Cover and blurb from Goodreads Layla Byrnes is exhausted. She's juggling a demanding job as an anaesthetist, a disintegrating marriage, her young kids, and a needy lover. And most particularly she's managing her histrionically unstable mother, who repeatedly threatens to kill herself. But this year, it's different. When her mother rings just before Christmas, she doesn't … Continue reading Book Review: The Heart is a Star by Megan Rogers
Cover image and blurb from Goodreads:How do you survive the unsurvivable?Rachel lives with her husband Tom and their two children: it’s the comfortable family life she always thought she’d have. All of that changes in an instant – when one action by Tom destroys the life they’ve built, leaving Rachel to pore over the wreckage … Continue reading Book Review: Show Me Where It Hurts by Claire Gleeson
Cover image and blurb from GoodreadsWhen rebellious aristocrat Cressida and Lord Greville parted ways, they swore never to meet again. Their short marriage had already descended into bitter estrangement, destroyed by scandal and betrayal.Years later, Greville is a soldier in the Peninsular War and Cressida is following the drum as another man’s lover. Scorned by … Continue reading Book Review: My Lady’s Secrets, by Katy Moran
Blurb and cover image from GoodreadsA gripping noir mystery introducing artless young detective Patrick Bird, set in Toronto’s Parkdale during the tumultuous ’60s.“I didn’t kill her. I had the thought, the idea. What’s the saying? The road to heaven is paved with bad intentions?”Police academy burnout turned private eye Patrick Bird works divorce cases, using … Continue reading Book Review: The Road to Heaven by Alexis-Stefanovich-Thomson
Blurb and book cover image from Goodreads.Something bad happened last night.I’ve woken up with the hangover from hell, a stranger in my bed, and I’ve gone viral for the worst reasons. But I can’t remember a thing…My best friend Posey is dead. The police think it was a tragic accident. I know she was murdered. There’s only … Continue reading Book Review: The Murder After the Night Before, by Katy Brent
Blurb and book cover image from Goodreads: The faeries of Witchwood Manor have stolen its young lord. His governess intends to steal him back.Victorian governess Winifred Hall knows a con when she sees one. When her bratty young charge transforms overnight into a perfectly behaved block of wood, she soon realises that the real boy has … Continue reading Book Review: The Witchwood Knot, by Olivia Atwater
I am sitting up in bed, drinking tea from an Untamed inspired mug (Who cares for the crowded, broad avenue?/I'll stick to my single-log bridge till it's dark!) and watching The Diplomat on Netflix. (Keri Russell is seriously good, and the rest of the case are fabulous too: Rufus Sewell and David Gyasi, oh my!.) … Continue reading Idle (like an engine)
Well, that sure was a year. I feel like I've left chunks of myself behind but I do not feel the lighter for it. There were tragedies, and there were disappointments, but we've reached this arbitrary moment in our annual revolution and maybe it's time to rebel, a little. My new year's resolutions are no … Continue reading 2022
A little glimpse of the early life of Queen Maeve: this is a short scene I wrote during a writers' group, hosted by Fiona O'Rourke. I am posting it publicly for the first time. You are not to leave this room, Aoife tells them. She looks sternly at each of them in turn, the six … Continue reading Samhain: The Daughters of Eochu
Blurb from Goodreads: Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. But by the time she retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Grand Slam titles. And if you ask Carrie, she … Continue reading Book Review: Carrie Soto Is Back, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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