On the day Cora is going to register her newborn son’s name she ponders whether naming him Gordon, as her husband wants, will mean he is predisposed to violence like his father or whether giving him another name will change his destiny. Her young daughter Maia suggests the name Bear while Cora thinks Julian is … More Book Review: The Names by Florence Knapp
Until the Red Leaves Fall is set across two timelines; the vibrant 1950s theatre scene in Melbourne and the Tatura Internment Camps during World War II Emmy (Emiko) is a dutiful wife who frequently helps her husband Sebastian rewrite scenes when he’s working on one of his plays. Having longed to be a playwright herself … More Book Review: Until the Red Leaves Fall by Alli Parker
A Misstep of Fate by Olivia Fenwick is a standalone historical romance. Matilda and Sebastian have been friends since childhood and wrote to each other constantly while Bash was away at school. Over time their feelings of friendship have deepened into something more, although they’re yet to admit this to each other. When Tilly and … More Book Review: A Misstep of Fate by Olivia Fenwick
The House at River’s Edge by Rachel Burton is a beautiful dual timeline historical fiction set in 1914 and 1997. In 1997 Barbara is living with her Mother in Oakdene, a family owned house in dire need of extensive renovations, while doing some soul searching about her plans for the future and what she really … More Book Review: The House at River’s Edge by Rachel Burton
The Instrumentalist is set in 18th Century Venice and is inspired by real people, Anna Maria Della Pietà, an orphan abandoned by her mother soon after her birth, and composer and violinist Antonio Vivaldi. Anna Maria is a fascinating character to read about. She is raised in an orphanage and under the instruction of Vivaldi, … More Book Review: The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable
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