This is my post during the blog tour for Eat Dessert First by Michelle Paris. Eat Dessert First is a heartwarming story of hope and learning to believe in yourself. This blog tour is organized by Lola's Blog Tours and the tour runs from 7 till 20 May. You can see the tour schedule here . Eat Dessert First By Michelle Paris Genre: Women's Fiction/ ChickLit Age category: Adult Release Date: 7 May, 2024 Blurb: Baker Abbey Reilly has heard you have such a pretty face enough to know that it’s code for but an ugly body . At thirty-three, she has been particularly unlucky in love and convinced that no one will ever see beyond her plus-size. So she’s stunned when a handsome regular customer not only shows interest but asks her to dinner. Let down and devastated when she learns her would-be beau is married, Abbey is resigned to live a lonely existence. Until a sweet encounter with a dreamy guy at a bachelorette party gives her hope that her luck in the romance department...

Today is the cover reveal for Eat Dessert First by Michelle Paris. Eat Dessert First is a heartwarming story of hope and learning to believe in yourself. The cover is designed by Apprentice House Press designer Lindsey Bonavita. This cover reveal is organized by Lola's Blog Tours. Eat Dessert First By Michelle Paris Genre: Women's Fiction/ ChickLit Age category: Adult Release Date: 7 May, 2024 Blurb: Baker Abbey Reilly has heard you have such a pretty face enough to know that it’s code for but an ugly body . At thirty-three, she has been particularly unlucky in love and convinced that no one will ever see beyond her plus-size. So she’s stunned when a handsome regular customer not only shows interest but asks her to dinner. Let down and devastated when she learns her would-be beau is married, Abbey is resigned to live a lonely existence. Until a sweet encounter with a dreamy guy at a bachelorette party gives her hope that her luck in the romance department has c...

This is my post during the blog tour for The Victim by Ruth Harrow. The Victim is a gripping psychological thriller with twists, turns and dark family secrets. This blog tour is organized by Lola's Blog Tours and the tour runs from 19 June till 2 July. You can see the tour schedule here . The Victim By Ruth Harrow Genre: Psychological Thriller Age category: Adult Release Date: 18 May 2023 Blurb: He’s watching you … but should he be afraid? Leah should have been enjoying a night in with her best friend and housemate Claire, binging on chocolate and her favourite Netflix show. But instead, she is suddenly forced to fight for her life when strong hands grab her. A knife is pressed to Leah’s throat and as tears run down her cheeks, she knows she will have to do as she is told if she wants to survive the night. 2 years on … The community has forgotten about the woman so violently snatched from their midst. Leah’s best friend, however, can’t forget the person who w...

#VBT - Girls Who Lie Together - Jessa Russo - August 2022 To start with, this book I went and grabbed as I love the cover and it sounded like a fun read and it grabbed my attention with the tagline that read Grease meets Mean Girls. For me, this book was all Grease and yes it did have a mean girl queen bee vibe but was not Mean Girls movie style for me. If Regina George had been a bisexual and had feelings for Cady and then continued to cheat with Eric and Cady, then yes go ahead and compare to Mean Girls. This book starts with the summer break and Ren after wrecking her stepfather's car has been sentenced to community service in the form of building houses with her stepfather's old friend. When she arrives, she learns that her stepfather's friend's niece has also come to stay with them and help build houses and do chores just like Ren. Brit is the pageant type - blonde barbie doll whereas Ren strikes me as an Emo chick personality. As the summer goes along, we learn ...

Little Women Mermaid Edition By Megan Lois Whitehill Genre: Fantasy Classics Retelling, Coming-of-age Age category: Young Adult Release Date: 28 August 2022 Blurb: A timeless classic heads under the sea… A retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s classic, Little Women: Mermaid Edition takes the story of Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy, and spins it into a fantastical story of merfolk under the sea. Follow the young mergirls as they grow up in a world of talking walruses, seahorse rides, and the mysterious merboy next door. Will the four mermaid sisters find everything they aspire to in the Deep Ocean? Or will poverty and shabby shell corsets keep them from their dreams? True to the beloved classic, the Mermaid Edition tackles complex themes of growing up, social pressure, falling in love for the first time, and embracing sisterly love. Complete with original illustrations, this retelling is perfect for longtime lovers of Little Women and new readers alike. It’s a thoughtful gift idea...

#VBT - You Won't Know Her Name - Shanti Hershenson - November 2021 I wasn't sure what to expect with this book but as I opened it, it was written in verse format - poetry and it had a lot of trigger warnings as it touched on bullying in various ways from physical and verbal abuse. Reading this book brought back memories of another author who set the bar for writing the edgy taboo topics in poetry format - Ellen Hopkins.  Unlike Ellen's books which are thick and average to be often quite long, You Won't Know Her Name by Shanti Hershenson was a quick read as it only took me 30 mins to read on my lunch break at work today. I also have a major cover crush on this title too. As someone who has bullied me and feels like I never really fit in, I loved this book as also I took to writing and reading like this main character. I also really felt for her as the girl in this book is only eleven going on twelve and that was about the same years as I was bullied as I was a poor gir...