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: Domestic Drama
Sunshine Through The Rain by Penelope Janu. (2023).
Sunshine Through The Rain by Penelope Janu. (2023). **4 out of 5 stars** **Thank you to Harlequin Australia for sending me a free copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review; published 29 November 2023** Country vet Primrose knows about heartache but she's found a place to call home in Ballimore. She has… Continue reading Sunshine Through The Rain by Penelope Janu. (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).
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).
Family Baggage by Ilsa Evans. (2023).
Family Baggage by Ilsa Evans. (2023). **3.5 out of 5 stars** Grief-stricken middle-aged sisters George, Kat and Annie give themselves a week to pack up their childhood home and divide their mother's belongings. Beloved items are contested. Bossy Kat, mediator George and petulant Annie are hampered by sibling rivalry, the prickly demands of their children,… Continue reading Family Baggage by Ilsa Evans. (2023).
Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society by Sophie Green. (2023).
Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society by Sophie Green. (2023). **4 out of 5 stars** Noosa Heads, 1987. Newly divorced Cynthia has returned home from America to reconnect with her 19-year-old pregnant daughter. Cynthia's former best friend Lorraine is stuck helping her husband's business. When Cynthia convinces Lorraine to join the local Sunshine Gardening Society,… Continue reading Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society by Sophie Green. (2023).
Go As A River by Shelley Read. (2023).
Go As A River by Shelley Read. (2023). **2.5 out of 5 stars** 1948. On a cool autumn morning, Victoria heads into town from her family's farm in the Colorado countryside, pulling a rickety wagon filled with late-season peaches. A stranger stops to ask her the way. She makes the decision to walk with him.… Continue reading Go As A River by Shelley Read. (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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