Author Archives: karenlouisehollis

MY REVIEW Jess Kennedy is 29 and after a difficult life, she is now happy being a midwife in Port Agnes in Cornwall. She just been approved for foster care when baby boy appears on her doorstep. Jess has had to deal with infertility and has reluctantly accepted she will never be a mother, butContinue reading “A Spring Surprise for the Cornish Midwife”

The Little Shop of Hidden Treasures by Holly Hepburn Hope Henderson has been widowed for two years and decides to move back to her home city of York to make a fresh start, but nearer to her family. Walking past an antique shop called The Ever After Emporium, she remembers looking in the windows whenContinue reading “The Little Shop of Hidden Treasures”

This story follows Samantha, who owns a hedgehog rescue centre, and Phoebe who is doing work experience there while studying to become an accountant. We also meet Samantha’s fiancé (the wedding in the title is Samantha and Josh) and various family members and friends. It is a lovely community and we soon come to knowContinue reading “A Wedding at Hedgehog Hollow by Jessica Redland”

HOTEL PORTOFINO by J. P. O’Connell It’s Italy in 1926 and an English woman called Bella Ainsworth has recently opened the Hotel Portofino. As the guests arrive, we learn their stories alongside the problems Bella faces too, and also the rising tensions of the political movements in Italy itself. The back cover of the bookContinue reading “Hotel Portofino by J P O’Connell”

Barb the Bird of Hope – written and illustrated by Zowie Norris This tells the story of a beautiful bird called Barb who lives in a laburnum tree in Bretton Park. The bright yellow bird with purple tail feathers is the star of both the story and the gorgeous illustrations in this book. Her differenceContinue reading “Barb the Bird of Hope”

Christmas Carols and a Cornish Cream Tea by Cressida McLaughlin Meredith Verren is 27 and works in a gift shop called Cornish Keepsakes in Port Karadow, Cornwall. She lives alone with her dog and cat and enjoys an outdoor swim in the sea every morning in a place she calls Charmed Cove. She has aContinue reading “Christmas Carols and a Cornish Cream Tea”

A Cornish Christmas Murder (A Nosey Parker Cozy Mystery) by Fiona Leitch Our heroine Jodie Parker has returned from London to Penstowan in Cornwall to set up her catering business, after leaving the police force. But somehow, she always seems to find crimes which need investigating and this time is no different. The catering vanContinue reading “A Cornish Christmas Murder”

MY REVIEW Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is one of my all-time favourite books, so I was keen to read Cassandra, which is inspired by it and features many of the characters we know and love from the classic novel. In Cassandra (The Cousins of Pemberley, Book 1) the story begins in Newcastle inContinue reading “Cassandra (The Cousins of Pemberley, Book 1) by Linda O’Byrne”

THE STEPSON by Jane Renshaw MY REVIEW The book tells the story of Nick Clyde. When he was sixteen, he came home from a day out with his friend to discover their house was empty, his family had disappeared – his father, stepmother and little sister. Now, in 2019, he’s grown up, successful, wealthy, livingContinue reading “The Stepson by Jane Renshaw”

The New Friends by Daniel Hurst MY REVIEW This book tells the story of an ordinary couple called Becky and Jamie, who go on holiday to Spain and end up chatting to a couple called Phil and Mel. Thinking they have found some lovely new friends, they agree to meet up back in England afterContinue reading “The New Friends by Daniel Hurst”