Blog Tour: Autumn Antics by Georgina Troy {Review}

October 9, 2018October 9, 2018Emma-Louise Book Blog Tours, Book Reviews Tags: #autumnantics, #chic-lit, #georginatroy, #rararesources, #warmandcosy, cosy, romance 1 Comment

Blurb

Being a part-time hand model can be tricky, especially when you have to deal with prima donnas like Megan Knight, a reality star whose meteoric rise has surprised everyone. Bella is happiest running her tiny antique business from the front room of her cottage on the boardwalk. To ensure she has enough income coming in, she also rents out two of her bedrooms and is hiding a secret crush on one of her lodgers. His name is Jack and he also happens to be her best friend Sacha’s brother.

If life wasn’t complicated enough, her world-travelling mother appears on her doorstep on the same evening that Jack’s ex-fiancée arrives on the boardwalk determined to win him back. Bella has a lot of thinking to do and soon discovers that not all gems sparkle.

Review

What a wonderful book to get cosy with. I really enjoyed Autumn Antics. It was a fun and light read. The characters were really great. You cannot help to love Bella, Jack and Megan along with the others. I found the first chapter was a little slow but the pace quickly picked up into the second chapter as you discover more about life on the broadwalk.

Georgina sets a lovely cost tone with her writing and her use of imagery allows the reader to fully imagine how the places that she describe look. I love it when a writer has the ability to make you feel like a movie is playing in my mind as you read and Georgina does this successfully.

I highly recommend Autumn Antics to anyone looking for a light cosy read to hide from the windy and rainy weather. The perfect book to read with a hot chocolate.

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Purchase Links

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Autumn-Antics-Boardwalk-Sea-Book-ebook/dp/B07DHWRZG9/ (Amazon.co.uk)

https://www.amazon.com/Autumn-Antics-Boardwalk-Sea-Book-ebook/dp/B07DHWRZG9/ (Amazon.com)

Author Bio

Georgina Troy is a pseudonym of author Deborah Carr. She recently signed with HarperCollins’ romance imprint HarperImpulse to write an historical romance to commemorate 100 years since the end of the First World War. The Poppy Field by Deborah Carr will be published in e-book format on 12 October 2018 and in paperback on 27 December 2018.

Georgina was a finalist in the Contemporary Romance Category of the Romantic Novel of the Year Awards 2016 (RoNAs) with A Jersey Kiss and a finalist in the Joan Hessayon Award for new writers 2015. Her first four-book series, The Jersey Scene and books 1 and 2 of her second series, The Boardwalk by the Sea are available.

She also writes thrillers as Ella Drummond and lives on the island of Jersey with her husband and three rescue dogs and is 1/3 of The Blonde Plotters.

Social Media Links –

Website: https://www.deborahcarr.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GeorginaTroyAuthor/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GeorginaTroy

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/georginatroy/

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Thanks for reading.

Emma-Louise x

Blog Tour: Open Grave by A.M. Peacock {Book Review}

September 26, 2018September 26, 2018Emma-Louise Book Blog Tours, Book Reviews Tags: #ampeacock, #blogblitz, #bookreview, #jacklambert, #opegrave, #procedural, bibliophile, bloodhoundbooks, crime, police, read Leave a comment

Today I have a book review for you for novel Open Grave by A. M. Peacock.

Blurb

When two bodies are discovered in an open grave, Lambert must put his personal worries aside and work the case. But when the body of a local thug shows up on the banks of the River Tyne, the DCI’s criminal past comes back to haunt him.

Meanwhile, a local celebrity singer claims that she is being stalked. Could there be a link to the killings?

As the bodies start to pile up, Lambert realises the motive lies in the past and that the killer is taunting them.

The clock is ticking. Can he catch the murderer, or will one of their own end up in an open grave?

Review

Great book, 5 stars.

Detective Lambert is a great cop with flaws and an interesting life. I’m intrigued to see what becomes of him and how his story develops in further books.

There is more than meets the eye with Christiansen, I have a potential theory about him but don’t want to speak it out loud yet.

Watkins is a bit of a sleaze with women but young and still naive and is good at his job. He has unwavering loyalty to Lambert.

There were lots of twists and turns and it was unpredictable right to the end. While there was a lot going on and various sub-plots the novel is very well written and you don’t lose track or feel bombarded.

Pace was really well done, leading up to a great climax. Can’t wait to read more from Adam.

About The Author

A.M. Peacock grew up in the North East of England before leaving to study for a degree in music technology at the University of Hull. A subsequent return to his hometown of South Shields saw him spend seven years as a teacher in a local college before changing careers to become a trade union official.

Having always been an avid reader, he took to writing after being encouraged to do so by his PGCE tutor. He has since gone on to produce a number of short stories, winning the Writers’ Forum Magazine competition on two occasions, as well as producing articles for both the local press and a university magazine.

A.M. Peacock is passionate about crime fiction and his debut novel, Open Grave, is the first in what he hopes will become a series of DCI Jack Lambert books.

Away from writing, A.M. Peacock enjoys watching films, playing guitar and can often be found pavement pounding in preparation for the odd half marathon.