Lindsey's Literary Leanings

  Relatable, Page-Turner, Absorbing Genre: Contemporary Fiction/Coming Of Age/Romance Contains a trigger warning. The Diary Of My Heart. Year 1 by Author Allison Berry Kaylee's career ambitions had remained steadfast since meeting Kale five years ago, and she dearly wished that she could see him again. After a turbulent start in life, she now finds herself in a tumultuous relationship with a man who has very clearly, left her in no doubt that he is not supportive of the future that she sees for herself. Subsequently, another man appears in Kaylee's life where and when she least expects it, and he just happens to work within her chosen field. He supports and encourages her to continue aspiring to her goal. However, Kaylee knows that the time to make what could be the biggest decision of her life, is closing in. Which will she choose? The title and synopsis of this book intrigued me, as I am very much a character based reader, and love a good human interest story. I'm not ...

Engaging Emotional Intriguing Family Drama/Contemporary Fiction/Mystery 'And Then She Fell' by Dreena Collins To all intense and purposes, Catherine was a mother of two....had been a mother of two. But to the wider world, she only had one child. It was around a year since she had last seen her daughter alive. She often talked to Susie in her head. Telling her things that had happened, her feelings and memories. Catherine prided herself on how in tune she had always been with her off spring and how well she'd succeeded in sheltering them from issues within the family when they were young. She recalls spending quality time with her daughter, shopping or having pamper days. Now the bereaved mother feels it is time to uncover the truth as to what happened to her little girl. But how prepared is she to discover other truths closer to home? I really got into this novel, and when I had put it down, I looked forward to my next opportunity for a read. It was for this reason, tha...

Eloquent, Fun, Humorous The House Of New Beginnings by Lucy Diamond Genre: Contemporary Fiction/Chicklit Georgie, Charlotte and Rosa's lives had brought all three to Brighton due to unfortunate plot twists in their lives, now by a lucky stroke of fate all had ended up occupying the same Regency Town House in the middle of the city near the sea front. Although, despite being named 'Seaview House', Simon, Georgie's partner, had managed to choose an apartment prior to her arrival, that was lacking this particular vista. Rosa's reason for her change of location was as a result of her domestic situation which had turned out to be not as blissful as she had imagined it would be! Charlotte had moved from her home town of Reading, where her parents still resided. After a loss that had been too hard to bear in a place that had too many reminders of the past and of how life could have been, moving seemed the only sensible option. Georgie, being the dutiful girlfriend had...