Dash Fan Book Reviews

  The Teacher by  Danielle Stewart 🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼 Book Information Description Daisy sobbed as she pointed at the picture of my darling son. “It was him,” she cried out distraught. “He was the one who attacked me.” Today all my worst fears came true. I thought I had escaped the dark secrets of my teenage years. But when my son is accused by one of my students of a crime I know only too well, my past comes hurtling into my present. Surely my beloved son  Bryson , my kind and caring boy, who I raised to be nothing like the men of my past, couldn’t be mixed up with – or worse, be – what they are describing. Could he? But when  Daisy  comes to me in the classroom with tears in her eyes, trusting me with her confession, I vow that she won’t suffer the same fate I did. But what can I do? I love my son. I need to believe him no matter what. As I struggle to know who to believe, the threats begin. Notes on my car, messages saying you will pay for what happen...

The Cheap Dates Club  by Lottie Brook Thank you to Harper Collins and Netgalley for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷  Book Information Two broke strangers. Two broken hearts. Two happily-ever-afters for the price of one? Isla and Leigh are starting to think love is  not  worth it. Until they both see an ad in the gazette for a new dating service, which vows to help skint singles ‘find love for free’ while giving back to the community. The dates on offer range from the classic meet cute (dog walking) to the less-than-cute (litter picking)… but when Isla is matched with Leigh, she’s surprised by how quickly sparks begin to fly. Being a cheap date is nothing to be ashamed of. But will the price of Leigh’s past heartbreak – or a suave rival offering Isla a more lavish lifestyle – keep them apart? Sometimes, even low-cost romance is high stakes… 🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷  My Review 4☆ A Quirky, ligh...

The New Nanny by L. G Davis  Thank you to Bookouture and Netgalley for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷 Book Information A forged reference and a fake social media page is all it takes to convince the Mayers I’m the perfect person to look after their son Wyatt. Some people would be scared to move to a remote mountain village with a family they’ve never met, but it’s exactly where I need to be. Because Wyatt is my child… My sweet little boy was taken from me. There are dark secrets in my past that will stop me from ever getting Wyatt back, but now I’m his nanny, I’ll finally get to raise him like he’s my own. When I arrive at the Mayers’ house, I’m stunned by the striking glass family home and Robin and Paul’s lavish lifestyle, which I couldn’t afford in my wildest dreams. But Wyatt seems troubled. Robin claims he needs therapy, she says he barely speaks to her, and soon I realise that he’s rarely allowed to leave the house… ...

Falling Hard for the Royal Guard  by Megan Clawson  Thank you to Avon Books and Netgalley for this copy which I reviewed honestly  and voluntarily. 🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷    Book Information Love is in the heir in this  royally  good rom com debut releasing in Spring 2023 – perfect for anyone who likes relatable heroines (with great hair), hot and aloof book boyfriends, and near misses and almost kisses. Despite living in an actual castle, happily ever after is evading Margaret ‘Maggie’ Moore. From her bedroom in the Tower of London, twenty-six-year-old Maggie has always dreamed of her own fairy-tale ending. Yet this is twenty-first century London, so instead of knights, she has Tinder, and instead of white horses, she has catfish. And with her last relationship ending in spectacular fashion, she swears off men for good. And then a chance encounter with Royal Guard Freddie forces Maggie to admit that she isn’t ready to give up on love ju...

The savage sisters By Heather Atkinson  Thank you to Boldwood Books and Netgalley for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷 Book Information Jane, Carly and Rose Savage are savage by name, savage by nature. Having lost their mum too young, and with a bedridden father too ill to work, the sisters learnt early to stand on their own two feet. The family's flat in the rough streets of Glasgow's Haghill is their fortress, but when Carly's ex-boyfriend Cole Alexander is released from prison, trouble soon comes knocking at their door. The Alexanders have beef with the Savages, so the girls call for back up in the shape of their uncle Eddie and his two gorgeous but dangerous sons, Harry and Dean. As a turf war breaks out, the Savage sisters have choices to make. Stick to the straight and narrow or fight for what they deserve? And when the vicious girl gang Jane used to lead, the Unbeatable Bitches, are thrown into the mix, their mi...

The Little Board Game Café  by Jennifer Page I would like to thank for Aria Fiction and Netgalley for my copy of this wonderful book! 🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷    Book Description via Netgalley An irresistible story of love, friendship and the power of Games Night, perfect for fans of Holly Martin and Christie Barlow. When Emily loses her job, house and boyfriend all within a matter of days, she's determined to turn a negative into a positive and follow her dream of running a small cafe in the gorgeous Yorkshire village of Essendale. But she quickly finds she's bitten off more than she can chew when the 'popular' cafe she takes over turns out to secretly be a failing business. Emily desperately needs a way to turn things around, and help comes from the unlikeliest of places when she meets local board game-obsessed GP Ludek. But when a major chain coffee shop opens on the high street, Emily is forced to question if she'll ever be able to compete. Ha...

