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Family Secrets At The Inglenook Inn by Helen Rolfe

Dec16

Charming

Family Secrets At The Inglenook Inn by Helen Rolfe is the most charming contemporary novel about family, love and support. It is sure to put a smile on your face as you read.

A warm welcome awaits at Inglenook Inn where guests are treated to delicious treats and home-cooked meals. Nothing is too much trouble.

A family crisis leaves the inn short-staffed but new recruits step in. The inn functions as a family with love and care dished out in spades.

Even the best of families can face hard times. We witness the devastation a tragic accident had on a family as we see the damage that PTSD can do when it is not understood. Families find different ways to cope, no way is right or wrong. Families must wade through life as they feel is right for them.

Secrets have a habit of coming to light. It is easier to bear a burden when it is shared.

All the characters were well drawn, likable and realistic. There were some wonderful verbal exchanges.

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The Golden Oldies Book Club by Judy Leigh

Dec14

Never Too Old

The Golden Oldies Book Club by Judy Leigh is the most delightful, fun-filled contemporary novel that will warm your heart on a dull winter’s day.

Once more Judy Leigh has constructed a totally charming tale that I adored. Her characters are an eclectic mix raging in age from teens to a great grandmother in her nineties. The main characters are in their early seventies.

These characters show the reader that while there’s breath in their bodies, life is for living. We are never too old to try new things and to have new adventures.

This is a cosmopolitan read as we travel from a cider-making farm in Somerset to one in France for a week. There are similarities and differences showing we can all learn from each other.

There are many different households making up the village – from marriages in trouble to singletons to multi-generational families. Each household has different challenges to face and to overcome.

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The Family At No.12 by Anita Waller

Dec11

Demands A Response

The Family At No. 12 by Anita Waller is a marvelous contemporary psychological thriller that gripped me from the start. It is set over a period of nineteen years moving forwards in time from 1999.

The plotline was very unique. I also found it incredibly upsetting and disturbing as I was emotionally invested in the main character. What happened to her affected me in my heart and mind. I had taken her into my heart – her innocence appealed to the mother in me. I just wanted to look after her.

All the characters were well drawn and realistic. They elicited a variety of responses from me – from feelings of intense dislike to incredible care.

Our upbringings and our genes affect our character make-up. Not necessarily good traits travel down the generations. We are a mixture of nature and nurture.

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Wicked Whispers At St Brides by Debbie Young

Nov26

Secrets

Wicked Whispers At St Brides by Debbie Young is the third marvellous instalment of the Gemma Lamb Cosy Mystery series. It is equally engaging and amusing as the previous two books.

There is the theme of family. St Brides functions as a family but we also need our own blood family. There is a very inventive way for some to spend time with theirs.

Secrets kept for years, eventually have a way of being unearthed. There are some surprising but very welcome revelations.

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