Review: Releasing 10 - Book #6 Boys of Tommen Series - Chloe Walsh - May 2025 Releasing 10 is the sort of book that needs a cuppa and a box of tissues within reach. Lizzie Young has spent her whole life feeling like too much of everything. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder at a young age, she has never quite fit in with her family, her friends or her community, and with so few people in her corner she carries her burdens alone. Then along comes Hugh Biggs, a kind boy on the school bus with an old soul and a sharp mind, who sees something in Lizzie he simply can’t resist. He wants to be her everything and to share the weight she’s been carrying. And oh, how she wants that too. Their chemistry is electric and their bond feels soul deep, a love that couldn’t be broken, except by the truth. What this book gave me, more than anything, was insight into Lizzie. I came away understanding her so much better, and OMFG, my heart totally broke for her. All the hard topics in this book are handled...

Review: A Thousand Perfect Lies - Monica Murphy - March 2026 Last year, I decided it was going to be my Monica Murphy year, and I happily worked my way through her Lancaster Prep series. Oh, how I fell in love with her writing! So when I spotted a brand new release from her, there was no question that it was going straight onto my reading pile, and I’m delighted to say it didn’t disappoint. If you’re a fan of Karen McManus and Sara Shepard and their twisty YA thrillers, pop the kettle on and settle in, because A Thousand Perfect Lies is right up your street. The story centres on Billie, whose parents divorced when she was young. Billie stayed in the US with her mum, while her sister Izzy went off to the UK with their dad. The sisters built separate lives, but they kept their bond alive through phone calls, weaving in and out of each other’s days. Now Izzy needs her sister more than ever. She’s lying in a coma, her best friend is dead, and the police believe Izzy is the murderer. Bil...

Review: The Single Father - Jade Lee Wright - October 2026 Being part of the Zooloos Book Tour family has given me the chance to read some of Jade Lee Wright’s earlier titles, and I’ve enjoyed every one. This latest caught my eye straight away because I have a soft spot for any book with a Nanny or Au Pair at its heart. Funnily enough, I very nearly became a Nanny myself! I was all set to head to Nanny College in Wellington until my Dad hired a career counsellor to talk me out of it. I’ll never know whether I’d have been any good at it, but I do love living vicariously through fictional ones. Matilda, or Tilly, has just lost Marc, the love of her life, and is trying to find her footing again. She takes a position as a Nanny in the Peak District, an area she and Marc always dreamed of visiting, hoping for a fresh start. There she meets Edward and his two children, Sage and Ryan. Everything goes beautifully at first, until a hike takes a terrifying turn and Tilly is pushed. She wakes...

Review: One Missing Girl - Kristi Belcamino - October 2026 Three girls were on their way to big dreams and college, but when a night goes wrong - only two of those girls will find their way home and one will remain missing until a few days later. Years ago, Sofia had a family until one day she found a dead body in her basement and her family exploded and her father went to prison and she escaped her mother who blamed her for her brother's death.  As the book goes along, and Kate is considered missing - Sofia believes her past has caught up with her and this is somehow related especially when she finds hidden letters from Sofia's mother to Kate , however what if Sofia didn't realise that the danger wasn't her family but something closer and someone she cared about and this book showed us that sometimes the threats and the dangers are the one's right under our noses, the ones that we never consider as dangerous or ones that we would trust our lives with as we thought...

VBT# The Other Daughter - Book #4 The Peasdale Woods Killer Series - Heidi Field - October 2026 There are some books you settle into like a favourite armchair, and then there are books that quietly pull the chair out from under you. The Other Daughter is firmly the second kind, and I loved every unsettling minute of it. This is the final instalment in Heidi Field’s Peasedale Woods Killers series, and what a way to close it. By now, readers will feel they know Shiv. She has spent years trying to put Peasedale behind her, and as the story opens, things finally seem to be softening. Mason Tucker is out of prison, her son Pip is growing into a happy, giggly little boy, and for once the future looks bright. I found myself exhaling alongside her, which of course is exactly what Heidi Field wants, because the moment you relax, Hunter Piper walks in. The Piper name has always meant tragedy and violence in these parts, and Hunter arrives to claim what he believes is his. He brings with him a ...

Finding Zaide Kim Deister Publication date: October 19th 2026 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance Life had gotten comfortable for Amara Addison, maybe too comfortable. Fabulous job, great friends, even an amazing ex-boyfriend who was her ride or die for life. Then Zaide Rossi sauntered into her life and suddenly everything changed. But no matter how crazy life became, finding Zaide made every last moment of chaos worth it. ___ This book, from concept to edit to design, was created without the use of generative AI. Goodreads / Amazon — EXCERPT: I found the new photographer wandering around the top floor, occasionally lifting her hands and moving them around in what looked like a rather lame fight with a ghost. My own skills in photography started and ended with my phone’s camera, but I’d been doing this job long enough to know exactly what she was doing and that I shouldn’t interrupt. She was framing shots in her mind’s eye to find interesting plays of light, ...