Dash Fan Book Reviews

Tea for Two at the Little Cornish Kitchen  by Jane Linfoot ​ I would like to thank Rachel Random Resources for inviting me on this wonderful Blog Tour! 🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷🌼🌷 Book Information St Aidan: a cosy Cornish village where friendships are made for life and it’s always cocktail hour somewhere… The Little Cornish Kitchen is going on tour! When internet sensation ‘Cressida Cupcake’ has a soggy bottomed TV fiasco and faces bake-off backlash she jumps at the chance to spend some time hiding out in St Aidan, dog sitting for her brother. Picturesque Seaspray Cottage is meant to be Cressy Hobson’s port in the storm but with her blog sponsors having fled and her book deal gone sideways her funds are running low and she’s forced to turn to the locals for help. Soon her quiet weeks in Cornwall are filled with chasing sheep, saving the local retirement village, taking The Little Cornish Kitchen into people’s homes for baking nights…and keeping vigilant guard against romance. ...

Christmas for Beginners  by Carole Matthews Thank you to Little Brown Book Group and Netgalley for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 🌻⚘🦋🌻⚘🦋🌻⚘🦋🌻⚘🦋🌻⚘🦋🌻  Book Information IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR . . . Christmas is fast approaching at the new Hope Farm. Owner Molly Baker has been convinced to organise an open day to raise some much-needed funds ahead of the New Year, but the nativity tableau is proving challenging. With anti-social sheep, awkward alpacas and a seriously sequined Santa Claus to assemble, Molly is feeling overwhelmed, and in desperate need of some Christmas spirit . . . Despite the chaos of the farm getting in the way of her event planning, Molly is looking forward to spending the holidays with boyfriend Shelby and his son, Lucas, hopeful that a happy family Christmas is exactly what they need to draw them all together. But while she is busy making plans on the farm, Shelby, it seems, has ideas of his own. As the ...

The Old Girls’ Network  by Judy Leigh On my Blog today I have the pleasure of  Sharing with you........ The Old Girls’ Network   🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻 Book Information  Is it ever too late to change… After a health scare, 77 year-old spinster Barbara goes to convalesce in the sleepy Somerset village of Winsleigh Green with her sister Pauline, who is now a widow. The sisters are like chalk and cheese - Barbara, outspoken and aloof and Pauline, good natured and homely – so it’s not long before the tension starts to rise. But when Pauline accidentally knocks down a vagrant who goes by the name of Bisto Mulligan, the ladies find themselves with another houseguest. As he recovers, it becomes apparent that Bisto is not who he first seemed, and as the sisters get to know the kind and courageous man he really is, it’s clear Bisto has the potential to change both of their lives. As the spring turns to summer, and Winsleigh Green comes to life, can the three friends...

Blog Tour  Fiona and the Whale  by Hannah Lynn On my blog today I have the pleasure of  sharing with you......... Fiona and the Whale  I would like to thank Rachel Random Resources and  Hannah Lynn for inviting me on the blog tour. 💕📚💕📚💕📚💕📚💕📚💕📚💕📚💕📚💕📚💕 Book Information With her personal life on the rocks, it's going to take a whale sized miracle to keep her afloat. Event planner Fiona Reeves did not have her husband's sudden departure on her schedule. However, she’s certain that it's only a hiccup and he'll be back in no time, begging for forgiveness. Fortunately there’s a distraction of mammoth proportions swimming in the River Thames.  Absorbed by the story of Martha the sperm whale, Fiona attempts to carry on life as usual as she awaits her husband's return. However, nothing can prepare her for the dramatic turn of events that throws her life into ever greater turmoil. The ...

Blog Tour  When You Were Mine by Lisa Swift On my blog today I have the pleasure of  sharing with you......... When You Were Mine   I would like to thank Rachel Random Resources and  Lisa Swift for inviting me on the blog tour. 🌷🌼🌻🌷🌼🌻🌷🌼🌻🌷🌼🌻🌷🌻🌼🌷🌼🌻🌷 Book Information Life is a love song when you find the right notes Maggie and Ibby make up a happy – if unconventional – family. After meeting at university, they now live in the village of Applecroft on the beautiful West Country coast. Okay, so Ibby’s gay and prone to disastrous dates, while couples’ counsellor Maggie spends her days helping people with their relationship problems despite having no sex life of her own. Nevertheless, they’re devoted to bringing up teenage daughter Amelia – the result of a drunken one-night stand when they were students – in a stable and loving family. Until a face from the past – in the form of hard-partying rock sta...

Blog Tour Five Steps to Happy  by Ella Dove On my blog today I have the pleasure of  sharing with you..... Five Steps to Happy   I would like to thank Tracy at Compulsive Readers Tours, Trapeze Books and Ella Dove for inviting me on the blog tour. 🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻 Book Information  An inspiring, life-enhancing novel that will make you see your life differently . . . In May 2016, magazine journalist Ella Dove was out jogging with her sister when she tripped and fell. Ella had fallen in such a way that her knee had dislocated and she also had a severe fracture. The combination of these injuries cut off the blood supply to her foot. The devastating result was the amputation of her right leg below the knee, five days after her fall. Life as she knew it was changed forever, but through determination, resilience and a positive attitude, she transformed unimaginable difficulty into an opportunity to grow ...

Blog Tour Birdie & Jude by Phyllis H. Moore On my blog today I have the pleasure of  sharing with you..... Birdie & Jude  I would like to thank Rachel Random Resources and     Phyllis H. Moore for inviting me on the blog tour  🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻 Book Information  A moving novel of loss, regret, denial, and discovery on Galveston Island, from the author of  Opal’s Story  and  The Ember Months. Birdie has lived to regret many of her decisions, but she doesn’t regret offering a stranger, Jude, shelter from an approaching hurricane. Their serendipitous meeting will form a bond that will change their lives forever. In a character driven story with memories of the protests and inequality plaguing the 1960's, Birdie’s reached middle age and questions her life. Jude is striking out on her own, but has been derailed by a fatal accident claiming her only friend. Although their...