Category Archives: Blog Tour

“The Woman On The Bridge” by Sheila O’Flanagan – Book Review

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Fictionophile

Sheila O’Flanagan has accomplished what many have tried and few have been successful at doing. She has put a human face on Ireland’s history while making all the myriad allegiances, battles, uprisings, rebellions, and suffering understandable to the lay reader. … Continue reading →

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“Secrets of Clearwater Castle” by Emma Davies – Book Review

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Fictionophile

Lowri Morgan is a young widow with a six year old daughter. After losing her beloved husband in a car accident two years ago, she now finds herself at a crossroads in her life. She cannot really afford to keep … Continue reading →

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“Death on Cromer Beach” by Ross Greenwood – Book Review

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Fictionophile

How great that this novel is the first in a new police procedural series!  I have so much anticipation for this series and its characters. DS Ashley Knight finds herself leading a double murder investigation when her superior has had … Continue reading →

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“Isaac And The Egg” by Bobby Palmer – Book Review

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Fictionophile

How do I review a book that is simultaneously heartrendingly sad AND hilariously funny? Twenty-nine year old Isaac Addy is unmoored, adrift, and suicidal. His beloved wife, Mary, has died. He cannot fathom a life without her in it. Just … Continue reading →

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“The Walled Garden” by Sarah Hardy – Book Review

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Fictionophile

Oakbourne Hall – a once grand Suffolk Manor House. Oakbourne is now dilapidated and needs much in the way of restoration after being requisitioned by Canadian soldiers for the last five years of WWII. There is no money for repairs, … Continue reading →

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“So Pretty” by Ronnie Turner – Book Review

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Fictionophile

A young man arrives in a small town, hoping to leave his past behind him, but everything changes when he takes a job in a peculiar old shop, and meets a lonely single mother… Whoever described this novel as a … Continue reading →

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“The Sea Glass Beach” by Tina Pritchard – Book Review

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Fictionophile

“Dreadful events are a part of life and you can sink under the weight of the burden, or you can carry on with your life and try to be a better person because of it.” I’ll admit that I was … Continue reading →

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“The Highland Girls At War” by Helen Yendall – Book Review

Posted on November 16, 2022 by Fictionophile

Thoroughly enjoyable as an entertaining historical story, this novel also introduced me to The Women’s Timber Corps. I had of course known about the ‘Land Girls’, but this is the first time I’ve learned about the lumberjills (as opposed to … Continue reading →

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“Red As Blood” by Lilja Sigurðardóttir – Book Review

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Fictionophile

Áróra has returned to her birthplace, Iceland, to find her missing sister, Ísafold. Now, she has come to realize that she is probably looking for her sister’s body. Áróra, who lived in Edinburgh, is a financial investigator, though to make … Continue reading →

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“Life, Slightly” by Nigel Cooper – Book Review

Posted on October 10, 2022 by Fictionophile

Jackie – is a good listener. She listens to those who are damaged by what life has thrown at them. She wants to be needed. But what happens when someone listens to her? Gavin – Conflicted about his sexual preference, … Continue reading →

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