It is a pleasure to warmly welcome Nikki Logan to my blog, Mrs B’s Book Reviews for A Tea Break with Mrs B, a short form author interview series. Nikki’s new book was released last week and to help celebrate the release of One from the Heart – A Rivervue Community Theatre Romance Anthology, we sat down […]

Title: The Jacaranda House Author: Deborah Challinor Published: August 5th 2020 Publisher: Harper Collins Books Australia Pages: 432 Genres:  Fiction, Historical RRP: $32.99 Rating: 3 stars Bestselling author Deborah Challinor returns with a spellbinding novel about a woman living in Sydney’s notorious King’s Cross in 1964. Polly Manaia is living in Sydney’s notorious Kings Cross, working as an exotic dancer. […]

It is a pleasure to warmly welcome Kaye Dobbie to my blog, Mrs B’s Book Reviews for A Tea Break with Mrs B, a short form author interview series. Kaye’s new book was released last week and to help celebrate the release of The Road to Ironbark, we sat down for a chat. Thanks Kaye! What is […]

This is an engrossing story of five men who serve together in Vietnam, forming an unbreakable bond during months of protecting a small village from the Viet Cong. They return home traumatized and adrift from their previous lives. During this time of war it is not always recognized that battle changes soldiers and often support […]

Title: The Happiest Man on Earth Author: Eddie Jaku Published: July 27th 2020 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 208 Genres:  Biography & True Stories, Autobiography, Second World War, Holocaust, Historical, Political & Military RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4.5 stars Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you. Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, […]

Title: Liar Author: Lesley Pearse Published: July 2nd 2020 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 384 Genres: Fiction, Historical, Crime, Thriller, Romance RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4 stars The thrilling new novel from the 10-million-copy, No. 1 bestselling author Amelia White dreams of being a reporter. The closest she’s come is selling advertising in the local paper – until the fateful day she […]

Book Bingo 2020 is a collaboration challenge I am completing for the third year with my favourite bloggers, Theresa Smith Writes and The Book Muse. On the second Saturday of each month, beginning on Saturday 11th January 2020, Theresa, Ashleigh and I will complete a book review post, outlining our respective bingo card entries. The Book Bingo 2020 card […]

Title: The Girl in the Mirror Author: Rose Carlyle Published: August 4th 2020 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pages: 368 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $29.99 Rating: 5 stars An edge-of-your-seat debut thriller with identical twins, a crazy inheritance and a boat full of secrets. Who can you trust? Absolutely nobody! ‘As addictive and intoxicating as the perfect martini. Don’t start reading unless you […]

Title: The Life She Finds (Granite Springs #4) Author:  Maggie Christensen Published: June 9th 2020 Publisher: Cala Publishing Pages: 271 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Romance RRP: $25.00 When Lyn Hudson takes early retirement, her plan is to fulfil a lifelong dream to travel the world. But news of her father’s death forces her back to Granite Springs; the town she fled […]

Title: Goodbye Newsroom Author: Michelle Prak Published: February 19th 2019 Publisher: Self Published Pages: 359 Genres:  Fiction, Contemporary, Romance RRP: $12.99 Rating: 3 stars When reporter Anna is sacked from the newsroom, she limps home for sympathy from her sister and housemate, Holly. But she discovers that Holly is jobless too, after resigning from the Fairweather Report, a celebrated women’s […]