New Release Book Review: The Spy’s Wife by Fiona McIntosh

November 27, 2021 Amanda BarrettLeave a comment

Title: The Spy’s Wife Author: Fiona McIntosh Published: November 2nd 2021 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 432 Genres: Fiction, Historical, War RRP: $32.99 Rating: 5 stars The highly anticipated new historical adventure from the bestselling author of The Champagne War. Evie, a widow and stationmaster’s daughter, can’t help but look out for the weekly visit of the handsome man she and her sister call the… Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Spy’s Wife by Fiona McIntosh

2019 Reviews · Britain · contemporary fiction · dual time frame · Giveaway · historical fiction · new adult · romance

New Release Book Review & GIVEAWAY: The Butterfly Room by Lucinda Riley

April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 Amanda Barrett17 Comments

Title: The Butterfly Room Author: Lucinda Riley Published: April 23rd 2019 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 624 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary/Historical, Romance RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars Posy Montague is approaching her seventieth birthday. Still living in her beautiful family home, Admiral House, set in the glorious Suffolk countryside where she spent her own idyllic childhood catching butterflies with her beloved father, and raised her own… Continue reading New Release Book Review & GIVEAWAY: The Butterfly Room by Lucinda Riley

#aww2019 · 2019 Reviews · Australian · contemporary fiction · new adult · young adult

New Release Book Review: Love Lie Repeat by Catherine Greer

March 4, 2019 Amanda Barrett7 Comments

Title: Love Lie Repeat Author: Catherine Greer Published: March 5th 2019 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 336 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Young Adult RRP: $19.99 Rating: 4 stars Three girls, loyal to each other? That never happens. All the groups of three implode eventually. Two in, one out. Change. Betrayal. Again and again. But not us. I make sure of it. I make Ash and… Continue reading New Release Book Review: Love Lie Repeat by Catherine Greer

2018 Reviews · Australian · contemporary fiction · Guest Review · Mrs R Review · new adult

Guest New Release Book Review: The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village by Joanna Nell

October 22, 2018 Amanda BarrettLeave a comment

Title: The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village Author: Joanna Nell Published: September 25th 2018 Publisher: Hachette Australia Pages: 368 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $29.99 Rating: 5 stars The life of 79-year-old pensioner PEGGY SMART is as beige as the decor in her retirement village. Her week revolves around aqua aerobics and appointments with her doctor. Following a very minor traffic accident, things have turned frosty… Continue reading Guest New Release Book Review: The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village by Joanna Nell

#aww2018 · 2018 Reviews · Book Broadcast · contemporary fiction · new adult · romance

Book Broadcast: Paris Lights by C.J. Duggan

July 22, 2018 Amanda Barrett3 Comments

Book Broadcast is a post I have created to help ease the load of the books I have for review. It is a great way to spread the word, providing recognition to an author or publisher for sending me a book to review. As my reviewing and blogging duties have stepped up a notch in… Continue reading Book Broadcast: Paris Lights by C.J. Duggan

#aww2018 · 2018 Reviews · historical fiction · new adult · World War I

New Release Book Review: The Lily and the Rose by Jackie French

March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 Amanda Barrett5 Comments

Title: The Lily and the Rose Author: Jackie French Published: March 19th 2018 Publisher: Harper Collins Books Australia Pages: 384 Genres: Fiction, Historical RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars Australian heiress Sophie Higgs was ‘a rose of no-man’s land’, founding hospitals across war-torn Europe during the horror that was WW1. Now, in the 1920s, Sophie’s wartime work must be erased so that the men… Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Lily and the Rose by Jackie French

2017 Reviews · Australian · Beauty and Lace review · contemporary fiction · crime · new adult · small town · suspense · thriller

Beauty and Lace Book Review: Little Secrets by Anna Snoekstra

November 19, 2017November 19, 2017 Amanda Barrett2 Comments

Title: Little Secrets Author: Anna Snoekstra Published: October 23rd 2017 Publisher: Harlequin Books Australia Pages: 336 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Australian, Crime, Mystery, Suspense,Thriller RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars What happens when ambition trumps the truth? A town reeling in the wake of tragedy An arsonist is on the loose in Colmstock, Australia, most recently burning down the town’s courthouse and killing a… Continue reading Beauty and Lace Book Review: Little Secrets by Anna Snoekstra