Dear Goodreads friends,

Happy New Year and much good-reading in 2020.

'Just a little note to let you know that if you use Netgalley, my new book 'The Paper Bracelet' is now available there.

It's due to be published on the 27th of February, and I'm at the very very nervous stage!

Here's the link; https://www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/b...

And here's what it's all about:

For almost fifty years, Katie Carroll has kept a box of secrets.
It dates from her time working as a nurse in a west of Ireland mother and baby home, and contains a notebook with details of the babies and young women she met there. It also holds many of the babies' identity bracelets.
Following the death of her husband, Katie makes a decision. She posts a message on an internet forum, knowing that the information she possesses could help reunite adopted people with their birth mothers.
Soon, the replies are rolling in, and Katie encounters success, failure, heartache and joy as she finds herself in the role of part-detective, part-counsellor - chasing down leads, piecing together stories, and returning many of the bracelets to their original owners.
But there is one bracelet in the box that holds the key to a story that may never be told ...

All best wishes,
Rachael.