📚 A Reader's Diary • Since 2016 📖 read • review • recommend 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland 🦋 One book at a time. www.momobookdiary.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mwv3spcefr24My first deliberate step into Dark Spicy Romance! Hunted by Darkness by Kyla Rose took me outside my usual comfort zone with its gothic atmosphere, mystery, sexual tension and plenty of spice. Did I enjoy exploring the darker side of romance? #HuntedByDarkness #KylaRose #ZooloosBookTours http://momobookdiary.com/2026/10/02/hunted-by-darkness-by-kyla-rose/02 Oct 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwv3spcefr24https://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mwsfc5q26p2b✨ PUBLICATION DAY ✨ Happy Publication Day to Kyla Rose! 🎉 HUNTED BY DARKNESS is out today. ❤️🌶️ I’m sharing a Book Spotlight before my full review tomorrow with Zooloo’s Book Tours. #KylaRose #HuntedByDarkness #DarkSpicyRomance #ZooloosBookTours #PublicationDay #BookSpotlight http://momobookdiary.com/2026/10/01/publication-day-hunted-by-darkness-by-kyla-rose/01 Oct 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsfc5q26p2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mwnqfjr4tm2lMy brain thought it had finished the puzzle. A.A. Chaudhuri was quietly telling me to keep reading! 🧩 🧠 🤯 The Home Swap completely got inside my head. Clever, layered and one hell of a reading experience! #TheHomeSwap #AAChaudhuri #JoffeBooks #PsychologicalThriller #ZooloosBookTours http://momobookdiary.com/2026/09/29/the-home-swap-by-a-a-chaudhuri/29 Sep 2026 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwnqfjr4tm2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mwnj3qfis62g✨ PUBLICATION DAY ✨ Happy Publication Day to A.A. Chaudhuri! 🎉 THE HOME SWAP is out today from Joffe Books. I'm sharing a Book Spotlight before my full review later today with Zooloo's Book Tours. #AAChaudhuri #TheHomeSwap #JoffeBooks #ZooloosBookTours #PublicationDay #BookSpotlight http://momobookdiary.com/2026/09/29/publication-day-the-home-swap-by-a-a-chaudhuri/29 Sep 2026 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwnj3qfis62ghttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mwijicnunq2gA good mystery that kept me curious and forming my own theories. If you enjoy television-style crime dramas with specialist characters at the heart of solving the crime, The Fatal End may be one for you. 👩🏻‍💻 MoMoBookDiary (2026) #AJCross #TheFatalEnd #TeiganCraft #SevernHouse #ZooloosBookTours http://momobookdiary.com/2026/09/27/the-fatal-end-by-a-j-cross/27 Sep 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwijicnunq2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mwfyyxnvo42nI jumped straight into book ten of the Jack MacIntosh series! Fast-paced, multiple POVs and an investigation I loved being taken along with step by step. By 30% I'd bought the rest of the series! 👩🏻‍💻 MoMoBookDiary (2026) #MichelleKidd #CutAndRun #DIJackMacIntosh #JoffeBooks #ZooloosBookTours http://momobookdiary.com/2026/09/26/cut-and-run-by-michelle-kidd/26 Sep 2026 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwfyyxnvo42nhttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mwdili67q72gA cleverly plotted, fast-paced investigation that left me wanting more. My first Heather Peck book and I was completely gripped! The result? I bought the entire series! 😂📚 👩🏻‍💻 MoMoBookDiary (2026) #HeatherPeck #KillingOnTheNorfolkBroads #JoffeBooks #ZooloosBookTours http://momobookdiary.com/2026/09/25/killing-on-the-norfolk-broads-by-heather-peck/25 Sep 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdili67q72ghttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mwas4yrjrp2c✨ PUBLICATION DAY ✨ Cut and Run by Michelle Kidd is out today! 📚 I’m currently reading this for Zooloo’s Book Tours, with my full review coming on 26 September. #MichelleKidd #JoffeBooks #ZooloosBookTours #PublicationDay #BookSpotlight http://momobookdiary.com/2026/09/24/publication-day-cut-and-run-by-michelle-kidd/24 Sep 2026 08:02 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwas4yrjrp2chttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mw46mxxunz2k✨ BOOK SPOTLIGHT | Murder in St. James’s Park by Vanessa Riley 📚 Joining Zooloo’s Book Tours today to shine a spotlight on the book, Vanessa Riley and the full tour! #MurderInStJamessPark #VanessaRiley #SevernHouse #JoffeBooks #ZooloosBookTours http://momobookdiary.com/2026/09/22/book-spotlight-murder-in-st-jamess-park-by-vanessa-riley/22 Sep 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw46mxxunz2khttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mw3nquivts2l✨ PUBLICATION DAY ✨ Killing on the Norfolk Broads by Heather Peck is out today! 