Blog Tour: Promo: A Wish For Beth by Audrey Davis
Today I am taking part in the blog tour for A Wish for Beth by Audrey Davis. A Wish for Beth is Book 4 in the Cranley Wishes series. This series looks like fun to read romcoms! It was just released yesterday, June 10, 2026!
Book Description:
A heartwarming paranormal cosy romance set in a small Scottish village, featuring a flamboyant genie, three unexpected wishes, and a second chance at love after loss.
Love, second chances, and a dash of magic… what could possibly go wrong?
Beth Calder’s life so far:
Marriage falling apart? Check.
Heartbreak she can’t quite move past? Check.
Fresh start in a quiet Scottish village? Check.
Discovering a genie inside a pinball machine? That’s new.
Arriving in Cranley is meant to be Beth’s chance to begin again. A job as head chef at The Jekyll and Hyde pub, a cosy place to call home, and a village that doesn’t ask too many questions feel like exactly what she needs. Romance is firmly off the table.
That becomes harder to hold onto when she meets Kieran, a thoughtful and quietly charming tech developer who understands more than she expects. It becomes even harder when the pub’s dusty basement reveals a glitter-loving genie with a habit of interfering and a belief that Beth’s story isn’t over yet.
With three wishes she doesn’t quite trust and a heart still holding onto the past, Beth must decide whether to keep playing it safe or risk everything for a chance at something new.
In Cranley, even the most unexpected kind of magic can help you find your way forward.
A Wish for Beth is Book 4 in the Cranley Wishes series. Perfect for readers who love small-town charm, gentle paranormal romance, and uplifting second-chance love stories filled with warmth, hope, and a touch of magic.
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About the Author:
Audrey Davis is the bestselling author of sparkling romantic comedies that blend warmth, wit and just a touch of mischief. She burst onto the scene with A Clean Sweep and its prequel A Clean Break, before bewitching readers with her ghostly romcom The Haunting of Hattie Hastings, first published as a trilogy and later as a standalone novel.
Her feel-good Cranley Wishes series began with A Wish for Jinnie and went on to delight fans with A Wish for Jo and A Wish for Wilma. Along the way, she also delivered the laugh-out-loud Lost in Translation (2021). Her latest standalone, The Lexicon of Love, charmed readers in September 2025.
Originally from the UK but now settled in Switzerland with her husband, Audrey divides her time between writing, shopping, cooking, and indulging her love of red wine. She’s a voracious reader, a keen storyteller, and never fails to get a little giddy when readers reach out.
Contact Audrey:
X @audbyname
Instagram @cowieaudrey
Novella Review: The Purpose of Life by Jason Hershey
The Purpose of Life
Series: To Die To Life #3
Author: Jason Hershey
Published: May 26, 2026
Kindle: 117 pages
Reviewed By: Jessica
Dates Read: June 7-8, 2026
Jessica’s Rating: 5 stars
Novella Description:
Thelonious Mitchell came to Kansas to start over. A college freshman who walked away from a football scholarship, he found new purpose working with at-risk youth at Riverside Learning Academy — mentoring kids like Tommy, who needs someone to believe in him, and DeMarco, whose anger is really just grief wearing a different face.
Then a broken taillight that wasn’t broken changes everything.
After a racially motivated traffic stop leaves Theo humiliated, handcuffed, and carrying wounds he doesn’t know how to name, the man who taught kids to control their feelings can no longer control his own. The trauma spreads — into his work, his relationships, and finally into the one place it was never supposed to go: the gym where the children who trust him are just trying to play basketball.
The Purpose of Life is the story of what happens when the person who holds everyone else together starts to fall apart — and what it takes to put yourself back together without losing who you were trying to become.
Jessica’s Review:
The Purpose of Life is the third novella in the To Live To Die series with Theo Mitchell as our protagonist. This part of Theo’s story takes place just two months after Book Two: The Chosen Path, which was left on a ‘To Be Continued’ note all the way back on May 3, 2017. Theo is a college student who has given up football to help at-risk kids, much like he was. He is now working as an after-school youth counselor.
This series is true-to-life and these novellas do not end in a ‘happy ever after’. This time in Theo’s life he is going home from work (like we all do) and he is pulled over by a police officer and extremely mistreated. The rest of the novella deals with the after-effects that Theo is having to deal with. Theo’s life is permanently changed from this pullover. It affects all aspects of his life including his job with the at-risk kids he is trying to help.
Theo recognizes he needs help and I know he will work to overcome his experience and become a better man for it! Many thanks to Jason Hershey for introducing me to his novellas. If I wasn’t before, I am now fully invested in what happens with Theo next! The Purpose of Life ends in another ‘To Be Continued’, but fortunately we only have to wait until the fall of this year to get the next story. There is even a teaser included with the Prologue and Chapter One after the end of Purpose.
This novella realistically focuses on racism, the impact of decisions and actions that are taken, and PTSD. If I had to give any kind of critique, I would have liked to have seen more of what happened with officer Kowalski after the fact.
Please note that you do not have to read the series in order, these novellas can be read as standalones; but I insist that you should read them all. They are not long, just a little over 100 pages and you can’t help but become attached to Theo. Hershey just has a way with words to completely pull you in to the realness of each situation that Theo finds himself in.
I will be looking forward to The Long Road Home in the Fall!
