It was supposed to be the perfect trip. Four friends, fresh out of university, backpacking around Thailand. But among the sun, sea and sand, something went horribly wrong… In the years since, Holly has tried hard to push memories of that terrible summer from her mind. Now a schoolteacher, she believes her life is finally coming together when she meets Tom and his adorable five-year-old son, Jack. But then, Holly starts receiving anonymous messages, showing photos which Holly was sure she destroyed years ago. Someone clearly knows the truth about what really happened. The only question is, how far will they go to get revenge?
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Guest: Author Drema Drudge on “Reading in the Time of the Coronavirus”
Today I have Author Drēma Drudge on my Blog as she talks about a very interesting subject as we suffer from the pandemic virus! Oh, don’t forget to enter the GIVEAWAY of her Historical Fiction happening on my Instagram. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Priya Shrinath (@syllablesofswathi) on Mar 14, 2020 at 1:42am PDT Reading in the Time of the Coronavirus During these uncertain times while the world tries to contain and heal from the worldwide sweep of Coronavirus, we are all likely to be asked to stay inside at some point. We’ve already been asked to limit our travel, our contact with others,…
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Book Recommendation | Echoes of the Runes ~ Christina Courtenay #BlogTour
When Mia inherits her beloved grandmother's summer cottage, Birch Thorpe, in Sweden, she faces a dilemma. Her fiance Charles urges her to sell and buy a swanky London home, but Mia cannot let it go easily. The request to carry out an archaeological dig for more Viking artefacts like the gold ring Mia's grandmother also left her, offers her a reprieve from a decision - and from Charles. Whilst Mia becomes absorbed in the dig's discoveries, she finds herself drawn to archaeologist Haakon Berger. Like her, he can sense the past inhabitants whose lives are becoming more vivid every day. Trying to resist the growing attraction between them, Mia and…
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Book Recommendation | The Wife Who Knew Too Much – Michele Campbell
Tabitha Girard had her heart broken years ago by Connor Ford. He was preppy and handsome. She was a pool girl at his country club. Their affair should have been a summer fling. But it meant everything to Tabitha. Years later, Connor comes back into Tabitha's life—older, richer, and desperately unhappy. He married for money, a wealthy, neurotic, controlling woman whom he never loved. He has always loved Tabitha. When Connor’s wife Nina takes her own life, he’s free. He can finally be with Tabitha. Nina’s home, Windswept, can be theirs. It seems to be a perfect ending to a fairy tale romance that began so many years ago. But…
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Book Recommendation | The Mothers ~ Sarah J Naughton
Five Women. They meet at their NCT Group. The only thing they have in common is they're all pregnant. Five Secrets. Three years later, they are all good friends. Aren't they? One Missing Husband. Now the police have come knocking. Someone knows something. And the trouble with secrets is that someone always tells.
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Book Recommendation | The New Guy ~ Kathryn Freeman
Sam Huxton doesn’t do one-night stands, especially not with men she’s just met! But the hot guy at the bar was hard to resist and one night is all they share – no names, no numbers, just some much needed fun… Until the same guy walks into Sam’s life the next day as her new employee. Sam never mixes business with pleasure and makes it clear an office fling with Ryan is off-limits. But after-hours…one thing can lead to another. Can Sam trust her heart and her business with the new guy?
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Book Review | Till We Meet Again ~ Shibaji Bose
Aryan is a young man with an extra-ordinary zeal to discover himself. His tryst with destiny begins when his father becomes the victim of political violence. He is suddenly the man of the house. In trying to bring together his breaking family, and win back their family home, he experiences life through encounters with some incredible women. Rhea helps inculcate a sense of purpose in his life. Kavya is vivacious, Flirty and sensuous, who makes him bolder. Priya teaches him lessons none else could have, and Ahana is an innocent poet at heart, who makes him shed the garb of the hermit. Till we meet again is a story of…
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Audio Book Review | The Patient Man ~ Joy Ellis #BlogTour
Joy Ellis returns with the sixth highly-anticipated Jackman and Evans investigation, brilliantly performed by Richard Armitage. Join the detective duo as they enter a lethal game of cat-and-mouse with old nemesis, serial killer Alistair Ashcroft, and battle to locate a deadly sniper taunting the police. Is it too much to bear for Jackman and Evans?
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Book Recommendation | A Window Breaks ~ C. M. Ewan
You are asleep. A noise wakes you. You stir, unsure why, and turn to your partner. Then you hear it. Glass. Crunching underfoot. Your worst fears are about to be realized. Someone is inside your home. Your choices are limited. You can run. Or stay and fight. What would you do?
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Book Recommendation | Their Little Secret ~ Mark Billingham
When DI Tom Thorne is called to conduct a routine assessment at the site of a suicide, he expects to be in and out in no time. But when he arrives at the metro station, where a woman named Philippa Goodwin threw herself in front of an underground train, Thorne inexplicably senses something awry and feels compelled to dig deeper. He soon discovers that she was the victim of a callous con-man whose deception plunged Philippa to her end. Enraged that one man's trickery caused an innocent death, Thorne enlists DI Nicola Tanner to help him track down the swindler and bring him to justice. But the detective duo gets…
