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A Fresh Start for the Country Nurse by Kate Eastham #Review

  I am delighted to introduce a new series by Kate Eastham. A Fresh Start for the Country Nurse was published by Boldwood Books on 7th March. Call the Midwife meets All Creatures Great and Small in this first of a heart-warming series about a country nurse and midwife. July, 1936 After an unexpected heartbreak and a nasty accident on a busy Liverpool street, Lara Flynn is desperate to start afresh and leave painful memories behind her. She takes on a new job as a district nurse and midwife at a country practice, in the remote Lancashire village of Ingleside. But instead of the friendly rural idyll she pictures, Lara finds she must cycle vast distances to visit locals who harbour an innate suspicion of a newcomer from the city – as well as dealing with unpredictable livestock, an erratic senior doctor and often challenging medical cases. She also rubs up against handsome local vet, Leo, when she helps to deliver a calf! With time, Lara learns that healing is a two-way s...

A Mother's Sacrifice by Gemma Metcalfe ** Blog Tour Extract & Giveaway**

It is lovely to be part of the first day of the blog tour to celebrate the publication of A Mother's Sacrifice by Gemma Mitchell. I have a brilliant extract today to tempt you with and there is also a Giveaway to win  (UK only) Details on how to enter are at the foot of the post.


God ensured she crossed my path. And that is why I chose her.



The day Louisa and James bring their newborn son home from the hospital marks a new beginning for all of them. To hold their child in their arms, makes all the stress and trauma of fertility treatment worth it. Little Cory is theirs and theirs alone. Or so they think…



After her mother’s suicide when she was a child, Louisa’s life took an even darker turn. But meeting James changed everything. She can trust him to protect her, and to never leave her. Even if deep down, she worries that she has never told him the full truth about her past, or the truth about their baby.



But someone knows all her secrets – and that person is watching and waiting, with a twisted game that will try to take everything Louisa holds dear.

If you enjoy a psychological thriller, this may be the book for you. Here's a short extract, to whet your appetite...
 
Extract


Climbing over the railings was somewhat fiddly, especially while trying to keep hold of the baby. He squirmed beneath her, his podgy fist grasping hold of her soaked auburn hair, yanking it down and almost pulling it from its roots. She held tightly hold of the railing as she leaned over the river, her arm twisted behind her at an uncomfortable angle. Her free hand rested itself on the baby´s back, his warm body heating her palm.


The voices inside her head began to intensify, a choir of heckles rising and falling in response to the conductor’s orders.

´Death! Where is your sting?´ Lifting her head up to the night sky, she loosened her grip on the railing.

In a matter of seconds, it would all be over…


                                                                             About the Author

 Gemma Metcalfe is a Manchester born author who now lives in sunny Tenerife with her husband Danny and two crazy rescue dogs Dora and Diego. By day, Gemma can be found working as a Primary school teacher, but as the sun sets, she ditches the glitter and glue and becomes a writer of psychological thrillers. An established drama queen, she admits to having a rather warped imagination, and loves writing original plots with shocking twists. The plot for her debut novel ´Trust Me,´ is loosely based on her experiences as a call centre operative, where she was never quite sure who would answer the phone...

You can follow Gemma here:  Twitter

Book links: Goodreads  |  Amazon UK

Thanks to Gemma Metcalfe and Jenny of  Neverland Blog Tours  for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.

                                                   Don't forget the rest of the tour!




                                                                        Giveaway (UK only)



 For a chance to win A Mother’s Sacrifice choccies & a lipgloss set, just follow the link below.









 
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