The Ultimate Betrayal by New York Times Bestselling author Kat Martin, is now available in paperback! Read on for details, exclusive excerpt and a fantastic giveaway to enter — An autographed hardcover of THE CONSPIRACY and $20 Amazon gift card! The Ultimate Betrayal Publication Date (Mass Paperback): December 29th, 2020 Genre: Suspense/ Romantic Thriller When investigative journalist Jessie Kegan’s father, a colonel in the army, is accused of treason, Jessie is determined to clear his name. Reluctantly, she turns to former Special Ops soldier, Brandon Garrett, her late brother’s best friend ..read more

*sponsored post I had a tarot reading the other evening that was just off the scale with how accurate it was for where I am with life right now. After years of feeling a little lost I am reconnecting with the real me and I really don’t care what other people think. So much of our lives now is influenced by social media that it becomes all too easy to think that you can only show who you are through that filtered lens. If you ever sit down and talk with me for any length of time you will get a rant and a half about my love/hate relationship with social media.  On the one hand it connects m ..read more

One in three people in the UK experience Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which causes a low mood that affects everyday life.  Up to six per cent of British adults have ‘recurrent major depressive episodes with seasonal pattern’, affecting both sexes equally, the average age for the onset is just 27 years old*. With the clocks set to go back on 25 October, the chilly, darker nights can leave us feeling down in the dumps.  A range of unique 100% natural aromatherapy inhaler sticks called GO2 could be the key to warding off the winter blues. The benefits of essential oils have been k ..read more

Disclosure: The publishers Bookouture invited me on to the blog tour for An Angel’s Work by Kate Eastham and provided a kindle copy to read via Netgalley. I received this product for free in return for providing my honest and unbiased review.  I received no other compensation. All opinions expressed are truthful and 100% my own. I would like to thank them for the opportunity to read and review this book. The Blurb Jo forced herself to look into the cot, but at first all she could see was grey dust from the explosion. Then, a tiny hand poked out through a layer of grit. In seconds she had ..read more

Disclosure: The publishers Bookouture invited me on to the blog tour for When You Were Mine by Kate Hewitt and provided a kindle copy to read via Netgalley. I received this product for free in return for providing my honest and unbiased review.  I received no other compensation. All opinions expressed are truthful and 100% my own. I would like to thank them for the opportunity to read and review this book. The Blurb “Dylan…” I croak, but my little boy doesn’t even look at me. “Dylan!” My voice is louder now, and my gaze stays locked with my son’s as the car pulls away from the curb and dr ..read more

Disclosure: The team at Old English Co kindly sent me a personalised notebook. I received this product for free in return for providing my honest and unbiased review.  I received no other compensation. All opinions expressed are truthful and 100% my own. I would like to thank them for the opportunity to enjoy and review this product. I have always loved stationary. From being a little girl there is nothing that I have loved receiving more than a marvellous pen or a notebook that is just full of possibility.  Each page ready for you to share your thoughts, your ideas, your feelings. I ..read more

Hill & Ellis has teamed up with Ecologi to plant a tree for every pannier bag bought online through their website. Hill & Ellis produces a range of high quality, stylish cycle bags. Each bag, designed in the UK, is created to transition perfectly from home to bike to boardroom to bar. They are functional, fashionable and hard wearing, and come with patented pannier clips that fit almost any bike, allowing you to clip the bag on and off quickly and easily.  Ecologi is an environmental not-for-profit that works with grassroots projects across the world to reduce carbon in the atmosp ..read more

I am delighted to welcome to the blog today Louise Palmer-Masterton of Stem & Glory to discuss whether a plant-based diet could help with obesity. Obesity has become government priority in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, now it’s known that even being a few pounds overweight increases your risk of complications due to the virus. So, how do we help people to lose weight and learn better eating habits? A Swedish study in 2005 showed that self-identified semi-vegetarian, lactovegetarian, and vegan women have a lower risk of obesity than omnivorous women. The advice?  ‘Consume more ..read more

It is Zero Waste Week (7th – 11th September) and to celebrate I thought I would share my beginners guide to going zero waste. Now first things first – it isn’t going to happen overnight – in fact you may never reach completely zero waste. Or even get your waste down to the yearly mason jar which seems to be the trophy of zero waste celebs. But… That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t give it a go though, as with all things in life small changes can lead to huge results. So what is Zero Waste? Zero waste is about lessening our impact through being mindful and conscious of our consumption and the waste ..read more

Disclosure: The publishers Bookouture invited me on to the blog tour for A Tuscan Memory by Angela Petch and provided a kindle copy to read via Netgalley. I received this product for free in return for providing my honest and unbiased review.  I received no other compensation. All opinions expressed are truthful and 100% my own. I would like to thank them for the opportunity to read and review this book. The Blurb In a tiny hamlet nestled in the Tuscan mountains, farmers gather after a hard day in the meadows, and children’s laughter rings across the square: but one little boy does not jo ..read more