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Category: Blog Tour

#blogtour – Innocent Lies by Chris Collett @crime_crow @books_n_all #extract #CrimeFiction

Posted on 10th November 2017 By Nicola

I’m very pleased to be on the blog tour today for Innocent Lies by Chris Collett. Thanks to Jill Burkinshaw for the spot on the […]

Blog Tour, Extracts

#blogtour – The Lido Girls by Allie Burns @Allie_Burns1 @NeverlandBT #bookreview #giveaway

Posted on 7th November 2017 By Nicola

I’m delighted to be sharing my review of The Lido Girls by Allie Burns today as part of the blog tour. Thank you to HQ […]

Blog Tour, Giveaways, Reviews

#blogtour – CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour @OrendaBooks #crimefiction

Posted on 5th November 2017 By Nicola

I’m so pleased today to be posting my review of the CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour as part of the blog tour. Thank […]

Blog Tour, Reviews

#blogtour – The Other Daughter by @SaraAlexi Yorkshire #GuestPost #giveaway

Posted on 4th November 2017 By Nicola

I’m delighted to welcome Sara Alexi back to Short Book and Scribes. She’s been here twice before. I reviewed one of her fabulous Yorkshire books, […]

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#blogtour – Recipe for Disaster by Stephen Phelps @StephenP_Writer @rararesources

Posted on 3rd November 2017 By Nicola

I’m delighted today to be on the blog tour for Recipe for Disaster by Stephen Phelps. Thank you to Rachel Gilbey from Rachel’s Random Resources […]

Blog Tour

#blogtour – Different Genes by Claire Baldry @ClaiBal @matadorbooks #bookreview #GuestPost

Posted on 1st November 2017 By Nicola

I’m delighted to be part of the blog tour today for Different Genes by Claire Baldry. Thank you to Claire for the review copy and […]

Blog Tour, Guest Posts, Reviews

#blogtour – Dark Chapter by Winnie Li @winniemli @Legend_Press #QandA

Posted on 1st November 2017 By Nicola

I’m so pleased to be taking part today in the blog tour for Winnie Li’s novel, Dark Chapter which recently won the Not the Booker […]

Blog Tour, Q&A

#blogtour – Before This Is Over by Amanda Hickie @AmandaHickie @headlinepg #GuestPost

Posted on 31st October 2017 By Nicola

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Before This Is Over by Amanda Hickie. I’d like to thank Jenny Harlow from Headline for […]

Blog Tour, Guest Posts

#blogtour – My Girlfriend’s Perfect Ex-Boyfriend by @peterjonesauth @rararesources #QandA

Posted on 30th October 2017 By Nicola

It’s my stop today on the tour for My Girlfriend’s Perfect Ex-Boyfriend by Peter Jones, which sounds like a lot of fun. I’d like to […]

Blog Tour, Q&A

#blogtour – Christmas at the Falling Down Guesthouse by Lilly Bartlett @MicheleGormanUK #bookreview

Posted on 29th October 2017 By Nicola

After loving The Big Dreams Beach Hotel by Lilly Bartlett as much as I did I couldn’t resist reading her new Christmas novella (although it […]

Blog Tour, Reviews

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