Rachel Foster

This was a cute story. It was predictable but I still enjoyed it!

This book starts in Berlin in 1939 during the war.

Clara is married to a German officer, Friedrich, and they have been together for a few years. As the war worsens pregnant Jews are turned away from the German hospitals and told they are not welcome and to find somewhere else to go. Clara finds this action by the hospital hard to understand as she works there as a midwife. Next thing she knows just because she is English suddenly her services are no longer at the local hospital.

Thankfully Friedrich finds her a job at another hospital who don't mind that she is English and she settles in.

Clara finds that she can't turn a blind eye to the Jewish families in need of a midwife and finds herself working for the resistance helping these women in their hour of need. Slowly word spreads about "The Angel of Light" what the Jews have come to call her and the Germans want to find her and put a stop to it.

This book draws you in from the first page and you really feel connected to the characters.

I am looking forward to reading more books by this author!

Thank you to Embla Books, NetGalley and Suzanne Fortin for the eARC of this book which I received for free in exchange for my review.

This book has a dual timeline where we read about Maggie in current times and the times of her grandmother and her friends in the past timeline.

Maggie wants to learn why her grandmother just up and left her grandfather all those years earlier never to be heard from again.

When Maggie's parents decide to sell Hellebore House after her grandfather passed away, Maggie decides it's time to unlock the secrets of the past. She is encouraged to go to Norway by her ex-boyfriend who is also curious to know what happened all those years ago.

Once Maggie arrives in Norway she slowly begins to unravel bits and pieces of the past. While she is in Norway we read quite a bit of the story of the past so we are learning what happened as Maggie is.

There are twists and turns along the way and I had to keep reading to find out how it was going to end. This story has mystery, romance, humour and grief.

Thank you to Headline, NetGalley and Amanda Geard for the eARC of this book which I received for free in exchange for my review.

It took me a little while to get into this book but I persevered and ended up enjoying it.

I didn't realise that this was actually the third book in the Cat Cafe series as I was drawn to the book by the picture on the cover being a cat fan! Even though I haven't read the other two books, I don't feel like I've missed anything.

Grace who works at the Cat Cafe wants to start a pet lovers matchmaking service much to the dismay of her parents. Her boss who knows this sends her along to the biggest matchmaking event so she can try and get some pointers from the matchmaking guru running the event. She also signs up to meet someone.

Nathan goes along to the matchmaking event as a performer so that he can get his music out there and also signs up to potentially meet someone - although he has been through a nasty breakup - is he ready to move on? Only time will tell.

This a cute story that keeps you reading to find out if there is a happy ever after for any of the participants at the matchmaking event.

Thank you to Hodder & Stoughton, NetGalley and Rachel Rowland for the eARC of this book which I received for free in exchange for my review.