Review: The Stolen Twin - Jade Lee Wright - July 2026 A split second is all it can take to change a life forever, and that truth sits heavily at the heart of The Stolen Twin by Jade Lee Wright. This is one of those stories that quietly settles into your bones as you read, wrapping itself around the idea that family, trust, and truth are far more fragile than we ever like to believe. Bella’s world is already full when the story begins. She and her husband have just adopted twin girls, and life is a blur of nappies, exhaustion, and love. So when she finally steps out for a Christmas party, it feels like a small moment of normality , something light after months of giving everything to motherhood. But that fragile balance is shattered in an instant when her husband calls to say one of the twins is missing. From there, the novel stretches across fourteen years of grief, unanswered questions, and a family living in the shadow of absence. Robyn is gone, and Bella and her husband are left rai...

Review: Until the Next Letter - Hannah Claire - June 2026 There are some books that don’t just tell a story , they settle around you like a warm blanket on a quiet evening, and Until the Next Letter by Hannah Claire is exactly that kind of read. If you loved Cecelia Ahern’s PS I Love You, then this book will feel like coming home again to those same emotional, letter-driven vibes. It also reminded me of Steena Holmes’ Dear Abby series, where family secrets and emotional journeys are gently unravelled one page at a time. At the heart of this story are sisters Libby and Rachel, whose world is turned upside down when their mother passes away and leaves behind a series of letters. These aren’t just sentimental notes of love and goodbye ,each letter is a carefully crafted breadcrumb leading them into their mother’s hidden past. As they follow her instructions, they begin travelling through the countryside, uncovering truths that were never meant to be spoken aloud while she was alive. What ...

Review: Abby's Journey - Book #2 Forever Abby - Steena Holmes - February 2017  There’s something incredibly special about returning to a story years later and finding that it still holds your heart just as gently as before. That’s exactly how I felt picking up Abby's Journey by Steena Holmes , almost a decade after I first read Saving Abby back in 2018. From the moment I began, it felt like coming home. This time, we follow Abby once the fragile baby about to be born in the first book now twenty years old and finally stepping into life with a clean bill of health after years of illness. Knowing her history made her journey all the more emotional. There’s a quiet triumph in watching her embrace a future that once felt so uncertain. What truly warmed my heart was the trip she takes with her grandmother, Millie. Originally planned for Millie and Abby’s mother, Claire, this journey becomes something deeper ,a bridge between past and present. Through shared memories and long-held se...

Review: The Family Secret - Caleb Crowe - February 2026 You know that feeling when you settle into your favourite reading chair, wrap yourself in a blanket, and just know that the book in your hands is going to completely consume you for the next few hours? That was exactly my experience with The Family Secret by Caleb Crowe, and honestly, it was just what this bookworm needed. I'll be upfront with you all I had been deep in a reading slump. You know the kind. Where you pick up three books, read five pages of each, and then just end up scrolling your phone instead. When that happens to me, I either reach for something light and breezy or I go completely the other way and dive headfirst into something dark and gripping. I chose the latter, and The Family Secret delivered in every possible way. Our protagonist Charlotte is facing the kind of news nobody ever wants to receive a serious illness diagnosis with the odds stacked firmly against her. As if that weren't enoug...

Review: The Other Sister - Book #2 Family Secrets - Donna Hill - June 2020 You know how sometimes you end up reading a book completely by accident? That's exactly what happened with The Other Sister by Donna Hill – my first read of 2026! I was scrolling through my Kindle looking for another book with the same title, but when that one turned into a DNF, I just stayed on the search results page and clicked on Donna Hill's version instead. Best accidental click ever! Even though this is Book #2 in a series, you can absolutely read it as a standalone,  I had no trouble jumping right in. The story opens with Kimberly, who's just had her entire world turned upside down. Imagine discovering that your parents are actually your grandparents, your brother is really your father, and you're half Black when you've spent your whole life as a white Southern belle in high society. Talk about an identity crisis! What makes things even more complicated is Kimberly's husband, w...

Review: The Baby I Stole - McGarvey Black - February 2024 There's something about a good thriller that just hits the spot when you're in the right mood, isn't there? I'd read one of McGarvey Black's books before and thoroughly enjoyed it, so when I found myself craving another page-turner, I reached for The Baby I Stole. The premise alone had me hooked from the first page: a woman desperate for a baby makes a split-second decision at the beach and comes home with someone else's child. What happens next? Well, that's where things get deliciously complicated. Black certainly knows how to craft a compelling story. The setup is brilliant , you can feel the desperation radiating from our protagonist as she and her husband navigate the heartbreak of infertility and the agonizing wait to adopt. Then there's that moment at Rocky Point Beach when everything changes. Little Liam, with his red bow lips and chubby cheeks, becomes Jonah. And you're left wonderin...

Review: After All I've Done - Mina Hardy - November 2020 Writing as Mina Hardy, New York Times bestselling author Megan Hart delivers a gripping psychological thriller that will have readers questioning everything they think they know. Diana Sparrow’s life has been turned upside down. Five months ago, she suffered a terrible accident, leaving her with serious injuries and a foggy memory of the months leading up to the crash. But as she struggles to regain a sense of normalcy, disturbing nightmares begin to plague her—dreams so vivid that she starts to believe they may be memories. What if she didn’t simply lose control of her car that night? What if she hit something—or someone? With no one to confide in, Diana finds herself increasingly isolated. Her former best friend Val, who should have been a source of support, has been having an affair with Diana’s husband Jonathan. The betrayal cuts deep, leaving Diana vulnerable and searching for solace elsewhere. Enter Cole Pelham, a ne...

Review: Hide and Seek - Amy Bird - September 2014 Ellie and Will Spears's life has been going great and now they are finally about to have their child. Most recently Ellie has been playing a CD of this classical pianist that she found at Will's mum and the pair have laughed as this singer is Will's doppelganger - he and Will are the spitting image. One night Ellie plays it and Will's parents start to get teary and cagey and go pale. This spurs Ellie on to find out the truth as to be honest, she would love to get one over Will's mother as Ellie feels like she can't do anything right. So Ellie goes on a mission and hunts up in the attic, what she finds and discovers though will end up with Will spiraling down the rabbit hole as turns out the singer is related to Will and was killed when Will was four years old. This was when Will's parents adopted him. When Will learns that his biological father was killed by a hammer, he feels like what he has been dreamin...

Review: Little Does She Know - Book #1 If Only She Knew Series - Pamela Crane -June 2022 As someone who is a true mood reader, it can be hard to find a book that just clicks with you and makes you want to continue with it. I find that as a reader, there are a few authors who I know that I will tend to be more favorable of their books and enjoy them. One of those authors is Pamela Crane with her mystery thriller stories. In Little Does She Know, we start back in the 1980s and Ginger is a single mother to her two boys Benny and Cole.  One day, they are at the beach when her youngest disappears. The newspapers report that he has drowned but Ginger knew her boys when it came to water and that he never would have drowned. With nobody found, it became a cold case. Years later, she is browsing in the newspaper and sees the mayor with a baby boy - she knows her baby anywhere. Did they kidnap him or is she mistaken as they claim that Chris is their child? The family then moves away and ch...