The Willow Tree Wharf by Léonie Kelsall. (2023). **4 out of 5 stars** Samantha, owner of Settlers Bridge café Ploughs and Pies, is short on confidence and big on regrets. Married young to fill the void of an unhappy childhood, Sam is still in the same small town she grew up in. Will the end… Continue reading The Willow Tree Wharf by Léonie Kelsall. (2023).
Category: Contemporary/Literary
The Things That Matter Most by Gabbie Stroud. (2023).
The Things That Matter Most by Gabbie Stroud. (2023). **5 out of 5 stars** The staff of St Margaret's Primary School are hanging by a thread with a litigation pending, the school due for registration, and a powerful journalist parent getting involved. The teachers are trying to be professional but they are unravelling personally. Tyson… Continue reading The Things That Matter Most by Gabbie Stroud. (2023).
Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder by Kerryn Mayne. (2023).
Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder by Kerryn Mayne. (2023). **4 out of 5 stars** Lenny Marks is good at not remembering: she has spent the last 20 plus years not thinking about the day her mother left but she's never forgotten her stepfather's parting words, 'you did this'. Now 37, Lenny prefers contentment and… Continue reading Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder by Kerryn Mayne. (2023).
Mount! by Jilly Cooper. (2016).
Mount! by Jilly Cooper. (2016). (Rutshire Chronicles; #10) **2.5 out of 5 stars** Rupert is consumed by one obsession: that his adored stallion Love Rat be proclaimed 'Leading Sire'. He is determined to beat his detested rival Cosmo which means abandoning his racing empire and his darling wife Taggie and chasing winners worldwide. The fort… Continue reading Mount! by Jilly Cooper. (2016).
Only Love Can Hurt Like This by Paige Toon. (2023).
Only Love Can Hurt Like This by Paige Toon. (2023). **4.5 out of 5 stars** When Wren realises her fiancé is in love with someone else, she thinks her heart will never recover. On the other side of the world, Anders lost his wife four years ago and still can't move on. Wren hopes spending… Continue reading Only Love Can Hurt Like This by Paige Toon. (2023).
Emergency Exit Only by Michelle Upton. (2023).
Emergency Exit Only by Michelle Upton. (2023). **4 out of 5 stars** **Thank you to HarperCollins Australia for sending me a free advance readers copy of this novel; published 29 November 2023** Amelia has played it safe all her life but when a minor accident lands her in hospital, she dramatically quits her tedious office… Continue reading Emergency Exit Only by Michelle Upton. (2023).
Perfect-ish by Jessica Seaborn. (2023).
Perfect-ish by Jessica Seaborn. (2023). **4 out of 5 stars** Prue is about to turn thirty and feels like everyone else is living their best life: everybody is posting online about their relationships, travel and babies. Prue has been dumped by her fiancé, dropped out of uni, and her job counselling lonely people makes her… Continue reading Perfect-ish by Jessica Seaborn. (2023).
Salt River Road by Molly Schmidt. (2023).
Salt River Road by Molly Schmidt. (2023). **3.5 out of 5 stars** **Thank you to Fremantle Press for sending me a free copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review; published 3 October 2023** In the aftermath of their mother's death, the lives of the five Tetley siblings fall apart. Rose is abandoned… Continue reading Salt River Road by Molly Schmidt. (2023).
The Love Contract by Steph Vizard. (2023).
The Love Contract by Steph Vizard. (2023). **4 out of 5 stars** **Thank you to HarperCollins Australia for sending me a free copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review; published 30 August 2023** Single mum Zoe had the parenting thing all figured out with baby Hazel until a childcare drought derailed everything.… Continue reading The Love Contract by Steph Vizard. (2023).
Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance by Kate Solly. (2023).
Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance by Kate Solly. (2023). **4 out of 5 stars** Meredith established the Copeton Crochet Collective so it would be like having friends, but with her in charge and no men. But the handsome Luke, grandson of Edith, decides to learn crochet. Claire is there to escape her relentless… Continue reading Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance by Kate Solly. (2023).
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