Creating Sparks and Sentences - and Happily Ever Afters

Five Star Review Please join me in congratulating powerhouse author, Helen Aitchison, on her latest release, and five star read, Finding Arthur Whittle . Release date: 31 July 2026 Blurb: He thought he knew who he was. Then he read his mother's letter. For fifty-two years, Harry has known exactly who he is and where he belongs. Then his mam dies, and the letter she leaves behind takes it all away. The man who raised him, the dad he has loved his whole life, is not his biological father. Grieving the mother he has lost and reeling from a secret she kept his entire life, Harry sets out to find the stranger whose blood he shares. He has a name. He has a city. He has no idea what he's walking into. But the search gives him more than answers. Along the way Harry finds unexpected friendships, a little grace, and the beginnings of a question he never thought to ask: what really makes a family? A warm, funny and deeply moving novel about grief, forgiveness, and discovering that fa...

A Rare Find It's not often, these days, that I drop everything to dedicate an entire blog post to a book review, but today is that day.  As I sit at my desk, I'm still sipping my morning coffee, hair not yet brushed, still shaken as I contemplate the story I've just read. Not shaken from fear; shaken from being deeply affected. The book in question? Twice in a Lifetime by Breyanna I.L. Evans On the surface, its a book about falling in love and second chances. But as the story unfolds, a broader view of the complexities of relationships in all their splendor, unravels. Kalli Morgan, the main female character, carries us along on her heartbreaking journey of love, loss and self-discovery. Along the way, Kalli envelops us in her friendships, sibling relationships, family, extended family, in-laws and, of course, romance. But this is not some frivolous, straightforward falling in love romance, this is one that dives into the depths of feeling. Feeling deeply. The author, Breyan...