Purchase Links:
Amazon US
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Blog Tour: Guest Post: To Find My Mother by Mary Wood
Today I am helping to end the blog tour for To Find My Mother by Mary Wood. This is a historical fiction novel that deals with the Holocaust. It is about two young girls and their story of survival and love. Mary is sharing a guest post and talking about the novel! To Find My Mother was just released April 20, 2026. **If you are lucky enough to live in the UK, To Find My Mother is on a Kindle Countdown Deal of 99p until June 8th!**
Book Description:
A HARROWING AND YET UPLIFTING STORY OF SURVIVAL AND LOVE
Best friends Jana and Eva are carefree eight-year-olds in Prague-until Nazi occupation tears their lives apart.
As their mothers are taken away and the girls face the horrors of war, survival becomes all that matters
In Theresienstadt, two desperate women make unimaginable sacrifices to one day find their children.
But will love and hope be enough to help them reunite?
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Amazon UK To Find My Mother is on a Kindle Countdown Deal of 99p until June 8th!
Hello everyone,
I am thrilled to be here.
I am an author of 36 Historical Fiction books – 11 of which were written under the pseudonym of Maggie Mason besides these I have written a Gangland Thriller under the pseudonym of Molly Kent. Here for you to enjoy is a summary of my latest book.
TO FIND MY MOTHER is harrowing in parts as it deals with the holocaust – a dreadful time in the world’s history that we all hope is never repeated.
In a very short chapter one, we meet Jana, a young Jewish girl, living in London. searching for her mother.
Then the story behind that search unfolds as we are taken back in real time to 1939.
Jana and her friend, Eva, just eight years old, are playing happily until the moment they hear the drumming sound of many feet pounding the road. In the distance they see what to them is a magnificent sight – rows and rows of soldiers, immaculately dressed, marching as if they were clockwork figures. Unaware of danger, they are soon enveloped in fear as Jana’s mama clutches them to her and utters: ‘Elohim save us.’
So begins a life of segregation, the wearing of the Star of David, and not being allowed to attend school and worst of all, the disappearance of loved ones. Until one day whilst playing in the park across from their apartment block, they hide when their street is suddenly filled with Nazis arriving in trucks. What they witnessed should never be so.
The book follows their journey as they are rescued and cared for by outlying farmers – The rebuilding of their lives to feeling happy and secure with many moments of joy but always lurking in the shadows is their longing to be with their mamas and to know what happened to their Tata’s (father’s).
Their story then goes forward to them being aged thirteen when they find where their mamas are incarcerated – hear tales of starvation and cruelty, but also of other children taking food to the walls of the ghetto where a young girl from inside crawls through to collect it.
Their decision to do this for their mama’s, brings them joy, but leads to the end of life as they know it . . .
For Marie, mama of Jana, and for Lenka, mama of Eva, whose story is told alongside Jana’s and Eva’s, their lives have changed unrecognisably as they try to survive in Theresienstadt. In their quest to avoid the dreaded lists that see hundreds of Jews sent to concentrations camps, leads to a path that’s abhorrent to Marie.
They want to live. They want to find their children. They know this won’t be possible if they are ‘chosen’. The tales they hear of extermination of Jews being carried out in Auschwitz where many are sent, fills them with fear.
Lenka shocks Marie by the measures she takes to progress to a trusted position in an endeavour to keep them safe. For herself, the love she still holds for her beloved husband, Jan, will not let her betray his memory in that way. Having a beautiful voice, she is chosen for the choir which affords her some protection.
One concert is attended by Rolf, an officer of high ranking. When he falls in love with her, her life changes. But is devastated once more when Jana and Eva are captured and by what happens to Eva and then to Lenka, the friend she has had in her life since they were children. . .
This is a story that takes you from, Prague to England, to Argentina. It will tear at your heart and give you moments of heartbreak and of feeling fear for the characters, interspersed with Joy and eventual happiness as you involve yourself in the incredible resilience and courage shown during the Holocaust, not just by the Jewish community but by many who tried to help them, including German soldiers.
All characters are fictious, but events are based on true accounts.
Hope you enjoyed my post. Thank you for having me, Much love to all, Mary x
About the Author:
Mary was brought up in Leicestershire where her family settled when she was six months old, Mary now lives in Blackpool with her beloved husband Roy. Their children have long flown the nest and are living happily with their partners and have extended Mary and Roy’s happiness by giving them eight wonderful grandchildren, and umpteen great grandchildren, all of whom are a joy to them.
Mary began writing in the 1980’s but didn’t find success until she self-published on amazon in 2011. Soon after she was thrilled to be spotted by Pan Macmillan who have since published 24 of her books, including the bestselling Jam Factory Girls series. Her latest being ‘A Lasting Promise’ and ‘Her Hidden courage’.
Soon after being published by Pan Macmillan, Mary was approached by Sphere, a subsidiary of Little Brown Books. Joining them she wrote 12 novels under the pseudonym of Maggie Mason. Including the bestselling, The Half Penny Girls. Her latest Maggie Mason is: A Daughter’s Dream, with one more to come in 2027 yet, untitled.
Mary has now come full circle and is returning to publishing herself with the help of her son, James Wood, as she now cares for her beloved husband and needs to set her own, achievable deadlines, but remains ever grateful to both of her publishers and for all they did for her.
Contact Mary:
Website
YouTube @booksbymarywood8074
TikTok @authormarywood
Instagram @mary.wood.7796420
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