Book Review: When Alice Met Danny by TA Williams

Synopsis: Devastated after losing her job, eternal pragmatist Alice leaves London for a new start in Devon. It’s there that she meets Danny. Then she meets another Danny. And then she meets Daniel – Danny to his friends… What’s in a name?

In fact, there seems to be a Danny at every turn! Her neighbour’s a Danny; there’s little baby Danny; there’s a vicar, a windsurfer, even a dog called Danny! And whether it’s laughter, comfort, a flutter of romance or a walk along the beach, they each bring something special to Alice’s new life. You might say it’s a coincidence. Alice certainly would… at first! But when she suddenly risks losing not just one Danny, but all of them, she begins to wonder: might there be more in a name than she ever guessed?

Book Review: In Your Dreams by Kristan Higgins

Synopsis: Emmaline Neal needs a date. Just a date—someone to help her get through her ex-fiancé’s wedding without losing her mind. But pickings are slim in Manningsport, New York, population 715. In fact, there’s really only one option: local heartthrob Jack Holland. Everyone loves Jack, and he won’t get the wrong idea…. After all, Jack Holland would never actually be interested in a woman like Em. Especially not with his beautiful ex-wife creeping around, angling to reunite ever since he rescued a group of teens and became a local hero.

But when the wedding festivities take an unexpectedly passionate turn, Em figures it was just one crazy night. Jack is too gorgeous, too popular, to ever end up with her. So why is she the one he can talk to about his deep, dark feelings? If Em is going to get her dream man, she’ll have to start by believing in him…

Teaser Tuesday: In Your Dreams by Kristan Higgins

In Your Dreams by Kristan Higgins

Dear God, Where do you hide the normal people? Love Emmaline.

Dodgeball, a game that further proved that gym teachers hated children.

It was utterly romantic here, even with the demonic sounds the cat was making form under the couch.

Book Review: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

Synopsis: The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a kick-butt trivia team, a world-class planner, and a cat named Phil. If she sometimes suspects there might be more to life than reading, she just shrugs and picks up a new book. When the father Nina never knew existed suddenly dies, leaving behind innumerable sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews, Nina is horrified. They’re all—or mostly all—excited to meet her! She’ll have to Speak. To. Strangers. And as if that wasn’t enough, Tom, her trivia nemesis, has turned out to be cute, funny, and deeply interested in getting to know her. Doesn’t he realize what a terrible idea that is?

Teaser Tuesday: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

In public Nina was a quiet, reserved person; in private she was an all-singing, all-dancing cavalcade of light and motion. Unless she was a quivering ball of anxiety, because that was also a frequently selected option.

Life will throw you major curveballs, but it’s rare you can do much more than duck.

It was the same way with everything Nina experienced; fictional characters were as real to her as the people she met and touched every day.

Book Review: Love is a Thief by Claire Garber

Synopsis: The story of one girl’s journey to take back what love stole. What did you miss out on because you fell in love? I might just be that girl. You know the one. The girl who, for no particular reason, doesn’t get the guy, doesn’t have children, doesn’t get the romantic happy ever after. So I needed to come up with a plan. What did I like doing? What didn’t I get to do because I fell in love? What would I be happy spending the rest of my life doing if love never showed up again? Kate Winters is going on a journey to do all the things that love has snatched from her and her friends, to reclaim her dreams and theirs in the hope of finding her future. But there’s a chance that new dreams are better than the old…

Teaser Tuesday: Love is a Thief by Claire Garber

Love is a Thief by Claire Garber

If you tell the universe you really want something and every day you show up for it… drag yourself out of bed and you yell “universe I want this”, you will be surprised how often the universe delivers.

When you start making choices with someone else in mind, second-guessing them and their wants and needs, you will probably end up losing the one thing you were trying to keep hold of. I think if I had just gotten into the habit of making good choices for myself I would not have missed out on anything at all.

The boundaries and limits in our lives are always self-imposed. You can only live the life you can imagine.

Book Review: Fourteen Days Later by Sibel Hodge

Synopsis: When accident-prone Helen Grey finds a thong stuffed into the pocket of her boyfriend’s trousers, it’s time for her to move on. Helen’s life is propelled in an unexpected direction after her best friend, Ayshe, sets her a fourteen-day life-changing challenge. Helen receives a task everyday which she must complete without question. The tasks are designed to build her confidence and boost her self-esteem but all they seem to do is push her closer to Ayshe’s brother, Kalem. Is it really possible to change your life in fourteen days?

Teaser Tuesday: Fourteen Days Later by Sibel Hodge

Fourteen Days Later by Sibel Hodge

It was no use. I couldn’t sleep… Even the sheep I’d started trying to count had all got bored and run off down the grassy knoll for some chow.

I lay in bed the next morning, staring at the ceiling, deliberating whether it was actually possible to meet a normal guy once you reach the age of thirty.

Book Review: The Marquess of Cakes by Heather Hiestand

Synopsis: Alys Redcake knows the way to a man’s heart. Yet she is unaware that with each morsel–and flash of ankle–she is seducing the handsome marquess frequenting her father’s tea shop. Unmarried at twenty-six, Alys’s first love is the family business. But thoughts of the gentleman’s touch are driving her to distraction. With his weakness for sugar, the Marquess of Hatbrook can imagine no more desirable woman than one scented with cake and spice. Mistaking Alys for a mere waitress, he has no doubt she would make a most delicious mistress. And when he finds himself in need of an heir, he plans to make her his convenient bride. Yet as they satisfy their craving for one another, business and pleasure suddenly collide. Will Hatbrook’s passion for sweets–and for Alys–be his heart’s undoing?