NetGalley Reviewer nix21230

James Swallow has done it again! Anti hero Kevin has a REALLY BAD day and it's about to get even worse. His relationship with his daughter is at rock bottom, he's just lost a big deal and his business partner has cleared out the company leaving Kevin with nothing, stranded in a foreign country. To make it even worse, he stumbles on some cash and makes a bad decision, messing with the bad guys.  The fast paced, unexpected and clever story line makes this a thoroughly enjoyable, hard to put down book.  By the way, if you haven't yet read Nomad, Exile and the other books in the  Marc Dane series , go and do that NOW!    [ Link to Amazon ]  Thank you to NetGalley and Welbeck Publishing for allowing me to read this eARC. The book is due to be published on 26 May 2022, but you can pre-order your copy now.

I picked Her Second Chance Cowboy written by Mary Sue Jackson and Leslie North as I wanted a quick-no-intelligence-needed read in between my more factual and academic reads.  It fits the bill perfectly. Easy flowing text, the expected attraction and outcome between the two leads, some annoying brides maids (as is always the case at weddings), a sweet little girl and a HEA.  All in all an OK way to spend a few hours.  #HerSecondChanceCowboy #NetGalley

Tammy Plunkett has written an immensely important book about gender identification, the struggles families encounter and the joy of eventually getting it right and having a happy, confident and mature teenager as part of the family.  This is so much more than an "essential guide for parents of trans children"; it's a book for ALL adults, for all of us who find the whole vocabulary around cis gender, trans gender, gender fluid, gender queer, non-binary, etc confusing. Knowing the difference between the descriptions should be considered general knowledge, more so than who's who on Love Island !  It's shocking that she even has to point out that "Gender diversity is not a mental illness"!  She shares the journey they went on as a family when one of the children came out as transgender, how they all experienced a steep learning curve (the adults probably more so than the children!), how they lost a few friends along the way but made MANY more, and how there ...