Tink's Book Reviews

Practically Perfect by   Katie Fforde Anna, a newly qualified interior designer, has decided it's time to put her money and her expertise where her mouth is. She's risked everything on buying a tiny but adorable cottage so she can renovate it, sell it on, and prove to her family that she can earn her own living. But all is not what it seems, after all, one should never judge a book by it's cover.  On a super of the moment and to start up her dream job, Anna has bought at the perfect cottage of her dreams, in the tiny town of Amberford.  But there's another reason why Anna moved to the picturesque village, her old tutor. Max, the charming, sophisticated, handsome and downright dishy tutor from her student days that she's held a candle for the past three years, lived somewhere near the town. Or at least his mother did, and she just might get to see him again.  Upon closer examination Anna has realised that there is a lot m...

Three Seconds To Midnight by Clarifications  In which Death answers the questions of the dead and discovers himself along the way. Have you ever wondered what conversations went on with death and the people he meets along the way? Ever thought what it would be like to pass judgement onto people and their doings in life or thought what Mr. Reaper might say?  Then read this book, don't just take a glance at it read it.   Throughout history, things have happened there has been the devastating Holocaust, people on Death Row, children being killed or taking their lives and people dying in general for the sake of being somewhere in the wrong moment at the wrong time.  Follow death as he has very in depth conversations with children who have died for no reason, horrible nasty people who hate everything and wish to know why they aren't going to Heaven and why Death has to make his mind up on where to send these people on their merry way. And w...

Hey everyone!  Long time no speak, how are we all? Good I hope?  It's just a quick post to say what has been happening lately! So, so start with, I'm sorry that I haven't been posting anything recently, I've been tied up with the Cake page -  Sprinkles, Sparkle & Magic  That I haven't been reading in a while, wait! I have before everyone panic's haha  I've been doing a little bit of reading now and then, I'm currently reading about 4-5 books, simply because I can't make my mind up on what genre to read and what mood I'm in. Since it's getting into the summer, I want to go straight to my chicklit's and summer romances, as you know! If you have been following this blog for a while, there's a certain way in which I go through my books haha.  The books that I have been currently reading (Or that are on my Goodreads 'currently reading' shelf are as follows:  1.  The Yard  by  Alex Grecian   2. Tigers In ...

Undenied by Maya Banks Payton Ricci is the last person Wes Hoffman ever expected or wanted to see again. After the disastrous sexual experience between them twelve years ago, he was only too happy to put the whole episode behind him.  Wes Hoffman is happy in his life, he's surrounded by loving friends, a great job and no commitments. But when his group of friends slowly start to all get married and pop out children, he soon starts to feel a little out of place and like a third wheel.  Payton Ricci is on a night out with her best mates, it's a bachelorette party and she feels like she is always the bridesmaid and never the bride, but that's okay. She's not really looking for a strings attached kind of relationship, just a quick fondle with a handsome man. So when she catches her eye on Wes Hoffman sat at the bar, Payton can't believe her luck.  There couldn't be anything worse than spotting Payton Ricci at the same bar as him. All W...

Overheard by Maya Banks Gracie Evans is a woman tired of the men in her life not satisfying her in bed. She’s had a string of boyfriends, but none of them have come close to satisfying the vivid fantasies she has.  Two weeks before Valentine’s Day, she breaks up with her latest boyfriend after a night of lackluster sex.  Gracie Evans isn't afraid to say what's on her mind, or of the consequences after she's opened her mouth and said a few words. So when she splits up with her boyfriend because the sex wasn't up to standards, she isn't surprised when he hits the roof and nearly her.  Luke Forsythe has known Gracie for as long has he can remember. They we're in school together, college together and now they don't live that far away from each other. So when Luke bumps into the argument brewing up outside, he couldn't help but interject. But something is on the tip of his tongue that he wants to ask her, something he knows she will be angry about. ...

Understood by Maya Banks Jake Turner committed the ultimate mistake of falling in love with his best friend’s wife. The distance he puts between them costs both him and Ellie Matthews dearly.   Jake will never forgive himself for not seeing what a bastard his friend was. Now that Ellie is free from her nightmare, Jake waits, needing and wanting.  He’ll be there when Ellie is ready to spread her wings. Ellie Matthews is still haunted with what happened to her in the past, and she won't ever be able to get over it. Not just yet at least.  Jake has always been in love with Ellie, ever since she married his best friend and NFL Football player, Ray. When Ellie married "The golden boy" of the area, everyone loved it, everyone apart from Jake. It tore him deeply, cut him in two that she married Ray, so he kept himself at a distance to keep him away from the pain.  But whilst he did that, Jake didn't know the shocking truths behind Ellie and Ray's marriage, un...

Because You Are Mine: Part One by  Beth Kerry  Francesca Arno has been commissioned to create a grand centerpiece painting for the lobby of Ian Noble’s new skyscraper. It’s at a cocktail party in her honor that she first meets him—and the attraction is immediate for Francesca. It’s also bewildering. When Francesca Arno is invited to a dinner party to celebrate her paintings, she is a little bit nervous. Though it soon starts to change as she is introduced to the man who wants her to paint more pictures for him.  Ian Noble is a highly successful billionaire. He has the brains, the money, women and a fine eye for art. So when his eyes fall onto the work of Miss. Arno, he can't wait to meet her face to face. Though though when he does, he don't think he will be able to hold himself back for much longer.  When Ian invites Francesca back to his apartment, he is merely showing her around his house just so she can get a taste of where she will be doi...