By: Mandy Magro ISBN: 978 1 8672 6463 7 HQ Fiction (2024) Mandy Magro is a very consistent writer, tending to show the same strengths and weaknesses in each novel. As a result, readers who’ve enjoyed Magro’s earlier novels will surely enjoy this one. New readers are also likely to enjoy it. Amelia’s life has … Continue reading Secrets of Riverside
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The Milliner of Bendigo
By: Darry Fraser ISBN: 9781867 237617 HQ Fiction (2023) Fraser is a prolific writer of Australian historical fiction with a romantic bent. This novel is another excellent piece of writing which will please her fans, and probably win her some new ones. In 1898 in Bendigo Evie Emerson has worked hard to build a reputation … Continue reading The Milliner of Bendigo
Red Dirt Home
By: Renae Black ISBN: 9781038 900852 HQ Fiction (2024) This is just the sort of romantic fiction I enjoy most – a genuine story with some real substance to it beyond the romance. It’s believable and moving, while still respecting the tropes of the genre. Paige Bennett has found her dream job as a station … Continue reading Red Dirt Home
The Murder After the Night Before
By: Katy Brent ISBN: 9780008536718 HarperCollins (2024) “The Murder After the Night Before” is a character based, thoroughly contemporary, murder mystery. I enjoyed it a great deal, despite finding it not quite what I expected. Brent’s first novel, “How to Kill Men and Get Away With It” was greatly enjoyable but perhaps just a tad … Continue reading The Murder After the Night Before
The Sea Captain’s Wife
By: Jackie French ISBN: 9781867243489 HQ Fiction (2024) I’ve long enjoyed Jackie French’s novels, and I was delighted to find that “The Sea Captain’s Wife” is another excellent historical fiction. I thoroughly enjoyed being drawn into another world, and the characters I met there. Mair has lived all her life on a remote island dominated … Continue reading The Sea Captain’s Wife
Gum Tree Gully
By: Mandy Magro ISBN: 9781867 2646 13 HQ Fiction (2023) Mandy Magro is a prolific writer of Australian rural romance. Fans of her previous work will enjoy this novel, as it displays all her strengths. Newer readers will find this stand alone romance highly enjoyable, with a bit of substance to underpin a classic romance … Continue reading Gum Tree Gully
The Eleventh Floor
By: Kylie Orr ISBN: 9781867227274 HQ Fiction (2024) “The Eleventh Floor” is a domestic thriller that most readers will find particularly easy to empathise with. They’ll quickly be caught up in the novel, caring deeply about the central character and the overall outcome. Reviewing Orr’s first novel, I observed that she needed to make only … Continue reading The Eleventh Floor
Snowy Mountains Dawn
By: Alissa Callen ISBN: 978-1-8672-1587-5 HQ Fiction (2024) The “Snowy Mountains…” series continues to present charming romances set in the small town of Bundilla. Although there are no real surprises in the romance, the other inhabitants of Bundilla provide a lively background that will entertain many. “Snowy Mountains Dawn” very much follows the template set … Continue reading Snowy Mountains Dawn
The Iron Warrior: The Iron Fey Book 7
By: Julie Kagawa ISBN: 978-1-8672-8364-5 HQ Fiction (2023) I very much enjoyed this instalment in The Iron Fey series; three interlocked series which are each satisfying in themselves but which add up to a greater whole. This is a re-issue of a novel first published in 2015. The text is, I believe, unchanged, but the … Continue reading The Iron Warrior: The Iron Fey Book 7
The Iron Traitor: The Iron Fey Book 6
By: Julie Kagawa ISBN: 978-1-8672-8363-8 HQ Fiction (2023) “The Iron Traitor” continues the long running Iron Fey series, and although I thoroughly enjoyed it, I wouldn’t recommend it to those completely new to the series. That’s because not only is this book 6 in the overall series, it’s also Book 2 of a trilogy within … Continue reading The Iron Traitor: The Iron Fey Book 6