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Tag: women's fiction

River Witch 99c/99p … to end August

August 26, 2025 cheryl

Snap decision to put River Witch on sale a 99c/99p – very very low price – for a few days,…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Marketing, News Filed under: Fantasy, historical fantasy, historical fiction, magical realism, romance, women's fiction

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

Releasing Janet Alex Banwell

August 21, 2025 cheryl

Releasing Janet, the second novel from Alex Banwell in the Benny series, does not disappoint. In fact, I found following…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: contemporary fiction, dual timeline, mystery, women's fiction

You Are Here David Nicholls

August 19, 2025 cheryl

You Are Here is a delightful read. Marnie, a self-admitted recluse and lonely, allows herself to be persuaded by her…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: clean and wholesome romance, romance, walking books, 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

Letters from Shadow Oaks K.L. Small

July 15, 2025 cheryl

When Nina, a former art teacher, gives up her apartment to move into an assisted living facility, she struggles with…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: book launch, book release, women's fiction

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

Sell by date

June 27, 2025 cheryl 2 Comments

Sell by date comes courtesy of a Dean Writers Circle writing workshop. The other pieces I wrote on the day…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: cherylswritingprompt, flash fiction, romance, short stories, women's fiction, writing, writing prompts

In the rose garden

June 4, 2025 cheryl 2 Comments

I saw you in the rose garden. Last summer, when the roses were at their peak – luscious reds, whites,…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: cherylswritingprompt, flash fiction, romance, short stories, women's fiction, writing prompts

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