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The Child We Lost

What would you do if your lost child came back? ❤️ An emotional family drama, perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult, Kate Hewitt and Susan Lewis. ❤️

She pouts, looking upset, and I want nothing more than to kiss her better and say 'All right then, yes. Perhaps he can come back, perhaps he will, perhaps he has!' But I can’t. I know I can’t lie to her about this...

The day we lost Josh, a part of me broke. He was only three-and-a-half years old. His twin, Ruby, suddenly an only child.

We thought we were doing as well as expected. But when Ruby comes to me and says she saw Josh – alive – I assume she’s struggling more than we realised. It’s her way of holding on. Of refusing to let go.

But then I see him too.

A boy with Josh’s same pale blue eyes, the silvery-white hair that falls across his forehead in exactly the same way. It’s more than a similarity. This boy could be Josh’s twin.

How can that be possible?

I know I have to listen to my rational brain, that this must be my grief messing with my mind. But I can’t let go of the feeling that something is going on. Who is this boy? And does someone know more than they’re letting on?

A gripping, emotional page-turner about loss, love and the unbreakable bond between a mother and her child.

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Sheila Norton lives in Chelmsford, Essex and part-time in Torquay, Devon. She is the author of over 20 novels, covering several different sub-genres of contemporary fiction, including family dramas for Boldwood Books. In 2022 she was the winner of the Romantic Novelists Association’s Christmas/Winter book award with her novel Winter at Cliff's End Cottage.

 

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The Child We Lost 

Written By Sheila Norton 

Review By Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews

First, I want to thank Sheila Norton, Boldwood Books and Rachel’s Random Resources for providing me with this book so I can bring you this review! 

My heart totally broke into a million different little pieces reading The Child We Lost by Sheila Norton. You will need to stock up on tissues as the tears are going to fall and in my case ugly cried at times as some of the topics hit close to home! As emotional as it was it was addicting and I was able to binge read it in one sitting. Yes, I was that invested in these characters and the storyline. 

The Child We Lost hit home deeply on many levels. My heart broke for Ruby who lost her twin brother Josh in a terrible bus accident. Sadly, I had a very young cousin who also was in a tragic school bus accident like Josh’s. So, I totally felt for what this family was going through. Not to mention that I am still grieving the loss of my Dad. I can understand the family still healing from their loss of Josh. 

One part of the story that tugged on my heart is that Ruby thought she saw her brother Josh at school!! She swore up and down that it was him or maybe his ghost but it was him! Just having lost my Dad there have been times when I am out and I think that I see him. So, in a way I could relate to Ruby in wishing and praying that it was our loved one that was passed. 

Of all the twists in all the books I have ever read I never read a twist like this before! It will tug on your heart and pull it on to many directions revealing many hidden truths. 

Sheila’s book is beautifully written book based strongly around family. 

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He was the love of her life. He’s my husband.

Then: Ally

I didn’t think my heart could take it when David and I ended things. He was my first love, my everything. But as soon as he met Charlotte, I knew that nothing would ever be the same. We were friends once, me and her. But some things are too broken to fix… aren’t they?

Now: Charlotte

The hospital waiting room door flies open, and I look up desperately, willing somebody—anybody—to tell me that David is going to be alright. But it’s not a doctor. It’s Ally; her face pale, her hair wild. It’s years since we were close, but I’d know her anywhere. She loved my husband first, and I suspect still owns a piece of his heart that I’ve never managed to get back.

How did she hear about David? Why is she here? But then her eyes fill with tears. “It’s Joe,” she whispers, “my husband. He’s had an accident too. But they won’t tell me anything…”

Our husbands are fighting for their lives, and all we can do is wait. With the future so uncertain for us both, Ally and I begin to untangle the past. After all these years of secrets and hurt, has fate thrown us together again for a reason? One thing is certain: after tonight, nothing will ever be the same again…

From the bestselling author of Always You and Me, comes a completely heartbreaking and emotional page-turner about love, friendship and impossible choices. Perfect for fans of Shari Low, Colleen Hoover and Paige Toon.

