Book Review: Jewel in the North by Tricia Stringer

June 15, 2017June 15, 2017 Amanda Barrett1 Comment

Title: Jewel in the North Author: Tricia Stringer Published: April 24th 2017 Publisher: Harlequin Books Australia Pages: 576 Genres: Fiction, Historical, Australian, Saga RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars Jewel in the North: A longstanding feud of land and love, a family torn apart and a quest for the ultimate prize… A breathtaking historical family saga of love, death and forgiveness… Continue reading Book Review: Jewel in the North by Tricia Stringer

2017 Reviews · Australian · rural ficition · saga

Book Review: A Distant Journey by Di Morrissey

January 10, 2017 Amanda Barrett2 Comments

Title: A Distant Journey Author: Di Morrissey Published: October 25th 2016 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pages: 361 Genres: Fiction, Australian RRP: $34.99 Rating: 4 stars In 1962 Cindy drops out of college to impulsively marry an Australian grazier, moving from the glamorous world of Palm Springs, California, to an isolated sheep station on the sweeping plains of the Riverina in New South Wales.… Continue reading Book Review: A Distant Journey by Di Morrissey

2016 Reviews · Australian · historical fiction · saga · war

Book Review: The Turning Tide by C.M. Lance

January 5, 2017 Amanda Barrett1 Comment

Title: The Turning Tide Author: C.M. Lance Published: August 1st 2014 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pages: 344 Genres: Fiction, War, Historical, Australian RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4.5 stars A novel of secrets, mateship and betrayal, set against a dramatic backdrop of wartime Australia – a sweeping saga that will be enjoyed by readers who crave action and adventure with a little bit… Continue reading Book Review: The Turning Tide by C.M. Lance

2016 Reviews · Australian · romance · rural ficition · saga · small town · timeslip

Book Review: The Grazier’s Wife by Barbara Hannay

November 28, 2016 Amanda Barrett1 Comment

Book blurb: For three generations of Australian women, becoming a grazier’s wife has meant very different things. For Stella in 1946, it was a compromise in the aftermath of a terrible war. For Jackie in the 1970s, it was a Cinderella fairytale with an outback prince. While for Alice in 2015, it is the promise… Continue reading Book Review: The Grazier’s Wife by Barbara Hannay

2016 Reviews · Beauty and Lace review · historical fiction · Ireland · saga

Book Review: Daughters of Castle Deverill by Santa Montefiore

October 24, 2016 Amanda Barrett5 Comments

Book blurb: It is 1925 and the war is long over. But much has been lost and life will never truly be the same again. Castle Deverill, cherished home to the Deverill family in the west of Ireland for hundreds of years, has burned to the ground. But young and flighty Celia Deverill is determined… Continue reading Book Review: Daughters of Castle Deverill by Santa Montefiore

2016 Reviews · saga · small town · United States · women's fiction

Book Review: Opal’s Story by Phyllis H. Moore

October 18, 2016 Amanda Barrett3 Comments

Book blurb: In 1948 a murder/suicide rocks a small west Texas town, devastating a prominent family, changing their lives forever. At the center of the tragedy is Opal Evans, the widow. Over fifty years later, terminally ill, her only desire is to forgive herself for the unspeakable aftermath resulting from the chaos. She wants to… Continue reading Book Review: Opal’s Story by Phyllis H. Moore

2016 Reviews · historical fiction · saga

Book Review: Dead to Me by Lesley Pearse

August 13, 2016August 13, 2016 Amanda BarrettLeave a comment

Book blurb: Spring 1935. When Ruby and Verity met as girls they came from different worlds. Verity was privately educated, living in a beautiful Hampstead home, while Ruby was being raised in extreme poverty. Nevertheless, they became firm friends. However, fortunes are not set in stone and soon the girls find their situations reversed. As… Continue reading Book Review: Dead to Me by Lesley Pearse

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