Love Blooms at the Cornish Cottage - Kim Nash

About the book… 

💔 How do you mend a broken heart? 💔

Michelle finally thought she’d found love with her hot Greek doctor. But when Demetri reveals he’s returning home to care for his sick mother, Michelle’s dream future crumbles. Choosing not to follow him feels like losing more than just love - it feels like losing who she’d started to become.

Determined not to fall apart, Michelle decides to throw herself into rebuilding her life in Sandpiper Shore, but then unexpectedly, Demetri’s brother, Makkis, arrives on her doorstep. Offering him a room seems like the kind thing to do… but the constant reminder of her lost love is difficult for her heartbroken soul.

And the more time she spends with Makkis, the clearer it becomes: there are parts of Demetri she never knew… Just as Michelle starts to heal with a little help from her friends, she’s faced with a decision: fight for the love she knows she deserves, or finally learn how to let go…

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About the author… 

Kim Nash is an author of uplifting, romantic, feel-good fiction, having wanted to write books since she was a little girl. She works as both Digital Publicity Director for publish Bookouture. She lives in Staffordshire with her son Ollie and English Setter rescue dog Roni. When she's not working or writing, Kim can be found walking her dog and reading, as well as running a book club in Staffordshire and organising local and national reader/author events.

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My thoughts…

Love Blooms at the `Cornish Cottage was an absolute dream of a book, just as I knew it would be.  Michelle, lives in the delightful Sandpiper Shore has a strong friendship circle with Jo and Emma.  The threesome really are a force to be reckoned with, the sort of friendship we all should have.  They give each other support, kindness and honesty - straight talking at times but removed at others, somehow they each know when and what to say, or when to allow space -they really do have each others backs.  This novel, Kim’s third in the serious Sandpipere - Cove has Michelle as the central character.

Michelle couldn’t be happier, she thinks she’s settled nicely, all loved up with Demetri her work-aholic Greek doctor, and reticently planning to move to Greece to his family home since his mother had had a stroke.  Enter stage right, her sixth sense, ‘Katrina’ and Demetri’s brother Makkis just as Demetri has headed to Greece alone.

The whole book buzzed with static and had an edginess that replicated the inner turmoil Michelle was feeling as things got decidedly messy in her head as Makkis seriously stirs the pot leaving her with more questions than answers that only a trip to Greece can solve.

This made for a lot of inner turmoil that was palpable and evoked many emotions and thoughts as I walked the path with Michelle. Each and every book Kim Nash has written gets better and better, I was totally sucked in and lost a day of my life curled up on the sofa lost in the life of Michelle. I was fully invested in the story, forming my own opinions, silently talking out loud, willing Michelle to see what I was seeing - I absolutely adore the friendship group she has and ‘Cocks on Friday’ is something we should all strive for and as is always the case Kim has not only nailed the characters but also the locations too.  She takes us to locations I want to visit and usually scour Right-move so I can move there too.  Reading a Kim Nash book could cost you serious money!

I can’t wait for my Next Kim Nash fix this was an absolute dream of a book. This truly was a very touching book and an absolute joy to read.                                                                                                                                

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The Wife Before - Sheryl Brown

About the book… 

She says your new boyfriend killed his ex. He says it’s all lies. Who do you believe?

When I first met Jack, he broke down in tears as he told me about the tragic death of his wife, Natalia, on a family holiday. As our relationship blossomed and we started planning a future together, I would lie awake worrying about filling Natalia’s perfect shoes. But everything changes when her mother turns up at my door…

‘Your boyfriend killed my daughter,’ she says.

Jack swears she’s lying, and I want to believe him but something isn’t right. Why doesn’t he have a single picture of her? And why do I feel afraid when I confront him about the night Natalia died? What if it wasn’t grief after all, but guilt?

As I stroke my baby bump, I wonder if I can really trust the man I love. If he killed Natalia, could I be next?

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About the author… 

Sheryl Browne writes psychological thriller and edgy contemporary fiction. A member of the Crime Writers’ Association, Romantic Novelists’ Association and awarded a Red Ribbon by The Wishing Shelf Book Awards, Sheryl has several books published and two short stories in Birmingham City University anthologies, where she completed her MA in Creative Writing.

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My thoughts…

Sheryl Browne is a go to author for me, she never fails to deliver a read that is complex, multi faceted and gripping. She certainly knows how to make you have internal narratives with yourself as your heart rate rises in time with the number of pages turned.

The Wife Before was a book that had me thinking at first that this was not going to be the usual dark, twisted tale that has me desperately biting my fingers praying and second guessing what was at play. Kara was widowed and with that, her life all but ended, that was until she met Jack also widowed. Jack and his daughter Evie end up moving in to Kara’s home as they decide to navigate a new life together. I should have known better! Everything should have been perfect but Jack’s and Kara’s new life together was put under the microscope. Kara tried to be a friend to Evie but this was a girl, hurt by the loss of her mother and battling the usual teenage angst - she definitely does not want a ‘new mother figure’.

I couldn’t decide if Kara had a genuine heart of gold or she was incredibly gullible. Enter Lina, Jack’s ex mother in law stage left and the whole story ramped up several notches when Kara invites her to stay in her Annex - much to the dismay of Jack but delight of Evie. I was torn, I couldn’t decide who was telling the truth and who and what was genuine or fake. The dynamics of each of the relationships were pulled taught - Lina and Evie definitely tested ~Kara and pushed her to her limits, and Jack seemed to have no useful input as Kara’s world is upended.

I was hooked! Intrigued and felt sick reading at times - swinging backwards and forwards with ideas of who I trusted and who I didn’t - The Wife Before was gripping and at times difficult to read. I followed breadcrumbs in every direction but the right one. The truth and lies were so intrinsically entwined it was impossible to know who to trust or what to belief.

Thank you so much Sheryl for writing another totally absorbing read that fully engaged my vivid imagination and sense of judgement - a story that once again shook my values to the core.