Readers love Dani Atkins:

“Off the charts… If you’re ready for a truly heart-wrenching, full body tear-jerker, the kind where you need an entire box of Kleenex, not just one—this is the book for you… Amazing.” ShersBooks, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Bring a box of tissues whenever and wherever you read this. THE BEST BOOK EVER.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“DEVASTATING in the most breathtaking way… Hit me like a freight train. I bawled my eyes out…. Heartbreaking, beautiful, and unforgettable. If you’re ready to feel everything… this one will wreck you in the best possible way.” nursebooksgalore, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Thebest… Heartbreaking… I found myself tearing up so many times!… Definitely an auto-buy author for me now!” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“WOW… Full on sobbing from just the first 10 pages. I completely fell in love.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Wow… SO. FREAKING. ROMANTIC… Hands down, one of the best second chance romances I’ve read.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“I ate every bit of it up. The first like 10 pages already have you bawling…immediately sucks you right into the story… So emotional 🥺 Amazing 10/10!!” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Oh my god, I’m a wreck. The emotional rollercoaster that is this book!… I couldn’t put it down.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Instantly hooked me and then promptly wrecked me… Heartbreakingly beautiful… A rollercoaster of emotions.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Broke my heart into a million pieces and joined them together with hope… I loved, loved, loved the book… fabulous.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“I could not put this book down… a heart-wrenching story from the very beginning to the end.” NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Oh oh oh, my heart… Anabsolute tear-jerker from the very beginning… I was so locked into this love story.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“I absolutely fell in love… I just couldn’t put it down. I was in tears… One of my favourite books of the year… Fills you with hope… Powerful… Absolutely beautiful.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Dani Atkins is an award-winning novelist. Her 2013 debut FRACTURED (published as THEN AND ALWAYS in North America) has been translated into over twenty languages and has sold more than half a million copies since first publication in the UK.

Dani is the author of ten bestselling novels (FRACTURED; THE STORY OF US; OUR SONG; THIS LOVE; WHILE I WAS SLEEPING; A MILLION DREAMS; A SKY FULL OF STARS; THE WEDDING DRESS; SIX DAYS and THE MEMORY OF US) and two eBook novellas: PERFECT STRANGERS and WHEN I AWAKE. THIS LOVE, A SKY FULL OF STARS and SIX DAYS have all won Romantic Novelist Association awards.

Dani lives in a small village in Hertfordshire with her husband, a Siamese cat and a very soppy Border Collie.

Our Song

Written By Dani Atkins

Review By Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews

First, I want to thank Dani Atkins, Bookouture, and NetGalley for this book so I can bring you this review. 

Warning…you will NEED your box of tissues for Dani Atkin’s latest book Our Song!! The last few scenes were just waterfalls of tears for oh so many reasons why!! Our Song is such an emotional book and if you just lost a loved one and are navigating grief there are scenes that will hit you hard. Sorry, just have to give you a heads up…

Our Song you have two different families and two different tragedies and one night that brings them back together for a twist you won't see coming. Well many twists that I didn’t see coming that lead up to the beautiful speech at the end that I am still in awe over!!! WOW!! That was classy what he said and did!

Our Song is a creatively, brilliantly, and beautifully written story that will stay close to your heart way after you finish reading this story. I was totally addicted to this story and couldn’t put this book down. These characters I felt like I bonded with and felt all the feels and emotions. However, Jake omg that one scene with the book and then the stuffed animal. I just lost it couldnt stop crying!! The waterworks kept flowing!!! I wanted to jump into the story and give him a hug and tell him how sorry I was! I knew how he was feeling!! 

This is the book for you if you like emotional dramas that are situated in a medical setting. One of my favorite genres (even though I cry like a baby). Plus, Dani also educates and explains many medical diagnoses and procedures both patients in this story have. 

