Title: The Life She Chooses (Granite Springs #2) Author:  Maggie Christensen Published: December 9th 2019 Publisher: Cala Publishing Pages: 270 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Romance Two families. Two troubled pasts. Can they find a future together? Following the loss of her husband and the devastating accusations surrounding his death, Kay Jackson has experienced the icy chill of alienation from the […]

Title: Big Lies in a Small Town Author: Diane Chamberlain Published: January 14th 2020 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 400 Genres:  Fiction, Historical RRP: $29.99 Rating: 5 stars North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher’s life has been derailed. Taking the fall for a crime she did not commit, she finds herself serving a three-year stint in the North Carolina Women’s Correctional Center. Her […]

Today I am marking off my fourth #4 checkpoint category for the POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE 2020 with: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Local Girl Missing and Do Not Disturb – an unputdownable story about a woman who snaps, and what her crime will stir up . . . That summer, the three girls had the world at their feet. […]

Title: The Sunrise Girl Author: Lisa Wolstenholme Published: December 12th 2019 Publisher: Making Magic Happen Press Pages: 416 Genres:  Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $26.99 Ever since Joe Morris died, Lucy wakes up at sunrise, cocooned in guilt and barely existing. Two years on, and frustrated by Lucy’s hum-drum existence, best friend Em drags her out on a birthday celebration, catapulting Lucy back […]

Title: A Murder at Malabar Hill Author: Sujata Massey Published: January 7th 2020 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pages: 416 Genres:  Fiction, Historical, Crime, Mystery RRP: $29.99 Rating: 3.5 stars Introducing Miss Perveen Mistry, the star of an outstanding new crime series. This courageous, likeable and determined young lawyer-turned-sleuth will appeal to readers of Phryne Fisher and Precious Ramotswe in a stunning […]

Title: The Paris Model Author: Alexandra Joel Published: January 20th 2020 Publisher: Harper Collins Books Australia Pages: 352 Genres:  Fiction, Historical RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4.5 stars Sometimes you have to lose everything to find yourself … A stunning novel of love, betrayal and family secrets for all fans of Fiona McIntosh and Natasha Lester. After a shocking discovery, Grace Woods leaves her […]

Title: The Lawson Sisters Author: Janet Gover Published: January 20th 2020 Publisher: Mira – AU Pages: 384 Genres:  Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $29.99 Rating: 5 stars A heartfelt and compelling story of family, secrets and second chances, set in the heart of the beautiful Hunter Valley of NSW, from an award-winning new voice in Australian fiction. Family, fortune and […]

Welcome to Tea with Mrs B, an author interview series. Here to share a pot of tea and to chat about her book, The Sunrise Girl, is Lisa Wolstenholme. Lisa is a mum, wife and writer currently working for the Katharine Susannah Prichard (KSP) Writers’ Centre in Greenmount, Western Australia as the Executive Officer of […]

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 […]

I could say this is a story of how FBI Special Agent Victor Hanoverian works a case, but it’s not. Hanoverian provides a frame work in which this story is told. The doctors have told him his victim is between 16 and 22. She calls herself Maya, although he is certain that is not her […]