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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Auld Acquaintance by Sofia Slater

Posted on 21st October 2022 By Nicola

Auld Acquaintance by Sofia Slater will be published by Swift Press on 3rd November 2022 in hardcover and eBook. My thanks to the publishers for […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Librarian by Salley Vickers

Posted on 19th October 2022 By Nicola

The Librarian by Salley Vickers is published by Penguin Viking in paperback, eBook and audiobook. I just love the paperback cover! In 1958, Sylvia Blackwell, […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke

Posted on 17th October 2022 By Nicola

The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke is published by Harper Collins and is available now in paperback, eBook and audiobook. This is another book that […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Betsy & Lilibet by Sophie Duffy

Posted on 12th October 2022 By Nicola

Betsy & Lilibet by Sophie Duffy is published by Legend Press in paperback, eBook and audiobook. A tale which spans generations to explore the life […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Anniversary by Laura Marshall

Posted on 10th October 2022 By Nicola

The Anniversary by Laura Marshall is published by Sphere and available now in paperback, eBook and audiobook. I won my copy in a giveaway run […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Before the Crown by Flora Harding

Posted on 3rd October 2022 By Nicola

Before the Crown is published by One More Chapter and is available in paperback, eBook and audiobook. Windsor Castle, 1943 As war rages across the […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Keeping a Christmas Promise by Jo Thomas

Posted on 29th September 2022 By Nicola

Keeping a Christmas Promise is published by Penguin Transworld and is available now in eBook and from 13th October 2022 in paperback. My thanks to […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – Hope to Die by Cara Hunter

Posted on 26th September 2022 By Nicola

Hope to Die by Cara Hunter is published by Penguin Viking in paperback, eBook and audiobook. It looks like a burglary gone wrong, but DI […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – A Home from Home by Rosie Hendry

Posted on 22nd September 2022 By Nicola

A Home from Home by Rosie Hendry is available now in paperback, eBook and audiobook. My thanks to the publishers, Sphere, for the review copy […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BookReview – The Girls Who Disappeared by Claire Douglas

Posted on 20th September 2022 By Nicola

The Girls Who Disappeared by Claire Douglas was published on 15th September 2022 by Michael Joseph in paperback, eBook and audiobook. My thanks to the […]

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