North Star

 by Karly Lane

Amazon

My first time reading this author and it certainly won't be my last. I'm lucky my library has a vast collection or I'd go broke.

This is a fabulous Australian story, even though I'm a city girl in Melbourne I do love my virtual visits to rural areas via stories.

Kate packs up her kids and heads back 'home'...where she mostly grew up during her rocky childhood. The property has been left to her and it's time for a fresh beginning.  I really enjoyed their journey, Kate learning to trust again, the teen daughter working her way through her attitude and the young boy growing more confident.

A body? Was it murder? How old is this skeleton? Is this part of her past and will their lives be forever changed?

I absolutely loved this story. Get your slippers on, make a cuppa and settle in.

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Since her divorce a year ago, Kate Thurston feels like she's lurched from one disaster to another. Her teenage daughter, Georgia, seems to have morphed into a monster overnight, and her son Liam breaks her heart with his sad brown eyes.

When Kate receives news that her grandfather has bequeathed her North Star, the vast property that has been in her family for generations, it feels like the perfect opportunity to flee the hectic pace of city life for a calmer rural existence.

As soon as she arrives at North Star, however, Kate realises she's going to need every ounce of determination to restore the rundown homestead to its former glory and fulfil her dream of turning it into a bush retreat. And as for the farm, well it's in utter disarray.

As she starts to make headway with the homestead's restoration and falls for a local bloke, Kate finally feels like life is going right for her. Then her ex-husband comes to town and triggers a series of events that will change her life forever .

In the tradition of Fleur McDonald and Rachael Treasure, with dollops of mystery and lashings of suspense, North Star will have you reading through the night.