Weekend Reads: Valentine's Day Reading.

 Hello Loves! 

How is your weekend going so far? 

Mine is all set to be a good one full of good books and some creepiness, not your traditional sort of Valentine's day reading but it works for me. 

1. The Burning Girls by CJ Tudor: First up, there is a book that my sister and I are buddy reading. CJ Tudor is one of my favourite thriller writers. I've read all of her books and they are a wonderful mix of spookiness, creeps and a whodunnit. Her books are atmospheric are perfect for winter nights. 

Her newest book seems to be all that and more. I am a little bit in and I am very intrigued to see where this books goes.

Plot Summary: 500 years ago: eight martyrs were burnt to death

30 years ago: two teenagers vanished without trace
Two months ago: the vicar committed suicide

Welcome to Chapel Croft.

For Rev Jack Brooks and teenage daughter Flo it's supposed to be a fresh start. New job, new home. But, as Jack knows, the past isn't easily forgotten.

And in a close-knit community where the residents seem as proud as they are haunted by Chapel Croft's history, Jack must tread carefully. Ancient superstitions as well as a mistrust of outsiders will be hard to overcome.

Yet right away Jack has more frightening concerns.

Why is Flo plagued by visions of burning girls?
Who's sending them sinister, threatening messages?
And why did no one mention that the last vicar killed himself?

Chapel Croft's secrets lie deep and dark as the tomb. Jack wouldn't touch them if not for Flo - anything to protect Flo.

But the past is catching up with Chapel Croft - and with Jack. For old ghosts with scores to settle will never rest . . .

2. The Little Flower Shop by The Sea by Ali McNamara: This is what my sister is reading right now. 

A little love.

A little romance.

A little magic. 

Plot Summary: The blossom is out in the little Cornish harbour town of St Felix

But Poppy Carmichael's spirits aren't lifted by the pretty West Country spring. Inheriting her grandmother's flower shop has forced her to return to Cornwall, a place that holds too many memories. 

Poppy is determined to do her best for the sake of her adored grandmother, but she struggles with the responsibility of the more-shabby-than-chic shop. And with the added complication of Jake, the gruff but gorgeous local flower grower, Poppy is very tempted to run away... 

The pretty little town has a few surprises in store for Poppy. With new friends to help her and romance blooming, it's time for Poppy to open her heart to St Felix and to the special magic of a little flower shop by the sea!

3. A People's History of Heaven by Mathangi Subramanian: I am a little bit in and this world and it's people are growing on me. I can't wait to sit down and settle down with this story. 

Plot Summary: Heaven is a thirty-year-old slum hidden between brand-new, high-rise apartment buildings and technology incubators in contemporary Bangalore. In this tight-knit community, five girls on the cusp of womanhood-a politically driven graffiti artist; a transgender Christian convert; a blind girl who loves to dance; and the queer daughter of a hijabi union leader-forge an unbreakable bond.

When the local government threatens to demolish their tin shacks in order to build a shopping mall, the girls and their mothers refuse to be erased. Together they wage war on the bulldozers sent to bury their homes, and, ultimately, on the city that wishes that families like them would remain hidden forever.
Elegant, poetic, and vibrant, A People's History of Heaven takes a clear-eyed look at adversity and geography and dazzles in its depiction of love and female friendship.