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Release Date: May 16, 2017 Publisher: MIRA Format: Kindle Pages: 368 Pages Genre: Fiction Buy: Kindle  | Hardcover | Synopsis: Moonstone for empathy. Azurite for memories. Lapis lazuli for truth…  In the quiet village of Noon Sun, Benedict Stone has settled into a complacent and predictable routine. Business at his jewelry shop has dried up; his marriage is on the rocks. His life is in desperate need of a jump start… And then a surprise arrives at his door. Gemma is Benedict's audacious teenage niece—the daughter of his estranged brother, Charlie. The two Stone brothers had a falling out and haven't spoken in almost two decades, since Charlie left for America. Reckless and stubborn, Gemma invites herself into Benedict's world and turns his orderly life upside down. But she might just be exactly what he needs to get his life back on track… Review:   This was a really sweet story about what it means to be a family, secrets and living in the moment. W...

Release Date:   May 3, 2016 Publisher:   Berkley Format:   ebook Pages:   352 pages Genre:   Mystery, thriller Buy:   Kindle  |  Hardcover  |  Paperback Synopsis:  On a rainy afternoon, a mother's life is shattered as her son slips from her grip and runs into the street . . .   I Let You Go  follows Jenna Gray as she moves to a ramshackle cottage on the remote Welsh coast, trying to escape the memory of the car accident that plays again and again in her mind and desperate to heal from the loss of her child and the rest of her painful past. At the same time, the novel tracks the pair of Bristol police investigators trying to get to the bottom of this hit-and-run. As they chase down one hopeless lead after another, they find themselves as drawn to each other as they are to the frustrating, twist-filled case before them. Review:  Clare Mackintosh has written one hell of a book.  Vivid descriptions o...