Blurb: Fledgling journalist Ellie Newton is keen to prove herself when she lands a hard-won job at the Millrise Echo. So when reports come in of a man camped on the corner of a local street, refusing to move until the girl who has jilted him takes him back, Ellie is on a mission to get the scoop. 

She arrives to meet Ben Kelly, a man she is instantly attracted to. But she has a job to do and an incredible story to write and has soon pledged to help him win back the girl of his dreams. With Ellie’s help, Ben’s plight captures the hearts and imaginations of the public. And when a TV film crew appears to make a feature on the most romantic gesture the town of Millrise has ever seen, Ellie’s mission gets its happy ending...

But while Ellie has been busy fixing the lives of her wayward parents, providing shoulders for heartbroken friends to cry on, and worrying about her terminally-ill aunt, she hasn’t noticed that she has also been falling quietly in love – with the very man she has now ensured is hopelessly out of her reach.

Ellie must choose between doing the right thing, and the thing that feels right. And whatever choice she makes, someone will get their heart broken.

*First of all I would like to thank the author for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*

Review: I had heard so many ravishing comments about Tilly Tennant's work that I couldn't wait to read her books myself. After finishing The Man Who Can't Be Moved, I now understand all the comments. This book is one of those fresh feel-good stories that you can devour in a couple of sitting and end up with a huge grin on your face.

Ellie is the kind of heroine we all love. A little shinning star that tries to help everyone forgetting a bit about herself. I really liked her down-to-earth character and easy-going attitude. And her curiosity for everything made her a really good reporter, maybe too good, as her interest on her last story, the Man Who Can't Be Moved, made her get out of her comfort zone. The Man in question, Ben, also seemed like a great guy, a bit lost though. And from their very first interaction I could see the sparks flying between them. Actually, I would have liked to see more interactions between these two.

But this story is not only about romance. Tilly handles more serious topics too, Ellie's aunt is terminally-ill. I was positively surprised to see how beautifully handled was this part, with the perfect touch of sadness but hope too.

The Man Who Can't Be Moved is a cute story with lots of love, fun and laughs that any romance-lover will enjoy immensely.

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Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because they are particularly fond of lists over there at The Broke and the Bookish. I'd love to share my lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

This week's topic was really fun. You had to choose books that would be perfect for people who like something in particular. I decided to choose dogs because I love books with fictional dogs. I have never had a dog but always wanted one so reading stories with dogs has giving me the opportunity to have lots of fantastic fictional dogs. 

Tied Up With Love by Amelia Thorne is out now. I loved this story, with such an original plot and its sexy characters, I am sure that everyone is going to enjoy it. You can read my 5* review here.

‘We’re from KMW. Do exactly as you’re told and you won’t get hurt...'

Being grabbed off the street, blind folded, tied up and thrown into a van was not what Izzy expected to happen when she stepped out the door that morning. But when an accidental kidnapping at the hands of the sexy Ethan Chase and his 'Kidnap My Wife' sexual fantasy business leads to just that, Izzy seizes the chance to turn her misfortune into a brilliant new job opportunity…

Since then, life has been one big tangle of new client meetings, fake kidnapping pick-ups, and handling the temperamental, but drop dead gorgeous 'bad boy' Mr Chase. But, as liberating as being tied up in Ethan's life is, Izzy knows the time is fast approaching when she must make some decisions and take charge of her future. The only question is: will Ethan allow himself to be a part of it?

I am very excited to announce that to celebrate the launch Amelia is giving away £50 of Amazon vouchers!! 

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Blurb: Twelve-year-old Bobby Nusku is an archivist of his mother. He catalogues traces of her life and waits for her to return home.

Bobby thinks that he's been left to face the world alone until he meets lonely single mother Val and her daughter Rosa. They spend a magical summer together, discovering the books in the mobile library where Val works as a cleaner. But as the summer draws to a close, Bobby finds himself in trouble and Val is in danger of losing her job. There's only one thing to do -- and so they take to the road in the mobile library...

