Question: How long does it take to tear someone’s life apart?Answer: Sometimes just one night. From the outside the parents of the kindergarten class at Darley Heights primary school seem to have it all. Living in the wealthy Sydney suburbs, it’s a community where everyone knows each other – and secrets don’t stay secret forContinue reading “The Trivia Night – ARC Book Review”
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The White Rose Network – ARC Book Review
1943, Germany: “I won’t be able to live if anything happens to you,” she whispered into his ear as they said goodbye, not knowing if they would ever see each other again. The White Rose Network brings to life the incredible true story of Sophie Scholl––one of history’s bravest women, who risked everything to lead a revolutionContinue reading “The White Rose Network – ARC Book Review”
Black Orchid Girls (Detective Amanda Steele series Book 4) – ARC Book Review
The first rays of sun filter through the tall trees, casting a faint light on the girl lying at the water’s edge. Her tears have frozen on her pale face, a black orchid rests against her cold white skin. When hikers find the body of a beautiful young girl on the banks of the PotomacContinue reading “Black Orchid Girls (Detective Amanda Steele series Book 4) – ARC Book Review”
The Matzah Ball–Book Review
Title:- The Matzah Ball Author:- Jean Meltzer Date published:- September 28th 2021 Publisher:- Mira No. of pages:- 416 pages Genre:- Jewish Fiction/Hanukkah Rating:- 3.5/5 stars Oy! to the world Rachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt is a nice Jewish girl with a shameful secret: she loves Christmas. For a decade she’s hidden her career as a Christmas romance novelist fromContinue reading “The Matzah Ball–Book Review”
The Hidden Village- ARC Book Review
A Nazi soldier slams his rifle into her father’s head. From her hiding place, Sofie stifles a scream as tears roll down her face. Suddenly she can’t take it any more. ‘Stop, stop!’ she sobs, rushing out and pushing the soldier away. And then freezes, as he snarls and whips the gun round to pointContinue reading “The Hidden Village- ARC Book Review”
The Dust Bowl Orphans – ARC Book Review
The dust cloud rolls in from nowhere, stinging our eyes and muddling our senses. I reach for my baby sister and pull her small body close to me. When the sky clears, we are alone on an empty road with no clue which way to go… Oklahoma, 1935. Fifteen-year-old Faith Wilson takes her little sister Hope’sContinue reading “The Dust Bowl Orphans – ARC Book Review”
The Midnight Library – Book Review
Nora’s life has been going from bad to worse. Then at the stroke of midnight on her last day on earth she finds herself transported to a library. There she is given the chance to undo her regrets and try out each of the other lives she might have lived. Which raises the ultimate question:Continue reading “The Midnight Library – Book Review”
The Lost Apothecary – Book Review
A forgotten history. A secret network of women. A legacy of poison and revenge. Welcome to The Lost Apothecary… Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use againstContinue reading “The Lost Apothecary – Book Review”
When She Disappeared – ARC Book Review
‘On May 26, 2004, Jessie Germaine went to school as normal and cheered at the end of year rally. That evening, she rode her bike into the forest and disappeared…into thin air.’ Margo hasn’t been back to Lake Moss since her school friend went missing. But as she returns, running from a failed marriage, theContinue reading “When She Disappeared – ARC Book Review”
The Fashion Oprhans – ARC Book Review
Two estranged sisters find that forgiveness never goes out of style when they inherit their mother’s vintage jackets, purses… and pearls of wisdom Estranged half-sisters Gabrielle Winslow and Lulu Quattro have only two things in common: mounds of debt and coils of unresolved enmity toward Bette Bradford, their controlling and imperious recently deceased mother. Gabrielle, theContinue reading “The Fashion Oprhans – ARC Book Review”
Tropical Girl Reads 