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Title: The Girl with the Red Hair Author: Buzzy Jackson Genre: Historical Fiction Goodreads Rating: 4.37 My Rating: ★★★★★ Source: ARC Synopsis: 1940, Amsterdam. You're nineteen years old. You have dreams of your own. You never trained to be a soldier. But your dreams died in wartime, and your country is under siege. What do you... Continue Reading →
Title: The Missing Sister (The Seven Sisters #7) Author: Lucinda Riley Genre: Historical Fiction/ Romance Goodreads Rating: 4.19 My Rating: ★★★★★ Source: Paperback Synopsis: The six D’Aplièse sisters have each been on their own incredible journey to discover their heritage, but they still have one question left unanswered: who and where is the seventh sister? They... Continue Reading →
Title: The Daughters of Madurai Author: Rajasree Variyar Genre: Women's Fiction Goodreads Rating: 4.09 My Rating: ★★★★★ Source: ARC Synopsis: The Daughters of Madurai is both a heartrending family story and a page-turning mystery about the secrets we must keep to protect those we love.Madurai, 1992. A young mother in a poor family, Janani is told she is... Continue Reading →
Title: Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1) Author: Toshikazu Kawaguchi Genre: Fiction/ Fantasy Goodreads Rating: 3.74 My Rating: ★★★★ Source: Paperback Synopsis: What would you change if you could go back in time? In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee... Continue Reading →
Title: Only Love Can Hurt Like This Author: Paige Toon Genre: Contemporary Fiction/ Romance Goodreads Rating: 4.19 My Rating: ★★★★ Source: ARC Synopsis: Neither of them expected to fall in love. But sometimes life has other plans. When Wren realises her fiancé is in love with someone else, she thinks her heart will never recover. On... Continue Reading →
Title: The Enemy of Love Author: Annabelle Thorpe Genre: Historical Fiction Goodreads Rating: 4.24 My Rating: ★★★★★ Source: ARC Synopsis: 1943, Wartime Italy. Trattoria di Luca sits at the heart of the small Umbrian town of Amatino. For decades it has been run by the di Luca and Capaldi patriarchs and become a byword not only... Continue Reading →
Title: Homecoming Author: Kate Morton Genre: Historical Fiction/ Women's Fiction Goodreads Rating: 4.27 My Rating: ★★★★★ Source: ARC Synopsis: Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek on the grounds of the grand and mysterious mansion, a local delivery man makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is... Continue Reading →
Title: A Truth For A Truth (Detective Kate Young #4) Author: Carol Wyer Genre: Mystery & Thriller My Rating: ★★★★ Source: ARC Synopsis: DI Kate Young’s team is hunting for a killer. What they don’t know…is that the killer is her.DI Kate Young has known for years that her boss, Superintendent John Dickson, is a violent... Continue Reading →
Title: A Little Life Author: Hanya Yanagihara Genre: Contemporary Fiction Goodreads Rating: 4.34 My Rating: ★★★★★ Source: Paperback Synopsis: When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a... Continue Reading →
Title: The Book-Lovers' Retreat Author: Heidi Swain Genre: Contemporary Fiction/ Romance Goodreads Rating: 4.38 My Rating: ★★★★ Source: ARC Synopsis: One long summer. One perfect setting. Can fiction inspire real life…? Sometimes a book grabs you by the heart and grows to mean everything to you. That’s what Hope Falls is to friends Emily, Rachel and... Continue Reading →
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