Tink's Book Reviews

The Magic Of Christmas by Trisha Ashley It's the most wonderful time of the year.  In the pretty Lancashire village of Middlemoss, Lizzy is on the verge of leaving her cheating husband when tragedy strikes and  she finds herself widowed.  Her Christmas pudding circle - a group of friends swapping seasonal recipes - offers her a welcome distraction,  whilst a simmering rivalry with local cookery writer. Nick erupts over who will will best mice pie at the village show.  Meanwhile, the whole village is gathering for the annual boxing day mystery play. But who will play Adam to Lizzy's eve?  Could it be handsome and charismatic actor Ritch, or will someone closer to home win her heart? Whatever happens, it promises to be a Christmas to remember! Stuck in a rut in her marriage, Lizzy Pharamound doesn't know what to do with her cheating and abusive husband Tom. Until one day things take a turn for the worse and Lizzy is trag...

Welcome To My World by Miranda Dickinson Close your eyes and imagine the world is your oyster… And now imagine never seeing it. Welcome to Harriet Langton's world. All her life she's dreamt of travelling the globe - fate always got in the way. Working as a travel agent, the closest Harri comes to her dream destination of Venice is booking the trip for someone else. But everything changes when travel fanatic Alex drops in. With her boyfriend Rob tied up with work, Harri is persuaded to help Alex in his quest for love. But in her attempts to help, Harri soon discovers that she's alienating those around her. Desperate to leave her life behind, will her dreams finally come true? Or will Harri's leap of faith be her biggest mistake yet? If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? France? Spain or even America? For Harri Langton, her dream destination is Venice. We all know what she's thinking, the city of love and romance. Our hopes and dreams o...

Don't You Forget About Me by Alexandra Potter  After a bad break up, doesn't every girl want the same things? * For her ex-boyfriend to stay single forever... *Or maybe emigrate, to a remote, uninhabited island? *Better still, that she'd never met him in the first place! But what if one of those wishes came true? Tess is heartbroken when Seb breaks up with her and can't help blaming herself. If only she'd done things differently. If only she could make tight all her regrets...But she can't. It's over. She has to forget about him. Drunk and upset on New Years Eve, she wishes she'd never met him.  But when she wakes up to discover this dream has come true, she realizes she has a chance. To do it all over again. And, this time, to get it right... Tess Connolly is madly and deeply in love with her wonderful, handsome American boyfriend Seb. Until she's sat across from him on his couch, hearing the dreaded six words any girl hates to ...

Men, Money and Chocolate by Menna Van Praag Maya spends her days dreaming of a perfect life; a life filled with love, success and pleasure. She tries to find fulfilment in the pursuit of men and money, and when this doesn't work she looks for comfort in chocolate. But this just leaves her feeling empty and lost. Then Maya meets a mysterious stranger and is set on a spiritual journey to discover what she's been missing all this time... A sweet and touching fable about love, courage and enlightenment, Men, Money and Chocolate reveals what is possible when you open your heart to the spiritual secrets within the material world. This tale of transformation shows you how to love a man without losing yourself, find work that fulfils your heart and enjoy chocolate as a source of pleasure instead of pain. Maya Fitzgerald hasn't got it all going for her. Stuck in a job where she has no motivation to work there anymore, with no love life running her way and with financi...

The Road To Hell by Jackie Kessler Jezebel may no longer be a soul-stealing succubus, bus she's got a hell of a past. She'd love to come clean to her sweet, gorgeous boyfriend Paul, but how exactly does a girl start the conversation? There's no name tag that reads: "My name is Jesse and I used to have sex with men before taking their should!" Just as some people are worth being monogamous for (a recent discovery for Jesse), some secrets are worth keeping. Like the fact that bad boy incubus Daunuan keeps popping up from the Underworld to put some toe-curling moves on her, and that her former associates are trying to strong-arm her back into the fold. But someone in the Underworld isn't ready to play nice, and this time the stakes are nothing less than Paul's immortal soul. If Hell want's Jesse back so badly, they've got to get her. But she's not going to play nice... Jesse the ex-succubus and newly turned stripper, is back in action and ...

Hey everyone!  I thought I would do an update since I haven't done one in a very long time. So I thought I would share with you some new books I have recently bought, and I know that I keep buying them and saying I won't buy anymore, but I promise I've stopped now until I've read all the ones that need reading haha.  So the total price of all these books should of come too... £45.94 though I got them all for £7.47 How good is that! I picked them up various places such as charities and The Works. If you haven't been to The Works recently, you should get down there, as there's some great books on offer!  Most of the books have been bought down in Skegness from a couple of weeks ago, and we're found in various charity shops. Some of the other books we're found at The Works in Rotherham. I went down there with the boyfriend to see his mum for a week. I had a lovely time, and honestly I couldn't stop myself from buying books, in the end he decid...

