On Bee's Bookshelf

  Genre: Romance / YA  Release Date: Expected 20th April 2021 Kate and Anderson share the stage, and their lives with each other. They're the best friends you could ask for; even if some people might think they're a little co-dependant. They're even crushing on the same guy from afar, because a crush is much less crushing  when you've got someone to share it with.  But now, the object of their affections isn't so far away when he transfers to their school. Matt is perfect, and compared to the amount of fuckboys populating their classes he's looking even better. Gorgeous, kind, talented - Kate adores him. But so does Anderson. But now it isn't just some hypothetical crush, Kate and Anderson need to face the music or this could be curtains for their relationship.  From the first scene, I could feel the love Kate and Andy had for each other and I was dying to be their friend. They were sweet, charming and so beautifully real. They were also naive, impulsive an...

  Genre: Contemporary | Romance Release Date: 28th October 2020 Matt, or Soohyuk moves from Korea to the US as part of a medical exchange programme, a skilled paediatric specialist - he's in search of his roots, finally ready to try to find his birth parents. He's grouchy, doesn't trust anything someone else has cooked, and only lives for work.  Yuna is a chef who doesn't speak to men. Ever. They terrify her to the point of collapse. Until now, when an awkward Doctor who can't seem to eat anything walks past her restaurant and seems entraced by the food. He needs someone to help him be able to eat, and Yuna seems to be the only person he'll trust.  This was a sweet, slow-burning story about self-discovery, friendship and romance. This was fun and light, but I felt it took a long time for me to find depth to the characters and found them mildly flat through parts. That being said, that's a personal taste and I think maybe the nuance of this story may have bee...

Genre: Young Adult | Romance | Contemporary Fiction Release Date: Expected 3rd June 2021 (Walker Books UK)  (Previously published under Candlelight Press October 2020)  Heart problems are for other people.  For Old people.  Unhealthy People.  Not for seventeen year old vegetarians who run five miles a day. But Chloe has been silently and unknowingly getting worse since the day she was born and now her time is running out. She needs a new heart now and she's in the very awkward position of waiting for somebody else to die so she can live. And by a miracle, or a tragedy, it happens just in time. Now it's all different - Chloe doesn't run anymore, she eats meat and she loves to surf; especially with her new surfing teacher Kai. A boy who has no idea what she's been through, who she was before, and isn't constantly asking her if she's feeling alright in that certain tone of voice. Unfortunately being a great surfer isn't the only change in her life. The nightmar...

  Release Date: Expected 1st June 2021 Genre: Mystery | Thriller | Domestic Horror Wendy always loved the Ashes. The big, old house at the end of the street had fallen into disrepair but she always thought it was beautiful. She had dreamed of living there since she first saw it - and fate has intervened. She's getting a large inheritance from her aunt, the other potential buyers dropped out - and it looks like she can finally get the home of her dreams and create a wonderful life for her family. Her first night in her new home was marked with blood - just a small stain on the floor, an accident with a glass. But nothing compared to what could happen next - as Wendy delves into the history of the house, she finds that death and despair has followed the former residents and she could be next. As Wendy slowly discovers the history of the house it becomes her obsession, much to the distain of her second husband and children. This obsession strips apart the shiny surface of her life bit...

Series: The Frost Files #3  Genre: Fiction | Science Fiction Release Date: 27th April 2021 Teagan has got a lot of  sh*t going on right now. Her life is a hot mess, her love life is a wreck and her job is complicated at best. As a telekinetic government agent, she finds herself in escalating danger and drama wherever she goes - and it's getting worse. A mysterious supernatural with complete control over electricity is rising up from the underbelly of LA and if Teagan doesn't do something now - they're all done for.  Jackson is the King of absurdity in the absolute best way - every single page is full-throttle, explosive energy from start to finish and packs a punch from the very first page. A sharp, fresh take on a classic detective story in it's own totally unique world. Full of hilarious twists that admittedly I almost saw coming; and with the occasional feel-good moment hiding in the sh*tstorm. If you haven't read the other Frost Files, I'd definitely reccomm...

  Genre: Womens Fiction / Romance  Release Date: 8th July 2021 Trigger Warnings: Racism, Alcohol, Sexual Assault, References to suicide and self-injury.  Faiza has it all - her life is something pulled straight from the pages of a glossy magazine.  She has Tom, her handsome banker husband, three loving children, a busy social life among the elite mums of London and the envy-inducing home. She has curated the perfect life, the one she so desperately desired before.  But it's not all that it seems on the surface. Somewhere behind her perfectly polished exterior, she is struggling to keep her life together, draining her families emergency savings to maintain the life she wants to live until they dried up completely. And she was going to put it back one day ... but when Tom loses his job it's only a matter of time before before the little money they have left runs out and her secret comes out. She could lose everything and everyone she loves unless she can figure ou...

  Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Romantic Comedy Release Date: Expected 4th May 2021 Sophie is the bridesmaid. Always. In fact, it's her job to be the best bridesmaid you could ask her. Offering her services to expectant brides, she dons her new identity as a childhood friend or distant cousin to make sure the wedding goes off perfectly and then dissapears into the background, leaving nobody knowing the secret. So when she gets a referral to work on the wedding of the Lady Cordelia, daughter of the Marchioness - it's set to be her biggest challenge to date. This could put her business on the map (secretly, of course) and give Sophie the chance to experience how the other half live.  But Cordelia isn't too happy about this arrangement - she doesn't need or want friends whether they're fake or not. The living embodiment of every Bridezilla story you've ever heard, who is dead set to get Sophie out of her life for good. And as she gets to know the Swann family, incl...

