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Book Review: You Don't Know Me by Sara Foster

Caitlyn Lynch

Nov 7, 2019
2 min

Book Review: You Don't Know Me by Sara Foster

Twelve years ago, Lizzie Burdett disappeared - and for the Carruso family, nothing has ever been the same since. Tom was Lizzie’s boyfriend, and the prime suspect, but with nothing ever found, he wasn’t charged. This story is told from the perspective of Tom’s younger brother Noah, only 15 when Lizzie vanished, who has a strained relationship with Tom and is struggling to find his own way in life. On a holiday escape in Thailand, Noah meets Alice, who reminds him of Lizzie at

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Book Review: The Day the Lies Began by Kylie Kaden

Caitlyn Lynch

Aug 25, 2019
2 min

Book Review: The Day the Lies Began by Kylie Kaden

When I discovered this book was set on Queensland’s subtropical coast, not far at all from where I live, I was really excited to read it. Kylie Kaden does a wonderful job of painting the small town of Lago Point - a two-cop town where the most exciting thing that ever happens is the tourists coming in to watch the turtle hatchings. You can almost feel the humidity in the air, smell the salt on the hot breeze. The locals all know each other, and each other’s business, and goss

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Book Review: A Whole New Ball Game by Lauren K McKellar

Caitlyn Lynch

Oct 7, 2018
2 min

Book Review: A Whole New Ball Game by Lauren K McKellar

I loved the first few books in the Women of WAR series, about female players of Aussie Rules football, and this is a terrific addition to the series. This is my second Lauren K. McKellar book too, and damn it… she made me ugly cry again! Zoe is a pediatric nurse at a ‘care home’, which is basically a hospice where ill children coming from remote areas stay when receiving outpatient hospital treatment. A major side character is a young patient with cancer, and, spoiler, this i

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Book Review: A Daughter's Choice by Lee Christine

Caitlyn Lynch

Aug 2, 2018
3 min

Book Review: A Daughter's Choice by Lee Christine

Fourth in the Mindalby Outback Romance series about the residents of a small outback town thrown into turmoil when the local cotton mill closes down unexpectedly, this book’s heroine is Lynsey Carter, the daughter of the mill owner, who moved to Brisbane to pursue a career in agricultural science. At her mother’s behest, she’s come home to try and help sort out the crisis. Lynsey’s mother and father divorced long ago and her mother was replaced with a younger model, who’s ref

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Book Review: More Than A Promise by Lauren K. McKellar

Caitlyn Lynch

Jul 22, 2018
2 min

Book Review: More Than A Promise by Lauren K. McKellar

Wow. I’m still reeling a couple hours after finishing reading this book, because it is emotionally INTENSE. Be warned; if any of the following trigger you, you might want to give this one a miss. Cancer deaths, cancer treatment, violence towards pregnant women, alcoholic parents, abusive parents. This is another in the Mindalby series of Australian romances about a small outback town thrown into turmoil when the cotton mill suddenly closes down. Asher is a single mother, work

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Book Review: Starting Over by Susanne Bellamy

Caitlyn Lynch

Jul 20, 2018
2 min

Book Review: Starting Over by Susanne Bellamy

I’m really enjoying this series of Australian romances about Mindalby, a small outback town whose residents all depend in one way or another on the local cotton mill for their livelihoods. When the mill suddenly closes down unexpectedly and the owner goes missing under a cloud of suspicion, the residents must find ways to survive and figure out a way through the crisis. While this is a series, each of the books can be read as a standalone. There are a few characters who appea

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Book Review: Elsa's Stand by Cathryn Hein

Caitlyn Lynch

Jul 12, 2018
2 min

Book Review: Elsa's Stand by Cathryn Hein

Elsa’s Stand is an absolutely delightful outback romance, and in a fascinating twist, I’m incredibly well qualified to review some of the ‘technical’ aspects of the plot. Jack Hargreaves, the hero, is an opal miner from Lightning Ridge, left a property by his mother with a sapphire find hidden on it… somewhere. And it just so happens that I’m a member of a lapidary club, with experience of both opal and sapphire hunting myself. If Cathryn Hein hasn’t been fossicking, she’s de

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Book Review: Cotton Field Dreams by S.E. Gilchrist

Caitlyn Lynch

Jul 3, 2018
2 min

Book Review: Cotton Field Dreams by S.E. Gilchrist

First in a seven-book series by various authors, Cotton Field Dreams introduces the small outback Australian town of Mindalby, where the town’s existence is strongly tied to the local cotton mill. When the mill closes suddenly, the town is thrown into turmoil. The residents must band together to survive, even as tensions drive them apart. Sasha’s a newcomer to town. Working in the mill’s accounts department, she’s the one who fills in the workers’ payslips, which automaticall

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Book Review: The Nowhere Child by Christian White

Caitlyn Lynch

Jun 30, 2018
1 min

Book Review: The Nowhere Child by Christian White

What would you do if you discovered your entire life was a lie? That's the question Kim Leamy has to face when she's approached by a man suggesting she might actually be Sammy Went, a little girl who went missing twenty-eight years ago in Manson, Kentucky. Journeying from her home in Australia to the US in a pilgrimage to discover the truth, Kim discovers sometimes, some secrets are better not uncovered. Chapters in the story alternate between past and present, or Now and The

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Book Review: Stranded With The Secret Billionaire by Marion Lennox

Caitlyn Lynch

Apr 4, 2017
2 min

Book Review: Stranded With The Secret Billionaire by Marion Lennox

Don't be put off by the cheesy Harlequin title. This book is an absolutely FANTASTIC romance. Matt and Penny are completely adorable and I just wanted to smoosh their faces together and shout NOW KISS. I'm thinking in foodie terms because Penny, the heroine, is a trained chef, and I reckon this book is like a lemon meringue pie; it's sweet, sugary, fluffy and delicious... and yet at the same time there's enough tart tanginess to make it interesting. Penny has been betrayed on

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Book Review: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Caitlyn Lynch

Mar 24, 2017
2 min

Book Review: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

I've been watching the HBO series and thoroughly enjoying it. So when a friend mentioned that it was adapted from a book by an Australian author (and the setting changed from a ritzy Sydney North Shore suburb to Monterey) I couldn't resist buying it. WARNING: if you're watching the series and don't want the end spoilered, don't buy the book. The series has followed along pretty faithfully so far, with one or two smallish changes (the theater production isn't an issue in the b

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Book Review; The Sheriff's Mail-Order Bride by Ann B. Harrison

Caitlyn Lynch

Dec 29, 2016
2 min

Book Review; The Sheriff's Mail-Order Bride by Ann B. Harrison

I'm going to start off by saying that this is a charming story and that I really liked Gina, the female protagonist. I actually thought it was a period romance from the title - mail-order brides being rather less common in contemporary stories - but the author really made it work, giving us a completely believable reason for both Rory to advertise for a wife and for Gina to answer the advertisement. Fisher, Gina's little boy, was completely adorable. The language in the book

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