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Review: The Echoing Shore

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A Yeovil Literary Prize award winner A lifeboat is lost off Cornwall's wild Atlantic coast. All eight crewmen die. The cause is never fully explained. Ten years later, Kate  Tregillis , the editor of a small, struggling newspaper, becomes obsessed with solving the longstanding mystery. Her investigations provoke a backlash of threats and violence in the insular fishing community of St Branok. In exposing the truth, she risks the future of her newspaper and even her life - and discovers that the man she loves has his own secrets. Praise for The Echoing Shore : 'A gripping story full of twists and turns' -  Margaret James, Writing Magazine . 'An enthralling read that keeps you guessing to the end' -  Victoria Howard, author and judge for the international 2023 Yeovil Literary Prize. 'I would definitely pick this book up from the bookshop shelf' -  Claire  Gradidge , winner of the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller competition.   Review  My words seem sup

Review: Christmas at Polkerran Point

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F ate may have brought them together, but secrets seem destined to keep them apart...   An accident and a lost passport mean  Gemma's  six-month sabbatical to go travelling is not off to a strong start. She heads to  Polkerran  Point to stay at her aunt’s while her new passport is processed and to find temporary work in the meantime.   Enter musician  Matt . Newly moved into a secluded, renovated mill – complete with a recording studio – Matt is preparing for his band’s big reunion tour. Focused on writing new music for the album, he needs a live-in housekeeper.   Even as sparks fly, Gemma can sense Matt's keeping secrets and with her role ending once Christmas is over, will there be anything to keep her in  Polkerran ?   A cosy, festive Cornish romance for fans of Phillipa Ashley and Cressida McLaughlin. Review: This was a lovely remedy to the many things getting me down at the start of this season. Like me, the protagonist has begun the season at the bottom of the barrel. Her

Cover Reveal: Pieces of Us

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To move forward, I’ll have to look back to our past… I know I  have to  get myself out of this funk, but it feels impossible. My childhood best friend is dead and nothing in life is working out as I’d planned. Then  Lottie  leaves me a ‘jar of joy’ in her will – filled with instructions to visit places where we had our happiest memories. But with every happy memory, I also remember the things that tore us apart. Because Lottie was keeping secrets. And  Jay  – the man we both loved – keeps turning up at the same places. Even as I feel pieces of myself begin to heal, some wounds run too deep. It’s time to make a change in my life, but can Lottie’s jar of joy really give me the strength I need? A heartbreaking yet hopeful novel for fans of  PS I Love You ,  The Memory of Us  and  The Last Letter from Your Lover . Pre-order Link -  https://geni.us/PiecesOfUsBook Publication Date: 27 th  February 2025   Author Bio –  Eve Ainsworth is a public speaker, creative workshop coordinator and award

Title: A Nightingale in Parkleigh Square

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The sparkling NEW Christmas Romance from the author of  A Wedding in Cornwall ! Quirky, creative, and dedicated to their work, window dressers Nina and Molly can’t believe the news from the upscale staging and design company which occasionally hires them as extras during the Christmas season: their tiny New York company has just been tapped to create a magical Christmas window and showroom display for London’s newest designer fashion boutique!  With their trusty assistant in tow, they catch a plane across the Pond, making their way to the historic former department store with a unique past in  Parkleigh  Square—and their once-in-a-lifetime chance to impress the ultimate client, legendary fashion designer Simone Van Stewart. But a humiliating encounter with the London branch’s new frosty director reveals a tragic truth — the duo was hired by mistake. With time running out before the store’s unveiling, and the best window stagers already booked, however, Nina and Molly have been given a

Review: Victory for the Sewing Factory Girls

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  1916, Scotland. Five years after leading a strike at the sewing factory, newly pregnant Ellen is rushed off her feet at the Clydebank Clothing exchange, the heart of the community. Ellen is missing her husband James who is away with the Royal Navy, and worried about how to make ends meet. She desperately wants to confide in her best friend Sadie. However, Sadie is hiding a heart-breaking secret of her own which places strain on their friendship. Ignoring concerns from her sister Sadie, seventeen-year-old Rachel has signed up as a  munitions worker at the former sewing factory in Clydebank. Together with the other women nicknamed 'the  munitionettes ' she finds fun and friendship as they start a local football team. When Ellen is forced to return to the factory to earn money for her growing family, she clashes with Sadie, who is angry about the working conditions. Several of the women and their babies are falling ill, despite assurances from management that the factory is safe

Review: The Earl’s Dangerous Secret

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Can love  survive  once the Earl's Dangerous Secret is revealed? From her country house to the glittering ballrooms of Regency London, Emily Ellerton finds herself ensnared in a treacherous dance, when the Earl of Thornburn, notorious for his icy manner and ruthless ambition, strides into her life. Lord Nathaniel Renwick, Earl of Thornburn, conceals a dark past—one that threatens the safety of Emily’s own family. When her injured brother, George, becomes the target of Lord Thornburn’s urgent mission, Emily must play a dangerous game of deception—posing as an innocent debutante, all the while guarding her brother’s life. But as the tension between Emily and Nathan simmers, so does their undeniable attraction. Sparks ignite, and enemies become lovers, their hearts caught in a web of desire and danger. But betrayal stalks their every  step  and they must unravel the truth before the secrets of the past tear them apart forever? “The Earl’s Dangerous Secret” is a captivating Regency rom

Promo: How to React When Woken at 3am by Drunk Argentinian Backpackers while Staying in a Youth Hostel and Other Lesser Known Travel Tips

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  How to React When Woken at 3am by Drunk Argentinian Backpackers while Staying in a Youth Hostel and Other  Lesser Known  Travel Tips Book 4 of the hilarious book series that those in the know will want to read when arriving at Paris airport so they laugh so freaking hard that it will intimidate any suspicious characters looking to abduct them and sell them into the human trafficking game. Life was not meant to be easy, Simon Yeats' father used to tell him. Well, it sure as hell was not meant to be this bizarre and witty. Australian ex-pat Yeats, as all he has ever been called since High School, shares his stories of travel misadventures and dubious personal introspection with comedic insights into the unusual and uproarious elements of living his life abroad. All while having a sense of Wanderlust as pervasive as Mongol hordes in the 12th century. From how to negotiate getting abused in Los Angeles when you will only drive at 5 miles/hr., to what to do when locked out of your hot