always been certain that she did not want to have children. Her childhood experiences with an overbearing and controllingContinue reading “Things We Do For Love”
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The Women Who Wouldn’t Leave
Author – Victoria Scott Publisher – Aria Genre – Contemporary Fiction Pages – 384 Format – Paperback Release Date – August 3rd 2023 Reviewer – Me AKA TheBookishHermit Content Warning ⚠️ Eviction, personal trauma, depression, alcoholism, sexual assault, lots of swearing, LGBTQ character Synopsis ⤵️ Two women. A community under threat. Can they save theirContinue reading “The Women Who Wouldn’t Leave”
Fade into You
Author – Catriona Child Publisher – Luath Press Genre – Contemporary Fiction Pages – 288 Format – Paperback Release Date – February 23rd 2023 Reviewer – Me AKA TheBookishHermit Synopsis ⤵️ It’s 1994, Kurt Cobain has just died, and teenager Alex is spending the summer working in her Aunt’s Bed and Breakfast in rural Argyll.Continue reading “Fade into You”
Mrs Bambi Knows
Author – Chris Mason Publisher – Independently Published Genre – Romantic Comedy Pages – 250 Format – Paperback Release Date – August 31st 2022 Reviewer – Me AKA TheBookishHermit Synopsis ⤵️ In a small town in Oregon, everyone wants to kill the local advice columnist, Mrs Bambi. If only they knew who she was. MrsContinue reading “Mrs Bambi Knows”
Sadie Call The Polis
Author – Kirkland Ciccone Publisher – Fledgling Press Genre – Contemporary Fiction Pages – 320 Format – Paperback Release Date – October 27th 2022 Reviewer – Me AKA TheBookishHermit Synopsis ⤵️ In 1976, a heatwave hot enough to melt concrete punishes Scotland. While everything burns, a woman arrives in Little Denny Road with a setContinue reading “Sadie Call The Polis”
Frances Creighton: Found and Lost
Author – Kirby Porter Publisher – EnvelopeBooks Genre – Contemporary Fiction Pages – 180 Format – Paperback Release Date – November 4th 2021 Reviewer – Me AKA TheBookishHermit Synopsis ⤵️ Following the death of his girlfriend in England, Michael Roberts becomes obsessed with his first teenage love in Belfast in the late 1960s, just aheadContinue reading “Frances Creighton: Found and Lost”
Marika’s Best Laid Plan
Author – Judy Stanigar Publisher – All Things That Matter Press Genre – Contemporary Fiction Pages – 205 Format – Kindle Release Date – October 15th 2021 Reviewer – Me AKA TheBookishHermit Synopsis ⤵️ Marika is a social worker trying to heal her drug addict clients, but she can’t seem to mend her damaged self.Continue reading “Marika’s Best Laid Plan”
Unforgettable
Author – R. E. Loten Publisher – Castle Priory Press Genre – Romance/ Women’s Contemporary Fiction Pages – 377 Format – Kindle Release Date – January 11th 2022 Reviewer – Me AKA TheBookishHermit Synopsis ⤵️ There are first loves and there are last loves. But what happens when they overlap? Tom Blythe falls in loveContinue reading “Unforgettable”
A change of seasons
Author – Khurram Elahi Publisher – The Conrad Press Genre – Contemporary Fiction/ Drama/ Thriller Pages – 304 Format – Paperback Release Date – July 14Th 2021 Reviewer – Me AKA TheBookishHermit Trigger Warning – This book contains two chapters covering the torture, murder and disposal of a cat by the protagonist. Other triggers areContinue reading “A change of seasons”
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