Author: L.J.M OwenBook credit: The Great Divide by L.J.M. Owen (Echo $29.99) My first time reading a L.J.M Owen book and The Great Divide appears to be her first Australian Rural crime novel set in Tasmania. It is set in the town of Dunton where the body of a former head mistress of a children’s home is discovered - revealing a tortured life and death. Jake Hunter, a … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: Would Like To Meet
By Rachel WintersISBN 9781409184904Copy courtesy of Hachette Australia “Would Like To Meet” made me laugh out loud, and that doesn’t happen very often. Like the best of the rom-coms it both celebrates and pokes fun at, this novel is warm, joyous, funny, and recognises the value of both romantic love and the love between friends. It’s one of the most enjoyable novels I’ve … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: Just One Wish
Author: Rachael JohnsISBN: 9781489261519Copy courtesy of Harper Collins Australia Just One Wish is a fabulous novel of family love, sorrow, secrets, betrayal and heartbreak.This story is set in Melbourne Victoria and brought to life by 3 generations. This book is through the eyes of granddaughter Geraldine (Ged) and also involves her grandmother Alice, whom she calls … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: Riverstone Ridge
Author: Mandy MagroISBN: 9781489277497Copy courtesy of the publisher This novel by bestselling Queensland writer, Mandy Magro, is set in her beloved far north Queensland and is a very Australian love story. The main character, Nina Jones, was brought up at Riverstone Ridge by her adoptive mother Bea, Nina makes what she sees as a terrible mistake when she is a teenager … [Read more...]
BOOK CLUB: The Queen’s Tiger
Author: Peter WattISBN: 9781760555351Copy courtesy of the publisher Thank you to Beauty and Lace and Pan Macmillan for the opportunity to read The Queen’s Tiger by Peter Watt. Peter Watt is one of Australia’s best historical fiction authors. The Queen’s Tiger is the second book in the Colonial Series. I have actually read the first book, The Queen’s Colonial. It is not … [Read more...]
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