📚 I’m currently reading this for Zooloo’s Book Tours, with my full review coming on 25 September. #HeatherPeck #JoffeBooks #ZooloosBookTours #PublicationDay #BookSpotlight http://momobookdiary.com/2026/09/22/publication-day-killing-on-the-norfolk-broads-by-heather-peck/22 Sep 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw3nquivts2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mvrvbvvcdi2vA fast-paced investigation, wonderfully descriptive writing and two detectives I really cared about. Secrets on the Fells worked perfectly as a standalone, but I immediately bought all three books in the series! 📚 #SecretsOnTheFells #CathStaincliffe #JoffeBooks #ZooloosBookTours http://momobookdiary.com/2026/09/18/secrets-on-the-fells-by-cath-staincliffe/18 Sep 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvrvbvvcdi2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mvmudhb2yk2dSherlock may be away from home, but his presence can certainly be felt! I loved Althea, the cleverly placed clues and some genuinely jaw-dropping twists. 👩🏻‍💻 MoMoBookDiary (2026) #HolmesAwayFromHome #SamanthaLarsen #SevernHouse #ZooloosBookTours http://momobookdiary.com/2026/09/16/holmes-away-from-home-by-samantha-larsen/16 Sep 2026 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmudhb2yk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mvmp6tmeec2t🎉 Happy Publication Day! Huge congratulations to Emma Bennet on the publication of The Earl’s Inconvenient Nemesis ❤️ ✍️ Emma Bennet 📖 The Earl’s Inconvenient Nemesis 🏢 Vinci Books #EmmaBennet #TheEarlsInconvenientNemesis #FairfaxHall #VinciBooks #RegencyRomance16 Sep 2026 08:16 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmp6tmeec2thttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mvl3omgpc22xA Regency Romance I Didn't Want to Put Down ❤️ A few hours disappeared, “one more chapter” became considerably more than one, and by the final chapters I was completely invested. Genuinely the best book I've read in ages! #EmmaBennet #TheEarlsInconvenientNemesis #VinciBooks #RegencyRomance http://momobookdiary.com/2026/09/15/the-earls-inconvenient-nemesis-by-emma-bennet/15 Sep 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvl3omgpc22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mvhtfwgzoc25The River Runs Black by Tessa Wegert is a police procedural with multiple POVs and several strands to unravel. It kept me on my toes, but I was satisfied with how everything came together. 👩🏻‍💻 MoMoBookDiary #TheRiverRunsBlack #TessaWegert #SevernHouse #JoffeBooks #ZooloosBookTours http://momobookdiary.com/2026/09/14/the-river-runs-black-by-tessa-wegert/14 Sep 2026 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhtfwgzoc25https://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mvclrc35vo2x🍇 Murder in the Vineyard by Liz Fielding is an enjoyable mystery, but joining Abby at book four left me wanting to know these characters better. Scout stole my heart, and I’ll be starting the series from the beginning! 🐶📚 #LizFielding #MurderInTheVineyard #JoffeBooks #ZooloosBookTours http://momobookdiary.com/2026/09/12/murder-in-the-vineyard-by-liz-fielding/12 Sep 2026 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvclrc35vo2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mvau42phmi2xBeautiful, funny, romantic, emotional and filled with Christmas magic. Jaimie Admans has done it again. I was laughing, crying and properly sobbing. I loved every moment, and I still wasn't ready for The End. 🗝️❄️📖❤️ #JaimieAdmans #WinterMagicAtHollybraeCastle #BoldwoodBooks http://momobookdiary.com/2026/09/11/winter-magic-at-hollybrae-castle-by-jaimie-admans/11 Sep 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvau42phmi2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mv6pewsfcf2v📦 Book Mail! Thank you to Dimitris James Iordanidis for sending me a paperback copy of Muscle Mayhem: A Hilarious Fitness Adventure. Watch this space, my full review will be coming soon. 👩🏻‍💻 MoMoBookDiary (2026) http://momobookdiary.com/2026/09/10/book-mail-2/10 Sep 2026 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6pewsfcf2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3muwbnsbk5v2f🌿 A gorgeous, uplifting story and the perfect escape from real life. I loved the beautiful setting, wonderful sense of community and Emma Davies's wonderfully descriptive writing. 👩🏻‍💻 MoMoBookDiary (2026) #TheTwilightGarden #EmmaDavies #Bookouture #BookReview #Romance #NetGalley http://momobookdiary.com/2026/09/07/the-twilight-garden-by-emma-davies/07 Sep 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwbnsbk5v2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mujnu6ywd22lA fun, clever and deliciously spicy romance with fantastic chemistry and characters I couldn't help rooting for. Highly recommended! 👩🏻‍💻 MoMoBookDiary (2026) #TheRoommateSubtext #EliaWinters #SevernHouse #JoffeBooks #ZooloosBookTours http://momobookdiary.com/2026/09/02/the-roommate-subtext-by-elia-winters/02 Sep 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujnu6ywd22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mujkhmrdvj2hBeautifully written and full of history, mystery, books, art and long-buried family secrets. A fascinating story that sent me on more than a few unexpected side-quests! 