There is so much I want to say but I don't want to give too much away!! This is a must read book! Dani deserves more than 5 stars for this book!! This also would be great at a Hallmark Movie. 

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What is Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy about?

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER

Half His Age is a highly anticipated, funny, sad, thrilling novel about sex, class, desire, and power – and the (often misguided) lengths we’ll go to to get what we want, from Jennette McCurdy, the three-million copy bestselling author of I'm Glad My Mom Died.

'SHOCKING, HONEST AND UNSPARING' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE

'A HILARIOUS AND UNCOMFORTABLE TRIUMPH' GUARDIAN

'EERIE, UNSETTLING AND BELIEVABLE' GILLIAN FLYNN, AUTHOR OF GONE GIRL

'ABSOLUTE DYNAMITE' ELIZABETH DAY

Waldo is ravenous. Horny. Blunt. Naive. Wise. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Hurting. Endlessly wanting. And the thing she wants most of all? Mr. Korgy, her creative writing teacher.

Mr Korgy, with the wife and the kid and the mortgage and the bills, with the dead dreams and the atrophied looks and the growing paunch. She doesn’t know why she wants him. Is it his passion? His life experience? The fact that he knows books and films that she doesn’t? Or are they actually kindred spirits, sharing the same filter with which they each take in the world around them? Or, perhaps, it’s just enough that he sees her when no one else does.

Startlingly perceptive, mordantly funny, and keenly poignant, Half His Age is an incisive study of a yearning seventeen-year-old who disregards all obstacles in her effort to be seen, to be desired and to be loved.

'THOUGHT-PROVOKING, SHOCKING AND DARKLY COMIC' INDEPENDENT

Jennette McCurdy is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I’m Glad My Mom Died, winner of the 2023 American Library Association Alex Award. The book has been published in more than thirty countries and has sold more than three million copies. McCurdy is creating, writing, executive producing, and showrunning an Apple TV+ series loosely inspired by I’m Glad My Mom Died, starring Jennifer Aniston. Half His Age is her debut novel.

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Half His Age

Written By Jeannette McCurdy 

Review By Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews 

DANG!!!! Half His Age is sooo incredibly tabooish that Jenette McCurdy will have EVERYONE talking about this book!! Who would have thought sweet little Sam from ICarly had this naughty little bad girl writing side to her?! In my opinion she is gifted in this genre and hope she writes more within it!! I know I would read more books from her like this. 

Let’s talk about this incredible sexy and seductive cover that just screams read me!! Whomever thought of this graphic for the cover and the way they placed the title and author name was brilliant! It was perfect for this hook for this read. Not to mention that nail art is incredibly creative and the colors are perfect! 

Half His Age was so different from any other book that I have ever read in the past, so addicting, alluring, fast paced, very tabooish graphic scenes that had me hooked and finished it in two sittings. I would have been one but I needed a few hours of sleep in between. Seriously, I didn't want to put it down! I needed to know what was going to happen and how it was going to end. 

Half His Age for some females may be relatable if they had a crush on their teacher back in the day. I know I had a crush on my Biology Student Teacher but at 17 that behavior was not even on my radar!! 

Jennette could have taken Waldo’s character in so many directions and I often wonder why she didn't go the many routes that she did. Typing that I wonder if she is going to do a sequel as there is so many loose end questions. Now that I will definitely read. 

If you read between the lines she does have a few important life lessons that peak through the story! 

So, throughout the book I kept wondering why Jennette called the main character Waldo? I knew it was a female character but in my head I kept thinking it was Waldo from where’s Waldo. 