Good At Games by Jill Mansell Suzy Curtis falls in love with Harry Fitzallan the moment she shows him her husband's sperm sample. Actually it isn't her husband's, because she isn't married. It isn't a sperm sample either, it's a carton containing the dregs of her milkshake. (But when you're desperate to escape a speeding ticker you have to improvise, don't you?) Oh, and it isn't really love at first sight, it's a healthy case of lust.  Suzy is the girl with everything - dream job, red Rolls-Royce and ravishing rock-star ex. Then she meets Harry - and his deeply sceptical brother Leo - and before long finds herself with a whole lot more... When Suzy gets stopped for speeding, by Harry Fitzallan, she would never of guessed that a police officer could be so handsome. So telling one little white lie, about rushing to the hospital to get your husband's sperm to the doctors and telling the officer that it was your last and final chance to h...

Drummer by Jan Page Liam tries to stay away from home as much as he can - especially if his dad's around.  Usually he just hangs out with his mates, skating. But today, Liam's had an idea: to form a band, with him on drums. All he needs is a kit, so Liam heads for the local junk shop. But the owner, Weird Welly, freaks him out, hinting that something terrible is about to happe n . Something bad to do with the band.  Then the really  weird stuff begins... What if you could rewind and fast forward your life. To be able to see what your life would be like int he future, to be able to know what was exactly going to happen? Would you take that chance, or would you change time itself, just to save one life? Or maybe more.   For Liam Condie, this is exactly what happened. Yes, I know it's hard to believe.  He and his friends CJ and Daz get a crazy idea to start a band. They hardly know any instruments themselves, but they are determined to lea...

Last Breath by Rachel Caine Claire Danvers is concerned when three vampires vanish from Morganville without a trace. The last person seen with them is someone new to town - a mysterious individual named Magnus. Claire is convinced creepy Magnus isn't human...but is he a vampire, or something else entirely? Claire's hunt for answers leads her to solving another mystery that's long been puzzling her: why do all the vampires live so far out in a sunny desert when they're sensitive to sunlight? The answer has nothing to do with the sunlight, but with water - and an ancient enemy who has finally found a way to invade the vampires' landlocked community. Vampires aren't the top predator on earth. There's something much worse. Which means if Claire, and Morganville, want to live, they will have to fight on to the last breath... When we were last with Claire, she had just arrived back home in Morganville after stopping illegal fights between Vampires and hum...

Hell's Belles by Jackie Kessler Once upon  a time, Jezebel was a powerful succubus, capable of seducing men and sucking out their souls. But that was before Hell out a bounty on her head. Now Jesse's only chance to escape a fate far worse than death is to live as a mortal, losing herself in a sea of unfamiliar humanity, in a place where sinners walk hand-in-hand with saints - a place like Belle's strip club in New York City. Working as an exotic dancer is a piece of cake for a former demon that once specialised in sex. Taking money from men? Please. But she hadn't counted on meeting sexy Paul Hamilton, a man haunted by his past. Learning all about how complicated - and pleasurable - love can be, Jesse thinks she's turned her back on Hell. But Hell hasn't stopped looking for her. The secrets she holds are the most dangerous of all, the kind every demon in the Underworld would do it's worst to protect, and the demons are closing in... When Jezebel ...

It Started With A Kiss by Miranda Dickinson As the singer in a wedding band, Romily Parker has seen her fair share of happy endings, even though her own love life isn't quite as simple. On the last Saturday before Christmas, shortly after disastrously declaring her love for best friend Charlie, Romily has a brief encounter with a handsome stranger whose heart-stopping kiss changes everything. Determined to find him again, Romily embarks on a year-long quest, helped (and sometimes hindered) by enthusiastic Uncle Dudley, cake-making Auntie Mags and flamboyant Wren. Will she find the man of her dreams? Or could true love be closer than she thinks? When Romily Parker tells her best friend Charlie that she loves him, she soon realises it was a bad mistake. But when she runs away from her problems, by crashing into a toy stall and ends up in the Christmas Market. What does she do next? Nothing. Until she collides with a handsome man, who happens to be the same one who help...

Happy New Year everyone, sorry it's a bit late. But I haven't been online since last year (about 3 weeks ago) and I never thought to do one on the 1st January because in all honesty I wanted to spend it with my family :) But Happy New Year to you all and I'm wishing you a very happy year in 2012! Have lots of fun and smiles! On to other things, I have once again fell into the hands of a bookstore and bought more books, that I don't possibly need, so now my 'Books to read' Has gone up even more! I've bought... Hell's Belles by Jackie Kessler Bought on ebay, brand new for £3.99. Would be £7.99 in store. Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick Which I bought for £3.99, from Waterstones during the Christmas sale, and got some money off from Waterstones points. Should of been £10, hardback too! Last Breath by Rachel Caine I don't know where this was bought from since my boyfriend bought it me as a christmas present, so it's either from Waterstones ...