DAWNLANDS by Philippa Gregory

DAWNLANDS by Philippa Gregory

Like so much of English history, Dawnlands encapsulates the turbulent times of ‘a king in trouble, a country divided and determined women’. Set in 1685 through to the eventual overthrow of the Roman Catholic King James in 1688. Dawnlands returns to the...
DOCTOR’S WIFE by Fiona Sussman

DOCTOR’S WIFE by Fiona Sussman

If you haven’t discovered New Zealand author Fiona Sussman, then now is the time! Returning to her crime fiction genre, she delivers a well-crafted, precise and tense novel. From the first page, we are introduced to the characters in a focused way and you engage...

Kia Ora!

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LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus

LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus

Possibly my most loved book of 2022 and part of my best Top Ten Titles 2022! It was wonderful to meet Elizabeth Zott – groundbreaking chemist, overwhelmingly intelligent, extremely opinionated and unintentionally very funny. Sadly, for Elizabeth, it is the 1960s...
THE ITALIAN DAUGHTER by Soraya Lane

THE ITALIAN DAUGHTER by Soraya Lane

This is the first book in the Lost Daughters series, eight books are planned. The stories are connected through Hope’s House, post-war in London. Un-wed mothers came to Hope in a safe, compassionate environment until their babies were born and the adoption...