Quirky, dark, magical and full of heart, Mobile Library is both a tragicomic road trip and a celebration of the adventures that books can take us on. It's a love-letter to unlikely families and the stories that shaped us.

*First of all I would like to thank the publishers for sending me a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.*

Review: Mobile Library is probably going to be on my top 2015 reads. I hadn't read Bed, David Whitehouse's debut, so I started Mobile Library with no clues about his style or narrative. Imagine my surprise when the book started with a chapter called The End. Weirdly enough it was the perfect beginning to this contemporary fairy tale. Just reading those first pages, I was completely invested with the story. 

After The End, we go back in time to get acquired with the quirky characters of this book. There's little Bobby whose mother has left him with a not-caring father who ignores him. So he has decided to keep everything he finds and learns on files so he can show his mother when she's back. He has not a lot of friends and is teased and abused in school so his best friend decides to turn himself into a cyborg to protect him. A real lesson about friendship, although the result is not the expected and Bobby finds himself alone again. Then's when we meet Rosa, my favourite character in the story. She always speaks the truth and her honest comments and actions were incredible insightful. She and her mother become the family Bobby no longer has and their love for each other grows with every page.

The story is told through different points of view so he get to read about Bobby's feelings, Rosa's thoughts and even about the frustrations of the detective who is in charge of finding the elusive Mobile Library. I think this was very clever as it made me feel part of the story and had me glued to its pages from cover to cover.

But what makes this novel so special and unique, apart from its characters, is the love for books you can feel through the story. With references to some of my own children favourites like The Little Prince, Huckelberry Finn or Harry Potter and also to some great classics like Moby Dick, The Secret Garden or Of Mice and Men, Mobile Library is an ode to books and reading. I am sure that any book lover is going to love it. 

David Whitehouse takes us on a magic road trip on a mobile library. The story is beautifully written with a unique narrative and a mixture of adventure, fantasy, love and friendship but also with some darker details. A real gem of a book, I highly recommend it. 

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Welcome to Bookish Recipes, a feature on the blog where I cook or bake a recipe from a book I have loved and share the result with you. This week's recipe is inspired by the book Love, Lies and Lemon Cakes by Sue Watson. This is an inspiring story about taking a moment to re-evaluate your life, deciding if it is all you ever wanted and finding the courage to change it for the better, all with a bit of cake (to help deciding).

Since reading this book, I have been wanting to try the mouth-watering lemon cakes that Dan bakes in the book. And I saw that a while back Sue posted Dan's secret recipe in her page. So here is the result (I can already tell you, they were a roaring success and disappeared in a couple of hours): 

1) Gather all of the ingredients and preheat the oven to 180ºC. With this recipe I made 12 cupcakes. So prepare 12 cupcake papers.

2) Beat together the softened butter and the sugar. When it's mixed add the eggs, milk and lemon zest and beat until combined.

3) Combine the flour with the baking powder and then add it to the mix. Beat in low speed until well combined.

4) Divide the mixture in the cupcakes containers, filling them only 3/4 parts. 

Title: Love, Lies and Lemon Cake

Author: Sue Watson

Published: June 27th 2014 by Bookouture

Amazon | Amazon UK

Blurb: Faye Dobson has lost her sparkle. Living on film star fantasies and vague memories of a marriage that once was, she can’t help feeling that life is passing her by. She dreams of being whisked to Paris for dinner, making three wishes at the Trevi fountain and having sex under the stars. But the wrinkles are multiplying, her husband’s passion is for plumbing, and the nearest she’ll get to Rome is a take-away pizza. 

So when Faye meets Dan the gorgeous Australian surfer guy working in the local deli she can’t help but wonder what it would be like to see the world. He is blonde, tanned, ten years younger and bakes the mostamazing lemon cake. Unlike her husband Dan actually listens to Faye, his smile makes her feel fizzy inside, and when he smiles... Oh. My. God. 

But is Faye being silly? What would Dan see in someone like her? Even if he did have feelings for her, could she give everything up to be with him? 

A laugh-out-loud, bittersweet comedy about taking your life back before it’s too late.