Monthly Top Ten – August 2020 The Road to Ironbark, Kaye Dobbie Rival Sisters, Louise Guy Falling for the Texan, Nicole Flockton One From The Heart, Daniel de Lorne, Fiona Greene, Nikki Logan Maeve’s Baby, Fiona McArthur Matilda Next Door, Kelly Hunter The Stockman’s Daughter, Jacquie Underdown The McCalister Legacy, Nicole Hurley-Moore The Market Stall Girl, AnneMarie Brear The Healer, Allison Butler ..read more

AusRom Recommends: Fiona Palmer’s ‘Tiny White Lies’ Two families escape the rat race to holiday at a remote coastal retreat, but what lies are they telling themselves and each other? The new family drama by beloved Australian storyteller Fiona Palmer.   Ashley has recently lost her husband. Daughter Emily is being bullied online. Best friend Nikki is holding a huge secret. And why is husband, Chris, receiving so many text messages lately? Their teenage children are glued to technology, be it PlayStation, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat . . . The two w ..read more

  Author of the Month: Vanessa Carnevale My Life for Yours is a heartbreaking, gripping and emotional story about love, loss and an impossible choice, perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult, Kelly Rimmer and Kate Hewitt.   Your life or your unborn child’s – how do you choose? Paige and Nick are happy. They have a beautiful home, a loving family and, most importantly, they would do anything for each other. Now, they are having a baby and it feels like all their dreams are coming true. But joy turns to despair when they discover that Paige has a rare, life-threatening heart condition a ..read more

  Book of the Month: Barbara Hannay’s ‘The Sister’s Gift’ The heartwarming new family drama by the bestselling author of Meet Me in Venice.   The Sister’s Gift Barbara Hannay Two sisters, one baby and the best of intentions… As a vibrant young woman with a lifetime of possibilities ahead of her, Freya grants her sister, Pearl, the ultimate gift of motherhood. But this comes at a hefty price – an unexpected rift in her family and the loss of the man she loves. Decades later, Freya is divorced, childless and homeless, at rock bottom after losing everything she’s worked for. When ..read more

  Our Latest Obsession: Michelle Dalton’s Vala   Vala Michelle Dalton Can Calla acknowledge the truth of her past, accept her gift, and embrace an open invitation to love? On the anniversary of her father’s untimely death, forensic anthropologist, Doctor Calla Conroy, is thrown in the deep end of a murder investigation. To complicate the situation, the voice in her head has returned. With everything to lose and no time for a psychotic break, Calla ends up in the small highland’s village of Lairg. Here she meets the handsome Detective Hamish Bell, who elicits powerful emotions that f ..read more

  July Top Ten The Goldminer’s Sister by Alison Stuart Promised to the Swedish Prince by Sasha Cottman Claiming His Out-Of-Bounds Bride by Annie West Warming Winter’s Heart by Elizabeth Ellen Carter A Sunset in Sydney by Sandy Barker This Is Not A F*cking Romance by Evie Snow Lily by Andra Ashe Cocky Notes by Leesa Bow Off Limits: Her Handsome Boss by Joanne Dannon The House on Boundary Street by Tea Cooper ..read more

  #AusRomRecommends: Leonie Kelsall’s The Farm at Peppertree Crossing Accustomed to looking after herself, can Roni now embrace a different life gifted to her from an unknown aunt and a community ready to help? Or will the strings attached be her downfall? ‘Everything you want in rural romance – heart, humour and hope’ Sandie Docker, author of the much-loved The Kookaburra Creek Cafe An unexpected inheritance, a traumatic past and a family whose secrets are kept by the town After a fractured childhood spent in foster homes, city-girl Roni has convinced herself that she has no need o ..read more

  #AuthorOfTheMonth: Kayte Nunn From the bestselling author of The Botanist’s Daughter and The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant, comes The Silk House, a spellbinding story of a mysterious boarding school harbouring a centuries-old secret…  We were lucky enough to catch Kayte for a few quick questions about The Silk House. AR: In three words, describe The Silk House to AusRom readers:KN: Mysterious, atmospheric, ghostly. The Silk House centres around the titular Silk House boarding school, a building with a mysterious past, and weaves together the stories of three women, past and ..read more

  #BookOfTheMonth: Caroline Beecham’s Finding EadieFrom the author of Maggie’s Kitchen and Eleanor’s Secret delivers another compelling story of love and mystery during wartime. Finding Eadie Caroline Beecham London 1943: War and dwindling resources are taking their toll on the staff of Partridge Press. The pressure is on to create new books to distract readers from the grim realities of the war, but Partridge’s rising star, Alice Cotton, leaves abruptly and cannot be found. Alice’s secret absence is to birth her child, and although her baby’s father remains unnamed, Alice ..read more

  Our Latest Obsession… Kim Kelly’s ‘Her Last Words’   A murder. A missing manuscript. An undying love. Thisbe Chisholm wants to be a writer. It’s 2007, a time of digital revolution and skyrocketing property prices, but she’s an old-fashioned girl. She doesn’t even own a mobile phone. She has no stars-in-her-eyes desire for fame, to see her name on the cover of a book, either. She longs only to tell of the stories written on her heart. While her best friends, Penny and Jane, and her darling boyfriend, John, seem set for stellar careers in their chosen fields, Thisbe works nights as ..read more