The House of Now and Then
Jo Dixon
Reviewed by Helen
What a brilliant debut this one is, it was so hard to put down, wonderful characters good and nasty and there are few of those but this story is well written and pulled me on from page one, it has twists and turns as the story unfolds, it is compelling reading.
Olivia has run from Sydney and her past and the media who will not leave her alone she is hiding out in a beautiful isolated home in Devils Bay Tasmania hoping to work out how to get her life back on track, when there is a knock at the door, a man she does not know, at first she does not want to know anything about him but then she listens to his story about a woman who was a friend of his father’s, Pippa and she stayed at the very house Olivia is renting thirty years ago, can Olivia help even with her sordid past?
Thirty years ago Pippa her best friend Jeremy and Jeremy’s girlfriend Rebecca stay in this house for the summer it was the best of times for them Pippa met local, Leo and they fell in love, Jeremy had plans to leave for England at the beginning of February, Rebecca was going back to Brisbane and Pippa was staying on for a few more weeks, but Leo’s parents are controlling and want Leo away from Pippa, but when Leo leaves to meet his parents and tell them his plans he is never seen again.
Now Olivia is drawn into the mystery with Jeremy’s son Tom searching for Pippa so as a letter can be delivered to her will there finally be answers to the mystery add to that Olivia and her problems will Olivia be able to reclaim to life she knew and deserves and what will be between her and Tom will they find love and happiness?
This is a must read story, deadly secrets, controlling nasty characters and fun and loving characters all add up to an awesome story, debut author Jo Dixon has written a story that has everything a true mystery should have to keep the reader guessing and trying to get answers, she certainly had my mind jumping and the twist wow. I do highly recommend this one, huge congrats on the debut I will be eagerly awaiting more books from this author.
My thanks to Harlequin AU for my copy to read and review
Olivia has run from Sydney and her past and the media who will not leave her alone she is hiding out in a beautiful isolated home in Devils Bay Tasmania hoping to work out how to get her life back on track, when there is a knock at the door, a man she does not know, at first she does not want to know anything about him but then she listens to his story about a woman who was a friend of his father’s, Pippa and she stayed at the very house Olivia is renting thirty years ago, can Olivia help even with her sordid past?
Thirty years ago Pippa her best friend Jeremy and Jeremy’s girlfriend Rebecca stay in this house for the summer it was the best of times for them Pippa met local, Leo and they fell in love, Jeremy had plans to leave for England at the beginning of February, Rebecca was going back to Brisbane and Pippa was staying on for a few more weeks, but Leo’s parents are controlling and want Leo away from Pippa, but when Leo leaves to meet his parents and tell them his plans he is never seen again.
Now Olivia is drawn into the mystery with Jeremy’s son Tom searching for Pippa so as a letter can be delivered to her will there finally be answers to the mystery add to that Olivia and her problems will Olivia be able to reclaim to life she knew and deserves and what will be between her and Tom will they find love and happiness?
This is a must read story, deadly secrets, controlling nasty characters and fun and loving characters all add up to an awesome story, debut author Jo Dixon has written a story that has everything a true mystery should have to keep the reader guessing and trying to get answers, she certainly had my mind jumping and the twist wow. I do highly recommend this one, huge congrats on the debut I will be eagerly awaiting more books from this author.
My thanks to Harlequin AU for my copy to read and review
5 stars
January 4, 2023 by HQ Fiction
