Australian Women Writer’s Challenge 2016 (AWW2016): Update 12 (December) Complete!

This year I challenged myself to read 50 books written by Australian Women Writers and review at least 40 of them and I'm ecstatic to say that I made it! While I personally would have preferred to have reviewed more of the books I've read this year, I am happy with the result and will …

REVIEW: Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah & Narrated by Rebecca McCauley

Published: 1st January 2005 Publisher: Bolinda Audio/Publishing Format: Audio book - Hired from the Library RRP: $29.95 ( for audio book on cd)/ $16.95 (Paperback) 4.5/5 Stars The slide opened and I heard a gentle, kind voice: What is your confession, my child? I was stuffed. The Priest would declare me a heretic; my parents …

REVIEW: The North Wind By Bronwyn Parry

Published: 13th December 2016 Publisher: Self Published Pages: 168 Format: Ebook - purchased RRP: $3.99 5/5 Stars It's Christmas in the outback town of Dungirri, and Angie Butler has returned to her old home, perhaps for the last time. Her life is elsewhere, and the ties that have for decades bound her family to the …

REVIEW: Santa & The Saddler By Cathryn Hein

Published: 18th October 2016 Publisher: Self Published Pages:178 Format: Ebook - purchased RRP: $3.99 (ebook)/ $14.99 (print) 5/5 Stars He’s found the girl of his dreams, but she’s just passing through. Can he turn fleeting Christmas magic into forever? Windmill fabricator Danny Burroughs doesn’t have time to wait in line at the local saddler—no matter …

REVIEW: A Vow To Secure His Legacy by Annie West

Published: 23rd February 2016 Published: Mills & Boon Pages: 188 Format: Print Book (purchased) RRP: $9.99 5/5 Stars "Marry me. This week."  After losing her mother, Imogen Holgate believes she's living on borrowed time with the same terminal illness. So the cautious accountant blows all her savings on a once-in-a-lifetime trip around the world, where …

REVIEW: Red Dust Dancer by Eva Scott

Published: 25th September 2016 Publisher: Escape Publishing Pages: 310 Format: Ebook RRP: $4.99 4/5 Stars  Everyone deserves a second chance—and another dance. Tamsin Cooper’s career as a Parisian showgirl is coming to an end. Nearly thirty, with no boyfriend and no prospects of a family of her own, she decides to take up her inheritance—her …

REVIEW: A Taste For Kandy by Rhian Cahill

Published: 15 December 2016 Publisher: Escape Publishing Pages: 50 Pages Format: Ebook courtesy of the Publisher and Netgalley RRP: $1.19 5/5 Stars  For her, Christmas has always been about family, which is why it hurts so much not to have one of her own... It’s Christmas, the happiest time of the year and everyone around …

REVIEW: Craving Justice by Fiona Archer (Sons Of Sydney Book 1)

Published: 21 st April 2016 Publisher: Self Published Pages: 276 Format: Ebook courtesy of the author and Kell's Bookmark Clique Retreat RRP: $ 4/5 Stars  Four Aussies in Seattle Once brothers Now strangers As an unseen enemy takes aim Four must stand as one for Justice to survive. A man branded by his past Seth …

Australian Women Writer’s Challenge 2016 (AWW2016): Update 11 (November)

*Click on the book's title to be taken to its Goodreads entry or on reviewed to see my review. Australian Women Writer's Challenge 2016 (AWW2016): Read 50. Review: 40. Read: 57/50 Review: 33/40 The Grass is Greener by Loretta Hill (REVIEWED) Seducing His Enemy's Daughter by Annie West (REVIEWED) The Reluctant Jillaroo by Kaz Delaney …

REVIEW: Dirty (Dive Bar BK 1) by Kylie Scott

Published: 19th April 2016 Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia/ St Martin's Press Pages: 288 Format: Ebook - purchased. Will purchase print copy when they arrive in store RRP: $29.99 - Print | $5.99 - Ebook 5/5 Stars The last thing Vaughan Hewson expects to find when he returns to his childhood home is a broken hearted …