Dash Fan Book Reviews

MINE  by Clare Empson On my Blog today I have the pleasure of  Sharing with you........ MINE I would like to thank Tracy at Compulsive Readers Tours and Clare Empson  🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷 Book Information  'Who am I? Why am I here? Why did my mother give me away?' On the surface, Luke and his girlfriend Hannah seem to have a perfect life. He's an A&R man, she's an arts correspondent and they are devoted to their new-born son Samuel. But beneath the gloss Luke has always felt like an outsider. So when he finds his birth mother Alice, the instant connection with her is a little like falling in love. When Hannah goes back to work, Luke asks Alice to look after their son. But Alice - fuelled with grief from when her baby was taken from her 27 years ago - starts to fall in love with Samuel. And Luke won't settle for his mother pushing him aside once again... Amazon link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mine-...

30 DAYS IN JUNE  by Chris Westlake On my Blog today I have the pleasure of  Sharing with you....... 30 DAYS IN JUNE  I would like to thank Emma at Dampebbles Tours and  Chris Westlake for inviting me on the Blog Tour 🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻 Book Blurb On the 1st day of June 1988, the residents of south Wales were thrown into a state of panic when a married couple were brutally murdered in their own home. The killer, nicknamed Spartacus by the media, did not flee the scene immediately; instead, he stayed to carve Roman Numerals onto his victims' chests. This was the beginning of a month-long killing spree, each murder taking a step closer to home. Seventeen-year-old Jeffrey Allen was to be the final victim, on the final day of the month. Instead, he became the only survivor, and the only real witness. The killings ended as suddenly as they began. Jeffrey relocated to London, changing his name, and his identity, to Ma...

The Runaway by Linda Huber On my Blog today I have the pleasure of  Sharing with you....... The Runaway 🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻 Book Description: Keep your secrets close to home… Bad things happen in threes – or so it seems to Nicola. The death of her mother-in-law coincides with husband Ed losing his job and daughter Kelly getting into trouble with the police. Time to abandon their London lifestyle and start again by the sea in far-away Cornwall. It should be the answer to everything – a new home, a new job for Ed and a smaller, more personal school for fifteen-year-old Kelly. But the teenager hates her new life, and it doesn’t take long before events spiral out of control and the second set of bad things starts for Nicola. Some secrets can’t be buried. Or… can they? 🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻 My Review   5☆ A Highly Engrossing, Dark and Twisty Psychological Thriller, You w...

When Life Gives You Lemons  by  Fiona Gibson On my Blog today I have the pleasure of  Sharing with you....... When Life Gives You Lemons  🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷 Book Information Sometimes life can be bittersweet . . . Between tending to the whims of her seven-year-old and the demands of her boss, Viv barely gets a moment to herself. It’s not quite the life she wanted, but she hasn’t run screaming for the hills yet. But then Viv’s husband Andy makes  his  mid-life crisis  her  problem. He’s having an affair with his (infuriatingly age-appropriate) colleague, a woman who – unlike Viv – doesn’t put on weight when she so much as glances at a cream cake. Viv suddenly finds herself single, with zero desire to mingle. Should she be mourning the end of life as she knows it, or could this be the perfect chance to put herself first? When life gives you lemons, lemonade just won’t cut it. Bring on the g...

Surviving Me  by Jo Johnson On my Blog today I have the pleasure of  Sharing with you........ Surviving Me  🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷 Book Information  Deceit has a certain allure when your life doesn’t match up to the ideal of what it means to be a modern man.  Tom's lost his job and now he's been labelled 'spermless'. He doesn't exactly feel like a modern man, although his double life helps. Yet when his secret identity threatens to unravel, he starts to lose the plot and comes perilously close to the edge. All the while Adam has his own duplicity, albeit for very different reasons, reasons which will blow the family's future out of the water. If they can't be honest with themselves, and everyone else, then things are going to get a whole lot more complicated. This book tackles hard issues such as male depression, dysfunctional families and degenerative diseases in an honest, life-affirming and often humoro...

The Canary Keeper  by Clare Carson    On my Blog today I have the pleasure of  Sharing with you....... The Canary Keeper    🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷 Book Information  A must-read historical epic, weaving suspense, adventure and romance into an exhilarating thriller. The Canary Keeper is imbued with mythology and storytelling, as well as an atmospheric and encompassing portrait of 1850s Britain.  In the grey mist of the earl y morning a body is dumped on the shore of the Thames by a boatman in a metal canoe. The city is soon alive with talk of the savage Esquimaux stalking Victorian London and an eye witness who claims the killer had an accomplice: a tall woman dressed in widow’s weeds.  Branna ‘Birdie’ Quinn had no good reason to be by the river that morning, but she did not kill the man. She’d seen him first the day before, desperate to give her a message she refused to hear. But now the ...

For Better, For Worse by Jane Isaac On my Blog today I have the pleasure of  Sharing with you........ For Better, For Worse 🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻 About the book Stuart Ingram was once a respected local councillor... The first time the police knocked on Gina's door, they arrested her husband. The second time, they accused him of child abuse. But he died a guilty man. This time, the police are here for Gina – to tell her that her husband is dead. Murdered, just two weeks before his trial. Gina always stood by her husband. Even when everyone else walked away. She believed the trial would clear his name. But now Stuart is dead. And his wife is the suspect. It's a race against time for DC Beth Chamberlain to uncover the truth – especially when a second man turns up dead. Domestic noir meets police procedural in this pacy thriller from Jane Isaac, perfect for fans of Samantha Downing, Fiona Barton and K.L. Slater. Previou...

The Unbroken  by Alex Caan On my Blog today I have the pleasure of  Sharing with you....... The Unbroken  I would like to thank Sarah at BOTBS Tours and Alex Caan for inviting me on the Blog Tour. 🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻 Book Description: Millie didn’t get time to think. The car door was pulled open and she was dragged out, her screams loud and raw, as she kicked and fought. She called out for Oscar, again and again, screaming for help. But he never came. It was the wedding of the year.  Millie Beaumont  marrying billionaire playboy  Oscar Hayat , the eyes of the world watching. But the dream turns into a nightmare when Millie and Oscar are brutally abducted while on honeymoon. Millie is killed, her body dumped in London. Oscar is still missing… Enter  DS Moomy Khan  and  DI Sarah Heaton  – not your typical police officers. Moomy is running from her own troubled past, while Sarah is...

Five Minutes, Alfie!  by Lily Mae Walters & illustrated by Jack Foster ​ On my Blog today I have the pleasure of  Sharing with you........ Five Minutes, Alfie!  🤴🐲👸🐲🤴🐲👸🐲🤴🐲👸🐲🤴🐲👸🐲🤴🐲 Book Information  Alfie snuggles down in bed, dreams still in his little head. He dreams he's a king going out for a ride. "A dragon sleeps in front of the gate," they cried. How will they succeed in waking him up? By helping each other and lots of luck. Purchase Links UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Five-Minutes-Alfie-Lily-Walters/dp/1681607077 US - https://www.amazon.com/Five-Minutes-Alfie-Lily-Walters/dp/1681607077 🤴🐲👸🐲🤴🐲👸🐲🤴🐲👸🐲🤴🐲👸🐲🤴 My Review  4☆ A Delightful children's picture book. Five Minutes, Alfie! Is a delightful children's picture book. The Illustrations are superb, bright and eye catching. Alfie just wants 5 more minutes sleep before h...