Searching for that rush...

Hey guys, this is an interesting one. As a writer myself and aspiring novelist, (one day, its the dream) this novel hits close to home with me. Ruby Miller the story's protagonist is basically the story version of myself except I don't have an heartbreaking, ex fiancé (far to young for that malarkey thank you very much). Anyway, Ruby is a romance novelist who had her heart broken by her cheating ex fiancé and has lost her belief in love. For a romance novelist, this is rather bad news. So with the advice of her beloved agent, Ruby gets on a plane to Goa, India to meet her younger sister Amy. With disastrous yoga classes, drugged chocolate, stolen bags, a handsome American stranger and a fortune telling, love doctor type character. This novel basically has it all. Follow Ruby on her journey across India on her quest to find her sister and make her understand that marrying a yoga instructor is a bad idea, all men are lying cheats, righ...

Hey guys,  As one of the world's biggest Jane Austen fans and an even bigger fan of Pride and Prejudice, there was no question of me not buying this book (of course the offer of 2 for £7 did have some influence).  It's like Downton Abbey has come to Longbourn and I love it! The servants perspective is so interesting as they are from different social backgrounds and give us the insight that Austen tries to hide. Especially when Lydia Bennet runs away, Austen skirts over the details of Lydia's time with Wickham in London, yet Baker gives us the bare-faced facts. We see a different side to many of the family members including Mr Bennet, Mrs Bennet and Elizabeth. Mr Bennet has an illegitimate son with one of the servants which is the fore-running theme throughout the novel and also stems our pity of Mrs Bennet. We have an insight into her still-born son and it's aftermath. Basically Mr Bennet is a bit of a player and it's Mrs Bennet who suffers through a lack ...

Hey guys, this novel discusses themes that I find very, very interesting. Based in 1833 when the British Navy is surveying the coastline of the Arabian Peninsula, mapping and writing about their experiences and discoveries. The story follows Lieutenant James Wellsted who's ambition and determination to further his navy career into glory goes awry when two fellow shipmates vanish. Wellsted mounts a daring rescue plan and must involve himself with the very men who go against everything he believes. Slavery is still an epidemic throughout Arabia and the story follows a young, Abyssinian beauty, Zena, ripped from her village is followed very carefully until her path crosses that of Wellsteds. Now his property Zena must accompany him on his mission, unknown to either of them what lies ahead. Zena finds herself back among the very men who ripped her life apart, struggling to keep her headstrong nature as well as her developing feelings under check. Wellsted's very heart is on the l...