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Take A Day to read this!

Advantages: Wonderfully written, engrossing, brilliant
Disadvantages: None for me

A child falls into the river. A stranger jumps in to rescue him. And four lives are changed for ever . . . On a perfect summer's day in Paris, tourists on the river watch in shock as a small boy falls into the Seine and disappears below the surface. As hi ...

mummy2harry 05.08.2012 · Read full review
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Review of The Day You Saved My Life - Louise Candlish

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Hell hath no fury like a woman (or two) scorned

Advantages: I was hooked and I wanted to know what would happen
Disadvantages: It's not 'literary' fiction and it's rather lightweight stuff.

...A Tale of Two Women After 28 years of happy marriage and three children, Selina’s life in her exquisite house can be considered perfect. That is right up to the moment the police turn up to tell her that her husband’s body has been found in a river. ...

koshkha 10.09.2012 · Read full review
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Review of The War of the Wives - Tamar Cohen

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It Won't be a war to read this!

Advantages: Gripping, exciting, just brilliant!
Disadvantages: None for me at all!

Imagine being happily married for 28 years. You have three children, a lovely house and a husband who travels a lot - but even after all this time, you still love each other. Or: imagine being happily married for 17 years. You have one daughter, a lovely ...

mummy2harry 08.09.2012 · Read full review
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Review of The War of the Wives - Tamar Cohen

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A Runaway Success!

Advantages: Well written, enjoyable, funny
Disadvantages: A few characters were a bit annoying

When the stresses of being an A-list actress get too much for her, Connie Gordon decides to escape to a tiny Scottish village. But little does she realise that whilst Lochnabrae might be quiet, it’s far from sleepy… Beautiful, rich, famous – and seriously ...

mummy2harry 30.04.2012 · Read full review
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Review of The Runaway Actress - Victoria Connelly

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Don't Miss This!

Advantages: Well written, enjoyable, different
Disadvantages: Narrative may not be to all tastes

...has been having an affair with Clive, a friend of the family for over 5 years now, and is well and truly in love with him. So when Clive suddenly decides that their affair has to end, and that he is now going to be the perfect husband to long- ...

mummy2harry 02.08.2011 · Read full review
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Review of The Mistresses Revenge - Tamar Cohen

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