** COVER REVEAL **

 Estella's Fury

by

Barbara Havelock

I’m SO excited to be taking part in the cover reveal for Estella’s Fury, the new dark, gothic historical thriller by Barbara Havelocke, @BarbaraCopperthwaite It’s the sequel to Estella’s Revenge, a twisted tale of dark deeds, which I loved when I reviewed it last year - and this sounds even better!

Daughter. Murderer. Saviour.

London, 1835.

To high society, Estella is the perfect lady. But her fair face hides dark secrets – what has she done with her husband? And will her past crimes come back to haunt her?

Desperate to escape her troubled life, she visits her friend, Lady Taykall. But when a servant girl disappears, Estella stumbles on a horrifying web of crimes and feels the old fire for vengeance burning inside her.

To mete out her own brand of dark justice she must risk everything.

Even if it means she cannot survive.

 Kitty's War

by

Eimear Lawlor

BLOG TOUR

Kilkenny, 1939. Ireland might be neutral, but Kitty Flynn is caught in her own war. Forced to give up her child at seventeen, she escaped to London in search of a fresh start.

However, in 1941, upon hearing that her brother, Anthony, who had been injured during the Spanish Civil War, is now gravely ill, Kitty must return home to care for him. In a time where food and medicine are scarce, Kitty is relieved to secure a nursing job - that is, until G2, the Irish Intelligence notices her proficiency in German.

G2 are determined to use Kitty's translation skills to extract information from the German internees at The Curragh Military Camp, even using Anthony as leverage.

Before she knows it, Kitty finds herself in the treacherous world of espionage. And soon Kitty must decide: will she sacrifice herself to save her brother?

REVIEW

Kitty (Kathleen) is on her way back to Ireland from London where she now lives to visit her brother who she has been told is very unwell. Her mother has recently died, but she is not grieving for her. Kitty is hoping her brother Anthony will be ok because she wants to get back to London as soon as she can to continue her new life, bombs or no bombs. 

When she gets home she realises nothing much has changed. Ireland is still full of dark secrets and family disputes. Kitty tiptoes around the people of her village, especially the Nun's who treated her so badly when she became pregnant and had to give up her baby. 

This is a story of love, loss, secrets and a few twists and turns along the way. A great read.

 Poor Girls

by

Clare Whitfield

We were never destined to have anything – so you know what we did?
We took it anyway.

1922. Twenty-year-old Eleanor Mackridge is horrified by the future mapped out for her – to serve the upper classes or find a man to marry (preferably kind). She ‘proved useful’ working in a munitions factory during the war – handling explosives – but now, society is returning to normal and women are being put back in their place.

But Eleanor has never paid attention to what society expects of her. When she crosses paths with a member of the notorious female-led gang the Forty Elephants, she is in awe of these bold women who wear diamonds and fur, drink champagne and gin, who take what they want without asking. Now, she sees a new future for herself: she can serve, marry – or steal.

After all, men will only let you down. Diamonds are forever.

REVIEW

I love reading about Alice Diamond and the Forty Thieves as I come from South East London, so I had to read this one. 

This story is about Eleanor Mackridge who is from Brighton and is smitten with a man from London and when she finds herself handling stolen jewels from him and has to transport them to London, she is drawn into the world of stealing from department stores as part of a girl gang and trying to make her fortune. 

Eleanor changes her name to Nell and when she meets the leader of the Forty Elephants, Alice Diamond, she is in awe of her and decides that she wants to be a part of that world.

Nell is put into a small gang (cell) and soon makes friends with the others and once she has been "trained" up there is no stopping her! but will her eagerness to make a fortune be her downfall?...

I really enjoyed this book, it was easy to read and liked the mix of characters.