Beauty & Lace Book Review: A Caravan Like a Canary by Sasha Wasley

July 31, 2022 Amanda Barrett2 Comments

Title: A Caravan Like a Canary Author: Sasha Wasley Published: March 29th 2022 Publisher: Pantera Press Pages: 464 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars wo road trips. Twenty years apart. Can the memories of a troubled family past finally be put to rest? When Tara Button’s mother asks her to drive the bright yellow family caravan from one end of… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: A Caravan Like a Canary by Sasha Wasley

2022 Reviews · Beauty and Lace review · contemporary fiction · modern romance · romance

Beauty & Lace Book Review: Book Lovers by Emily Henry

June 27, 2022 Amanda BarrettLeave a comment

Title: Book Lovers Author: Emily Henry Published: May 3rd 2022 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 384 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Romance RRP: $22.99 Rating: 4 stars Set over one sizzling August, BOOK LOVERS is the new chemistry-filled ‘rivals to lovers’ romcom from New York Times #1 bestseller Emily Henry Nora is a cut-throat literary agent at the top of her game. Her whole life is… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: Book Lovers by Emily Henry

2022 Reviews · Beauty and Lace review · contemporary fiction · crime

Beauty & Lace Book Review: Those Who Perish by Emma Viskic

May 10, 2022 Amanda BarrettLeave a comment

Title: Those Who Perish Author: Emma Viskic Published: March 1st 2022 Publisher: Bonnier Echo Pages: 304 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Crime RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4 stars An addictive new thriller from multi-award-winning author Emma Viskic. A REMOTE ISLANDAN ISOLATED COMMUNITYA KILLER PICKING THEM OFF ONE BY ONE … ‘You should be careful, Mr Zelic. Because the person who killed Peter Taylor will almost… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: Those Who Perish by Emma Viskic

2021 Reviews · Beauty and Lace review · contemporary fiction

Beauty & Lace Book Review: We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange

December 29, 2021 Amanda BarrettLeave a comment

Title: We Are the Brennans Author: Tracey Lange Published: December 7th 2021 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Pages: 288 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary RRP: $32.99 Rating: 3.5 stars Some secrets you keep from your family. Some secrets you keep for your family. When 29-year-old Sunday Brennan wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital, bruised and battered after a drunk driving accident she caused, she swallows her pride and… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange

#aww2021 · 2021 Reviews · contemporary fiction · literary · new release

Beauty & Lace Book Review: The Rabbits by Sophie Overett

September 10, 2021 Amanda BarrettLeave a comment

Title: The Rabbits Author: Sophie Overett Published: July 2nd 2021 Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Pages: 336 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Literary RRP: $32.99 Rating: 2 stars From the winner of the Penguin Literary Prize and the Kathleen Mitchell Award.A multigenerational family story with a dose of magical realism. It is about family secrets, art, very mild superpowers, loneliness and the strange connections we… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: The Rabbits by Sophie Overett

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Beauty & Lace Book Review: Eye of a Rook by Josephine Taylor

March 21, 2021 Amanda Barrett4 Comments

Title: Eye of a Rook Author: Josephine Taylor Published: February 2nd 2021 Publisher: Fremantle Press Pages: 216 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary/Historical RRP: $32.99 Rating: 4 stars In 1860s London, Arthur sees his wife, Emily, suddenly struck down by a pain for which she can find no words, forced to endure harmful treatments and reliant on him for guidance. Meanwhile, in contemporary Perth, Alice,… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: Eye of a Rook by Josephine Taylor

2021 Reviews · Beauty and Lace review · historical fiction · new release

Beauty & Lace Book Review: Dark Tides by Philippa Gregory

January 6, 2021 Amanda Barrett2 Comments

Title: Dark Tides Author: Philippa Gregory Published: November 24th 2020 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia Pages: 496 Genres: Fiction, Historical RRP: $32.99 Rating: 3 stars #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory’s new historical novel tracks the rise of the Tidelands family in London, Venice, and New England. Midsummers Eve, 1670. A wealthy man waits outside a poor London warehouse to meet with Alinor, the… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: Dark Tides by Philippa Gregory

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Beauty & Lace Book Review: The Wreck by Meg Keneally

October 29, 2020 Amanda Barrett6 Comments

Title: The Wreck Author: Meg Keneally Published: September 1st 2020 Publisher: Echo Publishing Pages: 384 Genres: Fiction, Historical RRP: $29.99 Rating: 4 stars In 1820 Sarah McCaffrey, fleeing arrest for her part in a failed rebellion, thinks she has escaped when she finds herself aboard the Serpent, bound from London to the colony of New South Wales. But when the mercurial captain’s… Continue reading Beauty & Lace Book Review: The Wreck by Meg Keneally

2020 Reviews · Beauty and Lace review · chick lit · contemporary fiction · romance

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

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