Dash Fan Book Reviews

Wombat & Jones:  The Great Banana Mystery  by Arran Francis I would like to thank Rachel Random Resources for inviting me on this wonderful One Day Audio Blitz 🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷   Book Information Wombat and Jones are excited to attend the famous Boris Beaker's banana bread baking class and like many other friends in town they can't wait to get to work on making scrumptious banana bread. However, there’s just one problem — before class gets underway, Boris discovers that all of the bananas have gone missing! Boris Beaker and his disappointed students know there is no chance they can make banana bread without this key ingredient, but Wombat isn’t willing to give up that easily. Putting her investigative skills to the test, she gets help from her trusty sidekick — Furlock Jones — and together they attempt to solve The Great Banana Mystery. Written by author Arran Francis, creator of multiple series for BBC's CBeebies Radio, Womba...

Gloria the Summer Fun Bus  by Sue Wickstead I would like to thank Rachel Random Resources for Inviting me on this Fantastic Blog Tour! 🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷   Book Information Gloria is a special Playbus. She is painted with bright colours that makes her stand out. Now she is ready for a summer of fun, but will Max enjoy the adventure. Why don't you join in the fun, too? Purchase Links  https://suewickstead.co.uk/shop www.suewickstead.co.uk amazon.co.uk https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gloria-Summer-Fun-Bus-Wickstead/dp/191639230X/ Amazon .com https://www.amazon.com/Gloria-Summer-Fun-Bus-Wickstead/dp/191639230X/ Waterstones https://www.waterstones.com/book/gloria-the-summer-fun-bus/sue-wickstead/9781916392304 Barnes and noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gloria-the-summer-fun-bus-sue-wickstead/1136923441?ean=9781916392304  🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼   My Review  5☆ A Fun, Engaging and Education...

The Casanova Papers  by Kate Zarrelli On my Blog today I have the pleasure of  Sharing with you....... The Casanova Papers  🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷    Book Information Ellie Murphy takes a contract teaching English at a school in Venice. There she meets the sexy, enigmatic Professor Piero Contarini, from an ancient Venetian family, and agrees to help him in his work curating a new edition of the memoirs of the famous seducer, Giacomo Casanova. Taking their task seriously, they start to enact his adventures with each other, ecstatically revealing their own kinks as they do so. But who is watching them from the shadowy alleyways of Venice? Purchase Links  US - https://www.amazon.com/Casanova-Papers-Kate-Zarrelli-ebook/dp/B089T48ZW5/ UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Casanova-Papers-Kate-Zarrelli-ebook/dp/B089T48ZW5/ 🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷   My Review  4☆ A Unique Historical Contemporary Romance with a Sauc...

Rose’s Choice  by Chrissie Bradshaw  On my Blog today I have the pleasure of  Sharing with you....... Rose’s Choice  🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷    Book Information   Rationing, bombing, disease and pit disasters are part of Rose Kelly’s World War 2 childhood. When the spirited coalminer’s daughter discovers a family secret, she makes a choice that overshadows her teenage years. Rose tries to make the most of post-war opportunities but family tragedy pulls her back to a life in the colliery rows. She relinquishes her bright future for domestic duties because her family comes first. Will family ties get in the way of her dreams? Purchase Links  UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B088FY2P8Z   US -  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088FY2P8Z  🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼    My Review  4☆ A Compelling, Poignant and Heart Warming Historical Family Saga! I absolutely love a good war time read, so...

Betray Her  by Caroline England  On my Blog today I have the pleasure of  Sharing with you....... Betray Her   🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼   Book Information  Lust, secrets and revenge are at the heart of this irresistibly twisted thriller. Perfect for fans of Lies Lies Lies by Adele Parks and She by H C Warner. Best friends forever. That's the pact you made. You'd do anything for her. And you have. She's always had it all. If you could take it for yourself . . . would you?  🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼 🌷🌼🌷   My Review  4☆ A Dark and Twisty, Enthralling Psychological Thriller. Betray Her is a Twisty Psychological thriller about, friendship, betrayal, jealousy, secrets, obsession and revenge. The story is told between past and present which added depth as you got to understand why things were unravelling the way they were between best friends Jo and Kate. Secrets and jealous...

One Last Second  by Sam Vickery  On my Blog today I have the pleasure of  Sharing with you....... One Last Second  🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼   Book Information  I never expected to be doubted, but if I can't make them believe me, what then? I sit here beside her stroking her tiny hands as she sleeps and she looks so perfect. It never crossed my mind that something would be wrong with my sweet girl and I’d be powerless to do anything to help her. When  Madeline's  six-year-old daughter  Tilly  collapses one Sunday night, Madeline’s world is turned upside down. Racing to the hospital, she imagines the worst scenarios in her mind, but when they arrive the doctors say that Tilly is fine. Madeline’s ex-husband  Adam  and her best friend  Laura  think Madeline is being overprotective, that Tilly fainted because of her fussy eating.  But Madeline is sure somet...

