Between 1945 and 1973 one and a half million babies were given up for adoption in the USA; the young single mothers were often coerced […]
Fiction
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Set in Britain in the early years of World War II The Bletchley Girls from Anna Stuart is a captivating read based on a true […]
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Gothic Regency Romance is a wonderful escapist read with a sinister plot, a dark, handsome Duke and a wonderful heroine who falls in love with […]
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Moon Sugar
Moon Sugar is a somewhat intriguing tale wrapped around the world of experimental drugs, dependence and the insular nature of today’s societies. Mila is a […]
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Powerful, captivating and immensely enjoyable The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris captures the devastation of the war years in Paris, the destruction caused by the German […]
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Bleeding Heart Yard In ‘Bleeding Heart Yard’, the third in the Harbinder Singh series by Elly Griffith, she developed from being a slightly awkward regional […]
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The Wedding Party
For the first time in 15 years the four Robicheaux daughters are back together preparing for the remarriage of their parents. Years ago, their parents’ […]
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The East German Spy Mistress
The East German Spy Mistress has been set in the Cold War era, post-World War II. Ulrica zu Lauenburg is facing some hard truths about […]
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Murder and food somehow, sometimes seem to go together at least in Miriam Quinones-Smith life anyway, but not because she goes looking for trouble, just […]
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Double Lives from Kate McCaffrey is an absolutely brilliant read that gets you involved from very early in the book, actually from the first chapter, […]
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Set in Queensland from 1942, this Historical Fiction, Daughter of the Home Front deals with people during the war period. The main character, Emma Hatton, […]
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Those who have followed the Castleby Series from JM Simpson would have been waiting with a degree of urgency for the next book in the […]
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One definite advantage about reading Regency Romance it that it is pure escapism into a world that can be crafted to fit into reader’s expectations, […]
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Wildflowers
Peggy Frew writes with such detail and structure that Wildflowers almost becomes a breath holding read. If anyone was not completely aware of the destruction […]
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The Proxy Bride from Zoe Boccabella, in a very entertaining style reveals yet another slice of Australian History that may have by-passed many people. Zoe […]
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Six Days In Rome
It was to be a romantic getaway to Rome. Instead it becomes a solo journey of unexpected self-discovery against the backdrop of ancient historic Rome. […]
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The Tap Cats Of The Sunshine Coast
School day friendship can occasionally stand the test of time but what happens when a group of three friends decide to gather on the Sunshine […]
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Charlotte “Charlie’ James is a determined young woman. She lived in Sydney and was happily married until her world fell apart. As a journalist, she […]
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The Accident
Very cleverly created The Accident is a small slice of life in the everyday world of Grace, her daughter Emma and some of the people […]
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In a series of essays, debut author Else Fitzgerald offers or speculates, about the world in the far distant future, or perhaps not so far […]
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Initially written in 1958, Mrs Harris Goes To Paris is being released as a major film in 2022. It is difficult when reading the book […]