Beauty & Lace Book Review: Would Like to Meet by Rachel Winters

January 30, 2020 Amanda Barrett5 Comments

Title: Would Like to Meet Author: Rachel Winters Published: November 26th 2019 Publisher: Hachette Australia Pages: 304 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, RRP: $32.99 Rating: 3 stars A laugh-out-loud comedy with a strong cinematic hook. Can you fall in love like they do in the movies? Long-suffering assistant Evie Summers will lose her job unless she can convince her film agency’s… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: Would Like to Meet by Rachel Winters

2019 Reviews · Beauty and Lace review · Britain · contemporary fiction · horror · new release · supernatural · suspense · thriller

Beauty & Lace Book Review: The Secret of Cold Hill by Peter James

October 28, 2019 Amanda Barrett2 Comments

Title: The Secret of Cold Hill Author: Peter James Published: September 24th 2019 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 336 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Suspense, Thriller RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars The Secret of Cold Hill by Peter James is the spine-chilling follow-up to The House on Cold Hill. Now a smash-hit stage play. Cold Hill House has been razed to the ground by fire, replaced with… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: The Secret of Cold Hill by Peter James

#aww2019 · 2019 Reviews · Australian · Beauty and Lace review · contemporary fiction · domestic

Beauty & Lace Book Review: The Day the Lies Began by Kylie Kaden

September 8, 2019September 9, 2019 Amanda Barrett2 Comments

Title: The Day the Lies Began Author: Kylie Kaden Published: August 19th 2019 Publisher: Pantera Press Pages: 392 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars “It seemed simple at first – folding one lie over the next. She had become expert at feathering over the cracks to ensure her life appeared the same. But inside, it didn’t feel fixed.” It happened… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: The Day the Lies Began by Kylie Kaden

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Beauty & Lace Book Review: Rogue by A.J. Betts

August 30, 2019 Amanda Barrett2 Comments

Title: Rogue Author: A.J. Betts Published: June 25th 2019 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 368 Genres: Fiction, Young Adult RRP: $16.99 Rating: 3 stars There was no going back; there was no choice, anymore. I’d chosen out and this was it: hot-cold, dry-wet, bright-dark and lonely. Hayley has gone rogue. She’s left everything she’s ever known – her friends, her bees, her whole world… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: Rogue by A.J. Betts

#aww2019 · 2019 Reviews · Australian · Beauty and Lace review · contemporary fiction · mystery · psychological · suspense · thriller

Beauty & Lace Book Review: The Ex by Nicola Moriarty

July 27, 2019 Amanda Barrett4 Comments

Title: The Ex Author: Nicola Moriarty Published: June 17th 2019 Publisher: Harper Collins – AU Pages: 400 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Psychological, Thriller, Suspense RRP: $32.99 Rating: 5 stars Girl meets boy. They fall in love. There’s just one problem… She wants him back. She wants you gone. Luke is The One. After everything she’s been through, Georgia knows she deserves someone… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: The Ex by Nicola Moriarty

2019 Reviews · Beauty and Lace review · contemporary fiction · psychological · suspense · thriller

Beauty & Lace Book Review: The Favourite Daughter by Kaira Rouda

June 20, 2019 Amanda Barrett2 Comments

Title: The Favourite Daughter Author: Kaira Rouda Published: April 15th 2019 Publisher: HQ Fiction Pages: 320 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Psychological, Thriller, Suspense RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars The perfect home. The perfect family. The perfect lie. Jane Harris lives in a sparkling home in an oceanfront gated community in Orange County. It’s a place that seems too beautiful to be touched by… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: The Favourite Daughter by Kaira Rouda

2019 Reviews · Beauty and Lace review · contemporary fiction · mystery · new release · suspense · thriller

Beauty & Lace Book Review: The Guilty Party by Mel McGrath

April 28, 2019 Amanda Barrett2 Comments

Title: The Guilty Party Author: Mel McGrath Published: March 18th 2019 Publisher: HQ Fiction Pages: 384 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Thriller, Suspense RRP: $29.99 Rating: 3.5 stars ‘Dark, thrilling, impossible to predict’ Erin Kelly, author of He Said She Said You did nothing. That doesn’t mean you’re innocent. On a night out, four friends witness a stranger in trouble. They decide to do… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: The Guilty Party by Mel McGrath

#aww2019 · 2019 Reviews · Australian · Beauty and Lace review · crime · historical fiction · mystery

Beauty & Lace Book Review: All the Tears in China by Sulari Gentill

March 29, 2019 Amanda Barrett3 Comments

Title: All the Tears in China Author: Sulari Gentill Published: January 21st 2019 Publisher: Pantera Press Pages: 378 Genres: Fiction, Crime, Historical, Mystery RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars Shanghai in 1935 is a twentieth-century Babylon, an expatriate playground where fortunes are made and lost, where East and West collide, and the stakes include life itself. Into this, Rowland Sinclair arrives from Sydney to… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: All the Tears in China by Sulari Gentill

2019 Reviews · Beauty and Lace review · contemporary fiction · new release

Beauty & Lace Book Review: Not Bad People by Brandy Scott

February 17, 2019 Amanda Barrett

Title: Not Bad People Author: Brandy Scott Published: January 29th 2019 Publisher: Harper Collins – AU Pages: 464 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $29.99 Rating: 3 stars Three friends, thirty years of shared secrets, one impulsive gesture .. and a terrible accident. When friendship goes bad, someone has to pay. For fans of Liane Moriarty and Robyn Harding. It’s New Year’s Eve. Three… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: Not Bad People by Brandy Scott

#aww2019 · 2019 Reviews · Australian · Beauty and Lace review · biography · memoir · non-fiction

Beauty & Lace Book Review: A Diamond in the Dust by Frauke Bolten-Boshammer with Sue Smethurst

January 13, 2019January 13, 2019 Amanda Barrett4 Comments

Title: A Diamond in the Dust Author: Frauke Bolten-Boshammer Published: November 1st 2018 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: 400 Genres: Non Fiction, Biography, Memoir RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4 stars The powerful true story of how one woman turned outback dust into a diamond empire Within minutes of landing in Kununurra, Frauke Bolten had made up her mind to get on a plane… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: A Diamond in the Dust by Frauke Bolten-Boshammer with Sue Smethurst

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