Holiday Date  by Debbie Ioanna  On my Blog today I have the pleasure of  Sharing with you...... Holiday Date   🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷   Book Information  Relationships are tested in this highly anticipated sequel to 'Blind Date'. Jenny is back in this romantic comedy, and this time she has her man. Life is wonderful as she switches her sex dreams for the real thing with her hunk, Zack. As well as feeling loved up, she must also console her recently-single best friend, Sarah. Those much-loved blind dates make a welcome return as Jenny gets the sweet taste for vengeance. After a girly holiday to Rome, and a somewhat unexpected vegan experience, Zack whisks Jenny abroad for a romantic holiday of their own. However, jolly holidays aren’t on the menu when faced with a twenty-something stunner in the next villa. Holidays take the centre stage for this sequel, where relationships are put to the test, at home and abroad. Also ...

Finding Love at Hedgehog Hollow by Jessica Redland On my Blog today I have the pleasure of  Sharing with you ....... Finding Love at Hedgehog Hollow  🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷 Book Information    Can love really be found when you stop looking for it...? As Samantha Wishaw watches the love of her life marry another woman, she’s ready to give up hope of finding her happy ever after. But when a chance encounter leads Sam to find friendship in Thomas - a lonely, grumpy elderly widower living at derelict Hedgehog Hollow - her life is about to change forever. Glad to have a distraction from family feuds and match-making, Sam vows to fulfill Thomas and his wife, Gwendoline's, dreams of restoring Hedgehog Hollow to its former glory, and to open a hedgehog rescue centre. Throwing herself into the task at hand, little does Sam realise that the keys to love and happiness may also be found at Hedgehog...

Flying Solo  By Zoe May On my Blog today I have the pleasure of Sharing with you....... Flying Solo  🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷 Book Information    Rachel Watson has it all worked out. By 30, she’s ticked off most of the goals on her Life List. She’s a homeowner, a partner at her law firm, she has a gorgeous boyfriend, lots of hobbies and loads of good friends. The only thing that’s missing is a ring on her finger. According to her Life List, Rachel should be getting hitched around now, so when her boyfriend, Paul, plans a romantic date, Rachel’s pretty confident he’s going to propose. Except Paul has other ideas. He’s jetting off to India to find himself. Distraught, Rachel doesn’t know what to do. Not one to easily admit defeat, she embarks on a mission to win him back. Flying solo to India is definitely not on Rachel’s Life List, but could her trip teach her some unexpected lessons about love, life and herself? Could she r...

LEFT FOR DEAD by Caroline Mitchell On my Blog today I have the pleasure of  Sharing with you....... LEFT FOR DEAD  🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷 Book Description: A victim on display. A detective on the rails. Shopping with her sister, DI Amy Winter is admiring a Valentine’s Day window display of a perfect bride encrusted in diamonds and resplendent in lace—until she notices blood oozing from the mannequin’s mouth. This is no stunt. A post-mortem reveals the victim was left to die on her macabre throne for all to see. When a second victim is found, it emerges that both women were ‘Sugar Babes’ arranging dates with older men online—and Amy finds herself hunting an accomplished psychopath. As she tracks down the killer, Amy’s instincts go into overdrive when the charismatic head of the agency behind the display makes no attempt to hide his fascination with her serial-killer parents. What exactly do...

Pauper and Prince in Harlem  by Delia C. Pitts On my Blog today I have the pleasure of  Sharing with you....... Pauper and Prince in Harlem  🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼 Book Information  A vulnerable kid. A brutal enemy. An addled ally. Blood runs cold on Harlem's hottest summer night when Drive-by assassins shoot up a crowded playground, killing the teenaged friend of private eye SJ Rook. Only fourteen, the kid was smart, affectionate, and alive with potential. His sudden death strikes the cynical Rook through the heart. Was this boy the victim of a cruel accident? Or was he targeted by gang hit men in a ruthless display of power?   To find the killers, Rook must enlist the help of another teen, Whip, a mysterious runaway witness. Whip is a transgender boy whose life on the streets has drawn him into the realm of a violent mob kingpin. Damaged by his mother's rejection, Whip doesn't want to be found. Not by the cops or by community do-gooders. And certainly ...

Grace & Serenity by Annalisa Crawford On my Blog today I have the pleasure of Sharing with you....... Grace & Serenity 🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷 ​ Book Information Living on the streets is terrifying and exhausting. Grace’s only comforts are a steady stream of vodka, and a strange little boy who’s following her around. At nineteen, Grace has already had a child and endured an abusive marriage. But she’s also had her baby abducted by her vengeful husband and been framed as a neglectful mother. Even her own parents doubted her version of the story. So she did the only thing that made sense to her—run away. The streets are unforgiving. Winter is drawing in. And Grace isn’t prepared for the harsh realities of survival. At her very bleakest, a Good Samaritan swoops into her life and rescues her. With a roof over her head and food in her stomach, she longs to see her baby again. But nothing ever comes for free. Purchase Links  UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grace-Serenity-...