Every Little Secret by Sarah Clarke Thank you to Netgalley and HQ Digital for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷  Book Information ‘A fast-paced, twisty story . . . A thrilling read’ Catherine Cooper, bestselling author of  The Chalet From the outside, it seems  Grace  has it all. Only she knows about the cracks in her picture-perfect life… and the huge secret behind them. After all, who can she trust? Her brother  Josh  is thousands of miles away, and he and Grace have never been close – he was always their parents’ favourite. Her best friend  Coco  walked away from her years ago, their friendship irreparably fractured by the choices they’ve made. And her husband  Marcus  seems like a different man lately. Grace can’t shake the feeling that he’s hiding something. But when her seven-year-old daughter makes a troubling accusation, Grace must choose between protecting her chil...

Dastardly Deeds at St Bride's  by Debbie Young Thank you to Netgalley and Boldwood Books for this copy which I reviewed honestly  and voluntarily. 🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷    Book Information For anyone who loved St Trinian’s – old or new – or read Malory Towers as a kid. St Brides is the perfect read for you. When Gemma Lamb takes a job at a quirky English girls’ boarding school, she believes she’s found the perfect escape route from her controlling boyfriend – until she discovers the rest of the staff are hiding sinister secrets: • Hairnet, the eccentric headmistress who doesn't hold with academic qualifications • Oriana Bliss, Head of Maths and master of disguise • Joscelyn Spryke, the suspiciously rugged Head of PE • Geography teacher Mavis Brook, surreptitiously selling off the library books • creepy night watchman Max Security, with his network of hidden tunnels Even McPhee, the school cat, is leading a double life. Tucked away i...

Butterflies  by Julianna Photopoulos  Thank you to Amber Books Ltd & Netgalley   for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷 Book Information Butterflies and moths hold an enduring fascination for their unusual life cycle, as they change from one creature into another.  Butterflies  is an outstanding collection of photographs showcasing nature’s most beautiful and often elusive butterflies and moths – members of the Lepidoptera order – in the variety of their natural habitats. With 17,500 species of butterfly and 160,000 species of moth in the world today, they can be found on every continent apart from Antarctica, and in every nation. Arranged in chapters covering some of the most beautiful and interesting types of butterfly and moth, their habitats, their transition from egg to caterpillar and from chrysalid to adult, as well as their behaviour, the book reveals little-known facts about their life cycle, a...

The Official Peaky Blinders Cookbook 50 Recipes Selected by The Shelby Company Ltd by  Rob Morris Thank you to  Quarto Publishing & Netgalley  for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷 Book Information Have you ever wanted to eat like the Peaky Blinders? With this first official cookbook, you can now take a unique culinary journey into the world of the Shelby's. Filled with  50 delicious and evocative recipes,  the book takes inspiration from the iconic locations the infamous gang inhabits, from the bar at  The Garrison,  to the glamour of the  Eden Club  and the extravagance of  Arrow House. The recipes in this book transport you into the rich and murky world Tommy Shelby and his associates lived in, evoking the  warm and hearty meals  which would have kept the gang going day and night. From  filling family fare , to snacks, sandwiches and bar food, as ...

Country Kitchen Cookbook (A Collection of Traditional American  Home-Cooked Recipes) by Jennifer Boudinot Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group and Netgalley for my copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 🎃👻🧛‍♀️🎃👻🧛‍♀️🎃👻🧛‍♀️🎃👻🧛‍♀️🎃👻🧛‍♀️🎃 Book Information Celebrate country cooking with over 100 quintessentially American recipes. Apple pie, hamburgers, fried chicken. Some foods just take us back home. They evoke the feel of summer evenings on the lawn playing baseball, winter gatherings around a roaring fire, spring picnics, and fall football games on campus. For most of us,  good times and good food naturally go together , keeping families close and memories strong. The culinary melting pot that is American country cooking accommodates the great variety of tastes and cultures to be found here, creating a range of specialties that can be called favorites either regionally or across the country. This wonderful cookbook gathers together recipes that h...

Marilyn Monroe by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara   Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group and Netgalley for my copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 🎃👻🧛‍♀️🎃👻🧛‍♀️🎃👻🧛‍♀️🎃👻🧛‍♀️🎃👻🧛‍♀️🎃 Book Information In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the true story of Marilyn Monroe, the iconic movie star. Little Norma Jeane grew up between foster homes, an orphanage, and a family friend’s house—where she was forbidden to watch movies. Through her difficult childhood and teen years, she dreamed of becoming an actress. One day, a photographer spotted her and gave her a modelling contract, and from this day she was “Marilyn Monroe.” Though much-admired, she suffered from pre-performance anxiety, which was a challenge for her in her career. Her films grossed over $200 million but she was known to have said: “I don't want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.” This inspiring book fea...

Our Wonderful World Activity Book  by Ben Handicott Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group and Netgalley  for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 🌻⚘🦋🌻⚘🦋🌻⚘🦋🌻⚘🦋🌻⚘🦋🌻  Book Information In this interactive companion to Our Wonderful World, you'll find trivia quizzes, search-and-find challenges, spot-the-difference games and so much more – with over 50 stickers! Geography, history and culture spill from the pages in this luxuriously illustrated activity book. Bite-size information and awesome facts about the regions accompany each activity, with stickers to get creative with at the back of the book. Spanning the world from Chile to China and New Zealand to the Netherlands, take on super-fun activities and puzzles as you discover more about the most awesome places on Earth. This activity-packed round-the-world trip includes: *Search-and-find challenges * Spot-the-difference games * Code-breaker challenges * Word searches * Matching games ...