Book cover for 'The Chambermaid's Key' by Genevieve Graham with ornate gold vines, teal background, and a silhouette woman at a keyhole.

Summer Reads: The Chambermaid’s Key

This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. This week’s Summer Reads pick is from Canadian author, Genevieve Graham, an author I discovered a few years ago and whose books On Isabella Street and  The Secret Keeper made the 2025 and 2024 … Read more

One of the Family by Mark Edwards.

Summer Reads: One of the Family

This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. This week’s Summer Reads pick is from Mark Edwards, an author I discovered in the past year after I read (and loved) his book The Wasp Trap. I’m always a fan of a good … Read more

Amanda Eyre Ward Arrivals and Departures book in front of an airline departures board

Summer Reads: Arrivals and Departures

This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. This summer, I’m excited to join Book Sparks Summer Reading Challenge – “The Book Odyssey” and over the course of the summer I will be receiving and reviewing a few books selected by Book … Read more

Book cover for 'It Could Have Been Her' by Lisa Jewell, bold white title on a magenta background framed by green ivy vines.

Summer Reads: It Could Have Been Her

This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. This week’s Summer Reads pick is from UK author Lisa Jewell, and Andrea Mara, author of All Her Fault calls it “so devilishly clever […] A true masterpiece.” High praise indeed (if you love … Read more

Front cover of a thriller titled 'Every Lie I Told' by Hilary Davidson, with bold white lettering set against a pink/purple background.

Summer Reads: Every Lie I Told

This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. This summer, I’m excited to join Book Sparks Summer Reading Challenge – “The Book Odyssey” and over the course of the summer I will be receiving and reviewing a few books selected by Book … Read more

Cover of Heather Marshall's Liberty Street

Summer Reads: Liberty Street

This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations –  a series of “not just cookbooks”. For today’s #summerreads pick, I’ve got a recent release from a favourite local author – Heather Marshall, whose books Looking for Jane and The Secret History of Audrey James have been up in my … Read more