#BooksonTour #IWantYourFamily #DanielHurst #Bookouture #NetGalley

 

Her perfect family will be mine…

Every day I walk up the driveway to this gorgeous house and through the window I see the picture-perfect family: a husband and wife playing with their two adorable children. They think I’m just the delivery driver – a woman who is only here to drop the expensive packages that Sadie Huntorders. They have no idea who I really am…

Sadie pretends to be the perfect wife and mother, but the truth is that her life is spiralling out of control. I notice the cold stares she gives her husband and the way he always tries to make her smile. I know that Sadie doesn’t deserve this dream house or her little son and daughter. And she certainly doesn’t deserve smart, handsome Reid who provides everything for their family.

So when Reid opens the bright yellow door, I smile widely at him. Our exchanges are short, but I’m certain he must understand how I feel about him. And today I’m sure his gaze lingers on me a little longer than usual. I’m determined that it will only be a matter of time before I’m the new Mrs Hunt. 

Because Sadie must know she always had it coming. And I will do whatever it takes for this family to be mine…

From number 1 bestselling author and the master of twists, I Want Your Family is an absolutely gripping and addictive psychological thriller by Daniel Hurst that will make you gasp out loud and keep you guessing until the very last page!

What readers are saying about Daniel Hurst:

‘Wow!… I couldn’t get enough of this… Had me gasping… I was on the edge of my seat the entire time… I couldn’t stop reading… Easily deserves 5 stars for the amount of jaw drops!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘HOLY COW… AMAZING. MY GOODNESS… Gave me chills… What a crazy wild ride… WOW, what a BANGER… OUTSTANDING… Brilliant!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Addictive, gripping… A page-turner!… Holy Moly!… Left me with my mouth hanging open!… Had my head spinning. Whew!… Jaw-dropping… I was completely sucked in from the first page until the very last!’ Openbookposts.com, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Wowza!… An adrenaline-fueled pulse-pounder… I couldn’t read fast enough… Had my emotions running on high speed… My goodness… I loved every minute!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘An absolute rollercoaster… Gripping… Packed with jaw-dropping twists… Turning the pages long into the night… Utterly addictive… I was hooked… I actually gasped… An unforgettable, unputdownable read!’ Kelly Lacey, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Gave me heart palpitations in the best way!… Every chapter was a cliffhanger, I was reading on the edge of my seat!… Amazing!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Completely addictive. I devoured it easily in one day and was racing to the end… Jaw-dropping… Absolutely mind-blowing!’ rubie_reads, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

His most popular titles include The Doctor’s Wife, which reached number one in the UK Kindle store in February 2023, The Couple’s Revenge, The Couple in the Cabin and The Perfect Nurse. 

Daniel prides himself on writing fast-paced, twist-filled stories with jaw-dropping endings and he loves engaging with his readers.

I Want Your Family 

Written By Daniel Hurst 

Review By Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews 

First, I want to thank Daniel Hurst, Bookouture and NetGalley for providing me with this book so I can bring you this review. 

Many online have been raving about Daniel Hurst books yet I have not yet taken up on the opportunity to do so until now. I figured I would read I Stole Your Family as the cover captured my attention and so did the description of the book. What I did not realize is that it is part of The Hunt Family Series and this is the second book. Yes, It can be read as a standalone (which I did). However, I highly suggest reading I Want Your Family first as there were times I was a wee bit lost and wish I had read the first book. Now if you do decide to read this book and like it he does continue on to book three. 

Straight away I couldn’t agree with Luna more!!! Family is definitely everything!!! Without them where would we be?! Unlike Luna I don’t think I would be dead or in prison lol! However, her family dynamic was way different than any family I know personally!! 

Even though I did not read the first book (I was told that it could be read as a standalone) Daniel did a recap of the first book and did an update on where the characters were now. I was thankful that he did that.       

My favorite storyline I think had to be Darragh’s. First off that was a very unique name as I had never heard/read that one before. Luna was on a mission to get the job done but something always kept getting in the way-I found that to be comical. However, I felt her guilt when her plan actually worked. 

Needless to say there was a lot of family drama, secrets, jaw dropping revelations, twists and turns, etc.