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The Map of Bones Kate Mosse

August 25, 2025 cheryl

I bought The Map of Bones on a Waterstones’ buy one get one half price deal, and didn’t realise it…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: dual timeline novels, historical fiction, wo, women's fiction

A Dry Spell Clare Chambers

August 5, 2025 cheryl

Disappointingly, not one of her best for me, although a more sweeping tale in terms of time and geography than…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: historical fiction, romance, women's fiction

The Lost Passenger Frances Quinn

August 1, 2025 cheryl

Elinor might have good business sense, learned from her Cotton King father in Manchester. But her devouring of romantic novels…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: historical fiction, romance, titanic, women's fiction

Gabriel’s Moon William Boyd

July 26, 2025 cheryl

I’m a huge Boyd fan, have been reading him since the 1980s when he released his debut A Good Man…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: book review, historical fiction, le carre, mystery, novel, spy thriller

An Unfortunate Situation Caroline Blake

June 30, 2025 cheryl

An Unfortunate Situation is historical fiction set not long before WW1 when things were different in the UK and the…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: historical fiction, romance, women's fiction

Coming Home to Hummingbird House Jane Harvey

March 4, 2025 cheryl

Jane Harvey’s Hummingbird House series brims with real life characters struggling with life’s messiness, and Coming Home continues the tradition…

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Posted in: Book reviews Filed under: contemporary fiction, historical fiction, romance, women's fiction

Wishing Shelf Awards finalist – now Gold!

February 25, 2025 cheryl

From Wishing Shelf Awards finalist to a Gold medal for River Witch! Here’s the medal and the new award. Apparently…

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Posted in: Marketing, News Filed under: Fantasy, historical fantasy, historical fiction, literary fiction, romance, witches, women's fiction, writing

WW1 and herbal medicine

January 28, 2025 cheryl 2 Comments

In the course of research for my new book, the third in the Wise Women series, I discovered one of…

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Posted in: Herbal lore and healing traditions Filed under: herbal medicine, historical fiction, novels, women's fiction, world war one, writing

A book cover competition!

January 5, 2025 cheryl

A book cover competition to add to the chaos around here just now! A bit of a full week between…

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Posted in: Marketing, News Filed under: book cover, cover competition, Fantasy, historical fiction, romance, women's fiction, writing

Keepers 99c/99p kindle deal

January 1, 2025 cheryl

Your chance to read Keepers in this 99c/99p kindle deal. ‘You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll reflect on what love is.’…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, News Filed under: #1950s, #australia, historical fiction, love triangle, romance, romance book, romance novel, women's fiction, writing

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