All We Dream… About the Book: Revised Edition of Essie’s Way A forgotten necklace. A family secret. Two women hiding from the truth. When successful Sydney lawyer Miranda McIntyre searches for something old to go with her wedding dress, she remembers an antique necklace from her childhood. Her mother’s denial of its existence only deepens … Continue reading Book Review: All We Dream by Pamela Cook
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Book Review: Caked in Dust by Mel A Rowe
Caked in Dust... About the Book: A shy kitchenhand. A sultry ex-fireman. And a town’s tradition is about to be tested… There’ll be no escaping her reputation now, not when Lucy’s hopes of running her own kitchen are derailed by the new guy, Jax. In minutes, he’s managed to stir up the locals and condemn … Continue reading Book Review: Caked in Dust by Mel A Rowe
Book Review: The Storm Beyond the Tides by Jonathan Cullen
The Storm Beyond the Tides... About the Book: July 1939. War is on the horizon but on Monk Island, Maine life goes on as usual. As the daughter of a lobsterman, Ellie Ames’ future seems limited until a mysterious German couple comes off the ferry with their nineteen-year-old son. From the moment she meets Karl … Continue reading Book Review: The Storm Beyond the Tides by Jonathan Cullen
Book Review: Pushing Her Luck by B R Maycock
Pushing Her Luck... About the Book: Holly Caulfield has won the Irish National Lottery and sets in motion a plan to save the village of Abbeyglen. But who would have thought that giving money away could be so difficult? With a resident’s association that’s clamouring for more and more money, an old lady who’s decided … Continue reading Book Review: Pushing Her Luck by B R Maycock
#DNF Book Review: Bitter Leaves by Tabatha Stirling
Bitter Leaves... About the Book: Welcome to the black heart of Singapore’s maid culture, where a woman’s life is cheap in one of the richest countries in the world. Here are the voices of the unheard, of maid and employer, of village girl and city dweller. Follow Lucilla, Ma’am Leslie, Shammi and Madame Eunice as … Continue reading #DNF Book Review: Bitter Leaves by Tabatha Stirling
Book Review: Cross My Heart by Pamela Cook
Cross My Heart… About the Book: When a promise kept means a life is broke… Tessa De Santis’s child-free marriage in inner-city Sydney is ordered and comfortable, and she likes it that way. When tragedy strikes and her childhood friend Skye Whittaker dies, Tess is bound to honour a promise to become foster-mother to Skye’s … Continue reading Book Review: Cross My Heart by Pamela Cook
Behind the Pen with Matt Ferraz
I am delighted to introduce Matt Ferraz to you all today. His novel, Sherlock Holmes and The Glad Game, combines two great classic characters that couldn't be more different, into the one story. Welcome to Behind the Pen Matt! What inspired you to write Sherlock Holmes and The Glad Game? I’ve been a Sherlockian since … Continue reading Behind the Pen with Matt Ferraz
New Release Book Review: A Perfect Stone by S.C. Karakaltsas
A Perfect Stone... About the Book: How do you find a place to belong when there’s nowhere else to go? Living alone, eighty-year-old Jim Philips potters in his garden feeding his magpies. He doesn’t think much of his nosy neighbours or telemarketers. All he wants to do is live in peace. Cleaning out a box … Continue reading New Release Book Review: A Perfect Stone by S.C. Karakaltsas
New Release Book Review: Genealogy by Mae Wood
Genealogy... About the Book: Inspired by real, hundred-year-old love letters. At thirty-three and with her future unclear, Ali Waller finds her way home again. A box of long-forgotten love letters written to her great-grandmother holds the unlikely key to Ali finding her new path. As she tracks down the letter writer and his descendants, Ali … Continue reading New Release Book Review: Genealogy by Mae Wood
New Release Book Review: The Football Whisperer by Mel A Rowe
The Football Whisperer... About the Book: When life makes you play a whole new game… In a spectacular career-threatening clash, professional footballer, Brendan Ward, is injured. Devastated and desperate to recover before facing risky surgery, Ward’s wacky family search alternative remedies that Ward refuses to try. The local racetrack’s Reiki Master, Zara Phelps, specialises in … Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Football Whisperer by Mel A Rowe
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