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Book Review: The Orchid Hour By Nancy Bilycau

Plot: Nancy Bilyeau, author of The Blue, returns with a tantalizing novel about one woman caught up in a secret nightclub that one can only reach through…… Read more “Book Review: The Orchid Hour By Nancy Bilycau”

Plot: From one of our boldest, most celebrated new literary voices, a novel about a young woman’s efforts to duck the ills of the world by embarking…… Read more “Book Review: My Year of Rest and Relaxation By Ottessa Moshfegh”

Plot: Hallie Welch fell hard for Julian Vos at fourteen, after they almost kissed in the dark vineyards of his family’s winery. Now the prodigal hottie has returned to…… Read more “Book Review: Secretly Yours By Tessa Bailey”

Plot: NAOMI ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A MOTHER. But three years ago, her husband left, taking their child with him. Now, her daughter has come to stay,…… Read more “Book Review: When They Find Her By Lia Middleton”

Plot: This is how a family keeps a secret…and how that secret ends up keeping them. This is how a family lives happily ever after…until happily ever…… Read more “Book Review: This Is How It Always Is By Laurie Frankel”

Review: This one was a bit on the ‘give me the author’s other books instead’ as they are a lot better. This did start off well however…… Read more “Book Review: The Sunrise Sisterhood By Cathy Bramley”

Plot: In 1901, the word ‘Bondmaid’ was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it. Esme is born into…… Read more “Book Review: The Dictionary Of Lost Words By Pip Williams”

Plot: It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A local…… Read more “Book Review: The Bullet That Missed By Richard Osman”

Plot: Sam Daly is leading a life of quiet isolation following the death of her husband, Mike. She is content to merely put in her eight hours…… Read more “Book Review: Hyphenated Relations By Daniel Maunz”

Plot: Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. By the time Carrie retires from tennis, she is…… Read more “Book Review: Carrie Soto Is Back By Taylor Jenkins Reid”

Plot: The sun is shining on the golden castle on Rainbow Bay – and change is in the air! Amelia is a single mother, doing her very…… Read more “Book Review: Secrets and Seashells at Rainbow Bay By Ali McNarma”