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Quality book reviews by suspense writer Rowena Holloway. Reviews across all genres, with emphasis on suspense and women’s fiction.
Review: The Doctor Calling
A review of The Doctor Calling by South Australian Author Meredith Appleyard. This second novel by a former nurse and midwife is a moving tale of rural doctoring and love in the aftermath of tragedy.
Review: Love at First Flight by Tess Woods
[facebook] [retweet] A thought provoking tale of intriguing characters caught in an impossible situation About the Book On a flight to Melbourne for a girls’ weekend, Melissa meets Matt. He’s openly attracted to her and over the course of the flight they connect on a rare emotional level that takes them both by surprise. Read More …
Review: Up and In by Deborah Disney
Up and In lives up to the blurb and delivers so much more. It has ‘all the feels’. It made me laugh, it made me angry, and there were so many relateable moments that I looked at myself and how I judge others, especially those family members for whom this novel is scarily reflective.
Review: All that Is Lost Between Us by Sara Foster
When she gets the call that her daughter Georgia has been involved in an accident, Anya is desperately trying to hold her family together. Georgia is bruised but otherwise fine. But her cousin Sophie is in an induced coma, and when a young woman is seen loitering in the hospital ward it seems this was no accident. But was Sophie the intended victim or is Georgia in danger, and why? How can Anya protect her family when talking honestly is something they have forgotten?
Review: Second Helpings at the Serve You Right Cafe by Tilia Kelbenov Jacobs
After his release from prison Emet just wants to get on with his life and with the help of Eden, owner of the Serve You Right Café, he just might get that chance. When Emet meets physical therapist Mercey things seem to be looking up. But Mercey’s junkie brother has other ideas and soon Emet will be forced to make a choice that could ruin his chances before they’ve really begun.
Review: Here We Lie by Sophie McKenzie
In her third stand-alone psychological thriller, Sophie McKenzie delivers a tale of the tragic consequences of blind trust and terrible secrets.
The Hand That Feeds You by A J Rich
One for those who like their psychology hand fed and their thrills more slow burn than edge-of-your-seat.
Review: The Enchanted Island by Ellie O’Neill
Maeve is single, ambitious and has so lost herself in her hectic social life of hook-ups and selfies that her best friend has kicked her out. Maeve soon learns there’s no better way to discover her real self than on a reclusive island where strange shrieks echo through the night, the town elders want her gone and the one person she’s come to see refuses to be found.
Review: The Perfumer’s Secret by Fiona McIntosh
When her brother-in-law Sebastien walks into her life, wounded and handsome and bearing a devastating family secret, Fleurette faces her biggest challenge. Will Sebastien save her—or ruin her? A richly hued tale of love and adversity at a time of great upheaval.