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review 2019-01-27 23:31

Bubbles - James Hadley Chase

Kaethe

So cute! And "Bother!" from Pooh! The point gets made in a charming and quiet way. Did I mention how cute? Lovely art.

Library copy

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text 2018-04-30 17:34

REVIEW TOUR & #GIVEAWAY - A Love To Remember by Sarah Hadley Brook

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Graham Hayes decided long ago he’d never be in a relationship. It was better to stay single than to fall in love only to be left alone, which he was certain would happen to him. He’d seen Alzheimer’s ravage his family members all his life, leaving their loved ones to deal with the fallout. Some of them stayed, but some didn’t. Graham isn’t going to risk it.

When he hires nurse Sam Morgan to take care of his dad during the day, his pledge to stay single is put to the test. He soon finds it difficult to maintain a professional distance.

Graham’s guarded his heart for so long, but his resolve is crumbling. Will he be able to conquer his fear to give himself a chance at love? Can he trust Sam to stick around for better or worse?

@debbiereadsbook, @SignalBoostPR, #Contemporary, #M_M,#Romance, 4 out of 5 (very good)

Source: archaeolibrarianologist.blogspot.de/2018/04/review-tour-giveaway-love-to-remember.html

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review 2018-03-12 16:21

both need saving

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Secret Lessons with the Rake (Hadley's Hellions) - Julia Justiss

Christopher Lattimar needs a marriage, he wants to get a proper marriage and overcome some of the gossip in his family. He's a politician and he has been a rake but now he has to settle down. He turns to Ellie Parmenter, a former courtesan, she knows how to advise him but he has to try to resist her charms, she doesn't want to be a courtesan again.

There is a bit of justification of his attraction for her, she's from a "good" family, who fell on hard time but her family's treatment of her is appalling. It's not a bad read and I was rooting for the pair.

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review 2018-02-19 01:56

Here So Far Away by Hadley Dyer

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Here So Far Away - Hadley Dyer

A special thank you to Edelweiss and HarperCollins Canada for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I don't like to give negative reviews, especially to a Canadian author. My mother also taught me that if you don't have anything nice to say, you shouldn't say anything at all. But here is my dilemma...as a reviewer, I am obligated to provide feedback.

So here goes...I couldn't relate to the main character, George, at all. The dialogue was trite, and the story itself was simply not engaging and at times bordered on ridiculousness. For me, it was a struggle to even finish.

Dyer really needs to up her game in this genre. There are so many outstanding YA novels out there that are deserving of your time. Here are some of the ones that have left me completely gutted and honoured to have read them: The Hate U Give, All the Bright Places, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, A List of Cages, One Half From the East, and Andrew Smith's Winger and Stand-Off.

That being said, Dyer is a champion of literacy here in Canada, and I admire her efforts and contributions to the children's book industry.

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text 2018-01-04 18:11

Cover Reveal & Giveaway for Landslide by AR Hadley

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Title: Landslide

Series: The South Beach Connection Book 1

Author: A.R. Hadley

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: February 1, 2018

Cover Designer: Najla Qamber

Cover Images: Robert Villalta and Yoann Boyer

One summer has the power to change everything.

One night, one choice, can alter life’s trajectory — cause the heart’s debris to slip and slide down the mountain.

After graduating college, rising photographer Annie Baxter relocates to South Beach, Florida.

A new start.

ONE CHOICE.

A chance to leave behind her anxiety, her grief, and prepare her photographs for display in an art gallery. Annie is determined to mend her heart in the sand and breathe, commune with the stars and beach and old friends.

Then Cal Prescott steps in front of her lens — a man twenty years her senior. An understated, sexy puzzle who may not wish to be solved. Cal is quiet. Strong. Eyes like the tides. Coming in, going out. Pulling her under.

They meet at a party.

ONE NIGHT.

The chemistry cannot be denied.

But they only have the summer.

ONE SUMMER.

One unforgettable connection.

But every June, July, and August must come to an end.

Something shot up Annie’s spine. Fire. Or the fear of acknowledging someone could see her there. Someone could distinguish her from all the other snowflakes and fingerprints. The fire and fear made a knot in her belly, and she began to perspire. She glanced left, then right, playing with the necklace, noticing things in the room no one else did — symmetry and angles and imperfection — until she couldn’t help but notice him again. His eyes engulfed her. Had they ever left her face? Clearly, the man looked at her, or was it through her? Either way, he could see beyond her stupid trick mirror. He wasn't staring. But he saw her. No boy had ever sized her up with an audaciousness she hadn’t thought existed, and this was no boy — he was a man.

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A.R. Hadley writes imperfectly perfect sentences by the light of her iPhone.

She loves her husband.

Chocolate.

Her children.

And Cary Grant.

She annoys those darling little children by quoting lines from Back to the Future, but despite her knowledge of eighties and nineties pop culture, she was actually meant to live alongside the Lost Generation after the Great War and write a mediocre novel while drinking absinthe with Hemingway. Instead, find her sipping sweet tea with extra lemons on her porch as she weaves fictional tales of love and angst amid reality.

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