This week’s reads and recommendations Barbara Elsborg – A Spaceman Came Travelling The gift that lights up the night sky Working a Christmas Eve shift in a local café, Seven overhears a young boy’s wish that melts his heart. The only thing Ben wants for Christmas is a spacesuit, so he can visit his mother who now lives amongst the stars in heaven. With Christmas Day only hours away, Seven’s…
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Christmas Reads and Recommendations – week 5 of 6
This week’s reads and recommendations Nicky James – Matrimonial Merriment (Valor and Doyle Mysteries #7) Quaid Andrew Valor and Aslan Ronan Doyle cordially invite you to be an honorary guest as they join their lives in matrimony. The ceremony is set to take place at Strongwind Castle on December 23rd. Save the date! Time is short. Quaid has less than three months to plan the wedding of his dreams. A…
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Christmas Reads and Recommendations – week 4 of 6
This week’s reads and recommendations Lisa Henry – All I Want for Christmas is Stu Life isn’t going to plan for Charlie Mathis. He’s back in Cutler Lake with no job, no prospects, and no plan. But when he sees his old childhood crush, Stuart Harrison, working at Santa’s Grotto in the local mall, suddenly things don’t seem so bad. When Charlie was growing up, Stu was always way out…
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Christmas Reads and Recommendations – week 3 of 6
This week’s reads and recommendations C F White – Festive Fever Pitch (A District Line Charity Novella) Note from CF – This is a charity novella where all proceeds are going to my London Marathon fund where I am running for First Step, a charity supporting families with disabled children. Also available in audio, the only way to get hold of a copy is via the form above and either…
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Christmas Reads and Recommendations – week 2 of 6
This week’s reads and recommendations Eli Easton – Planes, Trains, and Hurricanes: A Christmas Road Trip Romance https://geni.us/MMRRCPTH Joe knows where he is going in life. But one crazy road trip might just change everything. Joe Blankenship knows where he’s going. He’s on track to marry the boss’s daughter and become heir apparent to a multi-million dollar medical supply business. The financial security he never had growing up is within…
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Christmas Reads and Recommendations – week 1 of 6
Clare London – Santa No. 5 No one looks good in a borrowed Santa suit. Especially in a police line-up. Jacob Carter is struggling as the new sergeant of the village police station. There’s been a rash of Christmas gift thefts, his staff are bemused by his bossy city ways and, in return, he’s having trouble adapting to their more relaxed approach to community policing. Let alone the fact that…
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Thirty Years is a long time
Today, it’s 30 years since we lost Dad, and it’s the weirdest day. It seems like yesterday, and sometimes the grief of it sneaks up on you like you can’t imagine.In 2013 I wrote a blog post about my dad and my love of reading. The post is at the end of this new post… We recently reconnected with cousins, through the power of Facebook, and my oldest cousin recalls…
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