On Bee's Bookshelf

  Cat Lady - Dawn O'Porter  ⭐⭐⭐ Genre: Fiction | Released: 27/10/2022 The Witches of Moonshyne Manor - Bianca Marais ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre: Fantasy | Released: 23/08/2022 Red as Blood -  Lilja Sigurdardóttir ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre: Crime | Released: 13/10/2022 Hester - Laurie Lico Albanese  ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐ Genre: Historical Fiction | Released: 04/10/2022 Girl Friends - Holly Bourne  ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐ Genre: Contemporary Fiction | Released: 08/09/2022 The Moose Paradox - Antti Tuomainen  ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐ Genre: Fiction | Released: 17/10/2022 The Kiss Curse - Erin Sterling  ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐ Genre: Fantasy | Released: 20/09/2022 Total: 7 Total 2022 reads:166

Genre: Contemporary Fiction | Womens Fiction | Adult Fiction Release Date: 8th September 2022 Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (also published as When We Were Friends ) Meet Fern: Mental health editor for Gah, suicide survivor, fierce advocate, feminist, fan of swearing and a walking ball of anxiety. Meet Jessica: Ferns best friend from their youth, who has just appeared at the talk show she's hosting after years apart. And despite the decade between them, it's like no time has passed. Jessica has just moved back to the country with her daughter after a chaotic divorce, but she's still as magnetic and beautiful as ever. But between all the smiles and love, the real reasons for their estrangement still hangs in the air around them. So as their lives start to entwine once again, Fern can't help but wonder if the past is coming back to haunt her all over again. "Staying alive came first, friendships second. I was yet to discover how much the two were entwined." ...

  Moonshyne Manor has long been the home to a powerful coven of witches, practicing their craft, running  a popular distillery and living in relative peace and quiet. But now, their home is being threatened not by magic but by missed mortgage payments and a mob bent on tearing down their home. The witches look to Queenie, their fearless leader for an answer - and think their prayers might be answered when she reminds them that their sister Ruby will return home after being gone for decades in just a few days. But instead of answers, her return only brings more trials for the witches to navigate.  As they try to unravel the Gordion Knot of problems, they realise this is all one simple thing - a witch hunt. Queenie knows they are outmatched, and makes a deal with something much more powerful, and much more evil than they are to try and get a little more time. They are desperate to save their home, to save their coven from fracturing, and to save their lives but they will ne...

Genre: Crime | Mystery | Domestic Drama Release Date: Expected 29th September 2022 Publisher: Orenda Books  The women of the Skelf family know grief. They live with ghosts, their own and the ghosts of others. Between running a funeral directors and private investigators together, they've all been to the ends of life and returned home again. But now, death might be circling too close. What what seemed like a normal funeral, matriarch Dorothy finds herself witnessing a graveside brawl and taking on a new case to find someone presumed dead. Her daughter Jenny is trying to stay safe from the ghosts of the past that have resurfaced while the family take on a mysterious case of man being abused by his own ghosts. Hannah is the new obsession for a dangerous young woman who might just kill her relationship with her wife … or just kill her.  But with everything going on, there's one thing the family can agree on - darkness is closing in, and it feels a lot like death. And they'll ne...

Genre: Romance | Romantic Comedy | Contemporary Fiction Release Date: Expected 29th September 2022 Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Audrey is getting married to the perfect man. Josh is trustworthy, dependable, stable. They live together peacefully, share everything, and he's a complete gentleman. But at their rehearsal dinner, her future sister-in-law turns up with a man who leaves Audrey floored.  Fred was the guy. The big question mark, the one that might have been, the one that got away. She met him years ago, spent one amazing day with, felt fireworks and sparks like nothing else, but then never saw him again. But those sparks start to fly again and she can't help but wonder why she doesn't feel like this with her future husband. She tries to shake it off, but when the wedding itself starts to hit chaos and roadbumps, Audrey can't help but wonder if this is a sign that before she says I Do, she needs to really think about what or who she wants.  Now, I love a good...