Wednesday, 10 February 2021

Publication Day Push: Preserved by Fiona Sherlock


Preserved by Fiona Sherlock

She's stuck in the past, the killer wants to immortalise his future. When a local farmer announces on social media that he has discovered a bog body in Ardee, the world’s historians are keen to explore the secrets of the life and grisly death of the victim. Antique journalist January Quail is fighting to keep her newspaper job and uncovers far more than she bargained for.

The victim is actually a recent murder, and January uses her nose for the truth to investigate the County Louth town. From shopkeeper to the publican, everyone is a suspect, but when the Gardai can’t find the killer, can January?

Once she sets down the liqueur glass, January gains the confidence of the lead garda investigator. Within days, the case unravels into a much more dangerous situation with a killer on the loose.

Despite the risk, January is electrified that this newest discovery has come at the perfect time to inject some colour into her flailing career. January relinquishes her old ways to fight for survival, abandoning her antiques column and vintage corsets to solve a cryptic crime that has the experts puzzled. This woman who longs to lives in the past must now fight for her life in the present.

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Fiona Sherlock is a crime writer from Bective, in Ireland. Her murder mystery games are played across the world.  She also writes poetry and prose but cannot stay away from a good murder
After spending a decade in Dublin working in public relations and journalism, she moved to the country for mid-day fires and elderflower champagne.

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Tuesday, 9 February 2021

Publication Day Review: Hit Me With Your Best Scot by Suzanne Enoch



The third and final book in the wickedly seductive Scottish historical romance series from New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Enoch, HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SCOT (St. Martin’s Paperbacks, February 9, 2021, $7.99).

The MacTaggert brothers have one task:
Find English brides or lose their land!

Coll MacTaggert, Viscount Glendarril, is a big, brawny Highlander who doesn’t like being told what to do—not even by his exasperated English mother who is determined to see her eldest son wedded and bedded. However, when he comes to the rescue of an irresistibly beautiful woman, Coll discovers that he may have found his perfect match…

The challenge isn’t that Persephone Jones is famous, wealthy, independent, and smarter than anyone he knows. The problem is that she isn't interested in marrying any man---especially not a hot-headed Scot—even if he is the only man who seems to understand who she really is even when she’s not sure herself. When Coll learns that Persephone is actually a lady-in-hiding and someone is willing to kill her for what she stands to inherit…Well, Coll has never been one to turn down a fight. When hearts are involved, nothing comes between a Highlander and his lady.

What fun!

The clock is ticking as Eloise's wedding date closes in as Coll MacTaggert, Viscount Glendarril still needs to find and marry an English bride to fulfil his mother's request. At stake, is the loss of funding to keep Aldriss Park, the family home in the highlands afloat. Now, it is time for the eldest son to follow his younger brothers' and find a woman to marry!

Determined not to marry one of the “hothouse flowers” his mother, Lady Aldriss recommends Coll MacTaggert is both strong-willed, pragmatic and motivated to accomplish the task before the looming deadline. In record speed, he finds an English woman. Only, she's not a lady, she's an actress and a widow.

Persephone Jones is an actress and widow. A resourceful woman, she's hiding a secret and not your average historical heroine.

...when two strong people met, one of them had to bend. And bending didn't mean losing. It only meant finding a different path”.

Ms Enoch has written a captivating historical romp with lashings of humour! The blend between London society and the wild men of the highlands is addictive. Kilt wearing Coll MacTaggert, a giant of a man finds what he wants while navigating theatre-land. The result is an unlikely match, but not everything in the world is as it seems.

The tale of the three brothers' comes full circle and although the plot continues from book to book, each brother's story can be enjoyed as standalone. Therefore, while I heartily recommend reading the whole series, Coll's journey to a happy ending is as good a place to start.

Overall, a fabulous finale to a series leaving me wondering which one of the Wild Wicked Highlanders I would choose myself?

***arc generously received courtesy of St Martin's Paperbacks via NetGalley***



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A native and current resident of Southern California, Suzanne Enoch loves movies almost as much as she loves books, with a special place in her heart for anything Star Wars. She has written more than forty Regency novels and historical romances, which are regularly found on the New York Times bestseller list. When she is not busily working on her next book, Suzanne likes to contemplate interesting phenomena, like how the three guppies in her aquarium became 161 guppies in five months.


Some of Suzanne's books include Barefoot In The Dark, I'ts Getting Scot in Here, Lady Whistledown Stirkes Back and The Legend of Nimway Hall.