👩🏻‍💻 MoMoBookDiary (2026) #TheSecretDiaryOfRome #MAMcLaughlin #ChocLit #ZooloosBookTours http://momobookdiary.com/2026/09/02/the-secret-diary-of-rome-by-m-a-mclaughlin/02 Sep 2026 08:48 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujkhmrdvj2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3muh5dnhul32lA wonderfully uplifting return to Cairn Dhu, full of romance, community and heart. Exactly the reading escape I needed. 👩🏻‍💻 MoMoBookDiary (2026) #KileyDunbar #SavingChristmasattheHighlandRepairShop #BoldwoodBooks #NetGalley http://momobookdiary.com/2026/09/01/saving-christmas-at-the-highland-repair-shop-by-kiley-dunbar/01 Sep 2026 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3muh5dnhul32lhttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3muc4hxvqs42dA gentle and moving historical story about friendship, community and quiet courage, with letters at the heart of Hester's world. 👩🏻‍💻 MoMoBookDiary (2026) #LauraJensenWalker #ThePostmistressofPuddlington #SevernHouse #NetGalley #ZooloosBookTours http://momobookdiary.com/2026/08/30/the-postmistress-of-puddlington-by-laura-jensen-walker/30 Aug 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3muc4hxvqs42dhttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mu2l227s4x2fA tense and uncomfortable thriller of secrets, manipulation and growing unease. I didn't always enjoy the journey, but the writing made me feel – and Emma's resilience will stay with me. 👩🏻‍💻 MoMoBookDiary (2026) #HelenMatthews #HouseofLies #dpBooks #NetGalley #ZooloosBookTours http://momobookdiary.com/2026/08/27/house-of-lies-by-helen-matthews/27 Aug 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2l227s4x2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mty2k6rbvw2fExactly the cosy romance reading experience I hoped for ❤️ I loved settling into Sugar Gap, simply enjoying the journey with plenty of warmth, emotion and delicious bakery vibes along the way! 👩🏻‍💻 MoMoBookDiary (2026) #MicheleDunaway #TheSecretsOfSweetBlessingsBakery #ChocLit #ZooloosBookTours http://momobookdiary.com/2026/08/26/the-secrets-of-sweet-blessings-bakery-by-michele-dunaway/26 Aug 2026 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mty2k6rbvw2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mtvk3x7e7n2zA twisty Scottish thriller that kept me guessing! I had theories, but certainly didn't see everything coming. I was hooked enough to read it in a single day — and that ending was SO satisfying! 👩🏻‍💻 MoMoBookDiary (2026) #TracyMartinSummers #AllHisWives #MTPAgency #ZooloosBookTours http://momobookdiary.com/2026/08/25/all-his-wives-by-tracy-martin-summers/25 Aug 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvk3x7e7n2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mtqj5l2tj72p📚 Tour Stop Review📚 A cosy and thrilling mystery romance that turned out to be So Much More ❤️ with a mystery that kept me guessing and a beautiful emotionally driven love story at its heart 👩🏻‍💻 MoMoBookDiary (2026) #MaxineBarry #FaithMartin #TheCotswoldManorMystery #ChocLit #ZooloosBookTours http://momobookdiary.com/2026/08/23/the-cotswold-manor-mystery-by-maxine-barry/23 Aug 2026 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqj5l2tj72phttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3mt4fgxeagw23A psychological suspense that completely messed with my head! 😳 I went into My Twin Sister by Alesha Dykema without reading the blurb and was immediately thrown by the complicated characters, secrets and twists! 👩🏻‍💻 MoMoBookDiary (2026) #AleshaDykema #MyTwinSister #JoffeBooks #ZooloosBookTours http://momobookdiary.com/2026/08/15/my-twin-sister-by-alesha-dykema/15 Aug 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4fgxeagw23https://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3msuu2qzp5q2gFive Things I See completely won me over. After a slow, information-heavy start, I was drawn into a gripping, satisfyingly complex crime thriller. A very strong and satisfying start to a new series. 👩🏻‍💻 MoMoBookDiary (2026) #WendyChurch #FiveThingsISee #SevernHouse #ZooloosBookTours http://momobookdiary.com/2026/08/12/five-things-i-see-by-wendy-church/12 Aug 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3msuu2qzp5q2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/momobookdiary.bsky.social/post/3msusvlrbdz2qA beautiful New Forest setting, a fast-moving murder investigation and plenty of threads to keep you guessing. 📚🔎 Looking forward to book 3 in the series 👩🏻‍💻 MoMoBookDiary (2026) #LindaMather #FearInTheNewForest #JoffeBooks #ZooloosBookTours #NetGalley http://momobookdiary.com/2026/08/12/fear-in-the-new-forest-by-linda-mather/12 Aug 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:ayljepc2eilca7zbvkhhou2c/app.bsky.feed.post/3msusvlrbdz2q