Title: Four Respectable Ladies Seek the Meaning of Wife Author: Barbara Toner Published: April 2nd 2019 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 352 Genres: Fiction, Historical RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4 stars A hilarious and heart-warming novel about the true meaning of ‘for better or worse’ – both in marriage and in friendship. ‘Marriage isn’t always a bed of roses. And there are many ways to […]

Title: What Happens Now? Author: Sophia Money-Coutts Published: August 8th 2019 Publisher: HQ Fiction – GB Pages: 384 Genres:  Fiction, Contemporary, Romance RRP: $29.99 Rating: 3 stars After eight years together, Lil Bailey thought she’d already found ‘the one’ – that is, until he dumped her for a blonde twenty-something colleague. So she does what any self-respecting singleton would do: swipes right, puts […]

Welcome to Tea with Mrs B, an author interview series. Here to share a pot of tea and to chat about her brand new book, Meet Me in Venice, is Barbara Hannay. A former English teacher, Barbara Hannay is a city-bred girl with a yen for country life. Many of her forty-plus books are set […]

Title: The Hidden Hours Author: Sara Foster Published: May 1st 2018 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia Pages: 384 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller RRP: $19.99 Rating: 4.5 stars Arabella Lane, senior executive at a children’s publisher, is found dead in the Thames on a frosty winter’s morning after the office Christmas party. No one is sure whether she jumped or was pushed. The […]

Welcome to Tea with Mrs B, an author interview series. Here to share a pot of tea and to chat about her brand new book, The Burnt Country, is Joy Rhoades. Joy Rhoades was born in Roma in western Queensland, with an early memory of flat country and a broad sky. Growing up, she loved […]

Title: City of Girls Author: Elizabeth Gilbert Published: June 4th 2019 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Pages: 480 Genres: Fiction, Historical RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4.5 stars It is the summer of 1940. Nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris arrives in New York with her suitcase and sewing machine, exiled by her despairing parents. Although her quicksilver talents with a needle and commitment to mastering the perfect hair roll […]

Welcome to Tea with Mrs B, an author interview series. Here to share a pot of tea and to chat about her latest book, Fleeting Moments, is Rania Battany. Rania Battany lives with her husband and children in the beautiful Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia. When she isn’t getting her hands dirty in the garden, frolicking […]

Title: Fleeting Moments Author: Rania Battany Published: July 11th 2019 Publisher: Aquiver Publishing Pages: 288 Genres:  Fiction, Contemporary, Romance RRP: $3.99 (e book) Rating: 4 stars Maya is floundering. She’s stuck in a dead-end job, is isolated from family and friends, and her father—the only person to ever truly understand her—has been gone four years. When her boyfriend leaves her for another woman, […]

Book Bingo 2019 is a collaboration challenge I am completing with my favourite bloggers, Theresa Smith Writes and The Book Muse. Each Saturday, on a fortnightly basis, beginning on Saturday 5th January 2019, Ashleigh, Theresa and I will complete a book review post, outlining our respective bingo card entries. The Book Bingo 2019 card contains a total of 30 […]

Title: At the Wolf’s Table Author: Rosella Postorino Published: February 1st 2019 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia Pages: 320 Genres: Fiction, Historical RRP: $29.99 Rating: 3.5 stars They called it the Wolfsschanze, the Wolf’s Lair. ‘Wolf’ was his nickname. As hapless as Little Red Riding Hood, I had ended up in his belly . . .  Germany, 1943: Twenty-six-year-old Rosa Sauer’s parents are gone and […]