  Genre: Romance / Contemporary  Release Date: Expected 6th April 2021 If you've read The Roommate and screamed that you needed to know more about Naomi, you wish has come true!  Naomi Grant is a superhero. At least, she's got the alter ego part worked out really well. A sucessful Porn Star (and yes, she means star) and now the CEO of an inclusive sex education start up, she isn't one to shy  away from a challenge. She's on a mission to educate the masses on real, healthy and satisfying intimacy - emotionally and definitely physically. And Naomi is a damn good teacher.  Ethan was a great teacher, and now he's an even greater Rabbi. Following Reform Judaism, Ethan loves to teach people to embrace modernity alongside tradition - so having a speaker to entice people into his Synagogue as well as teaching valuable lessons sounds perfect. Naomi would be perfect. So here begins the experiment - they've got seven weeks worth of lectures to make this project work and ge...

Genre: Fiction Release Date: 3rd  March 2020 " The Gods created the first Temporary so they could take a break." She is one of the Temporary. Who she is today depends entirely on her assignment. She could be anybody - a pirate, a barnacle, a mother, a murderer, you or even me. The entire world is her workplace and she could be filling in for anyone. According to the Temporaries, the most personal thing you can do is your job.  Along with her ever changing identity, the Temp agency and a cast of temporary boyfriends each with their own practical designations - from the handy one to the real estate one, she happily agrees to every assisgment, longing for the identity it brings.  But she dares to dream of permanance, of stability, of family instead of transience.  If you're looking for a book that makes perfect sense and doesn't hurt your brain - this isn't the book for you. Completely absurd and wonderfully unique, this was a delightfully playful quick read that was...

  Genre: Fiction / Romance Release Date: Expected March 16th 2021 Trigger Warnings: Hospitals, Death, Illness, Sexual Imagery, Drugs, Alchohol, Injury. "Zoe" isn't really having the best day. As if waking up in a frighteningly broken elevator isn't bad enough, she's waking up with her mind empty. Her memories are gone; all the important ones anyone. Her name, her job, her family, her hopes and dreams have vanished and left a blank slate behind. But somehow, she can still remember the most random facts about obscure foliage, not as though that helps.  By a strange twist of fate, she reconnects with Noah, the empathetic and very handsome paramedic that found her on her worst day and he offers to care for her - she can't even remember where she lives, after all. Together, they try and piece together "Zoes" new life and fill in with colour, with new hobbies and excitement. But as the final peices fall into place she finds the life she left behind wasn...

Genre: Psychological Thriller Release Date: 1st April 2021 Joe Goldberg is back and he's done with Love. It's time for a fresh start away from the noise of the city and the ghosts of the past and get back to basics. Getting in touch with nature, working a simple job at the library - and then there's Mary Kaye, the librarian.  Beautiful, smart - and far too busy for him. She's created an entire life in this sleepy little town, as a mother, a friend, a woman. Sure, Joe could find a way to make her find the room for him, like she should, but he's not like that anymore. He's going to do things properly now, and when Mary Kaye realise they're soulmates, it's going to be the real thing.  In that classic You style, the third installment of Joe Goldbergs life is just as deeply, uncomfortably disturbing as you'd hope - fully of the spine-chilling, devilishly dark twists that make you check the door twice. Being inside the mind of a psychotic killer as he view...

Genre: Romance | Womens Fiction | Contemporary  Release Date: 6th May 2021 Here comes the bride ... and there she goes again.  Kitty Clayton got married today. Three hours ago actually, and it's already over. Her new husband is a lying, manipulative cheat and Kitty is running - still in her dress. She has no phone, no purse, no husband and probably no job now - nothing to drag her back. Desperate to get away, she's heading for her aunts house and luckily gets picked up by strange orange campervan owned by a peculiar Irishman and his pregnant singing dog. Jack Duffy knows about losing love. The recently widowed childrens author still feels the guilt and the loss everyday. But when he finds a heartbroken young women hitchiking in the rain after seemingly fleeing her own wedding he can't just leave her there. Promising to look after her until she's back on her feet, Jack loves having someone to care for again. But of course, was this chance meeting meant to be the answer t...

  Genre: Non-Fiction Release Date: 9th March 2021 Publisher: Repeater Books You're History is not a biography of sensational female stars - it's a full on exploration into some of pops greatest icons from Janet Jackson to Kate Bush to Nicki Minaj.  Women who don't stick to the ideas of following the tide, of being strange and loud and vulgar and proud - this book analyses just who they are and what makes them truly unique whether you like them or not and makes us face the fact that their uniqueness is so feared or unaccepted simply because they're women.  Opening up with the legend that is  Neneh Cherry, Chow not only comments on the social issues and views that female artists face, but deeply analyses and critiques their songs identifying the most amazing work  and trying to find out just what makes them all so unique. If you're looking for life stories you're in the wrong place - this is a love letter to the music that shaped the careers of these amazing women...

Genre: Psychological Thriller  Release Date: 9th March 2021  Ten years ago, Ambrosia arrived at Wesleyan University for the first time. She was desperate to fit in to her strange new world of the elite, rich and beautiful. And when she meets Sully, she might finally have a new friend to lean on and bring her into the spotlight. She's intoxicating, stunning, and very dangerous.  Now, having grown so much in the last decade, it's time for a class reunion - but can Amb face the old life she's left behind without being drawn back in? Her life now is unrecognisable from the one she once had and she's desperate for them not to collide because if they do ... something will explode. This was a deliciously dark, twisted tale about betrayal, obsession and jealousy that kept me under a constant dark cloud, drawing me in. Delving into the dangers of possessive and obsessive relationships, and just how easy it can be to fall for someones fatal charms. Jumping between Ambrosias' ...