Written by Maggie Christensen

I loved it! ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Published by	Cala Publishing 15 Jan. 2019
Genre	Women's Fiction
Pages	138
ASIN	B07L7MPZB9

Having fallen in love with Maggie Christensen's Pelican Crossing series I joined her mailing list and received a digital copy of A Brahminy Sunrise as a free gift. I set it aside to read later, and as always happens, I promptly forgot I had it until I was looking for books to read for the #20BooksOfSummer2025 reading challenge. I quickly added it to my summer reading list and when I didn't get around to it before the challenge ended, I determined to read it before the end of this year. Well, I have now managed to read it... and what a cracker! Thank you Maggie for another brilliantly entertaining story.

The blurb:

A Brahminy Sunrise: A Midlife Novella

Drawn together by fate, can this midlife couple find happiness?

University lecturer Alex Carter is devastated when her partner ends their long-term relationship. Accepting a position at a university on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, she plans to spend time with her family, renovate her beach cottage and forget all about men.

But, as she is making a new life for herself, the past rises up to throw a spanner in the works and she has to make a determined effort to reset her compass.

Shocked by a colleague’s suicide, Jack Russo leaves his high-powered city career and travels north, settling in a coastal town in an attempt to simplify his life. Yet, even here, he discovers, everything isn’t what it seems. When his fledgling handyman business appears to be in danger of collapsing, he is forced to make some hard decisions.

A feel-good story of discovering that there can be second chances if only you can learn to trust again.

Novella Women's Fiction

My thoughts:

I have been enchanted by Maggie Christensen's Pelican Crossing series and began A Brahminy Sunrise wondering whether I would enjoy it as much the Pelican Crossing series. I love the setting and the characters of Pelican Crossing and find it a very comforting series to read.

I need not have worried. The setting and the characters may be different in A Brahminy Sunrise but the warmth of the writing and the relatable characters once again quickly drew me in. I finished it over the course of three sittings - not wanting to put it down, but having to - and found that at the end of this captivating short story there is an except from the novel Champagne for Breakfast where we meet Alex and Jack again.

Well, the excerpt is three chapters long and I find that I am already heavily invested in this new story so have purchased a digital copy to devour, hopefully, next week.

Another highly recommended read for lovers of later-in-life romances.

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Author Bio – Maggie Christensen
After a career in education, Maggie Christensen began writing contemporary women’s fiction portraying mature women facing life-changing situations, and historical fiction set in her native Scotland. Her travels inspire her writing, be it her trips to visit family in Scotland, in Oregon, USA or her home on Queensland’s beautiful Sunshine Coast. Maggie writes of mature heroines coming to terms with changes in their lives and the heroes worthy of them. Maggie has been called the queen of mature age fiction and her writing has been described by one reviewer as like a nice warm cup of tea. It is warm, nourishing, comforting and embracing. From the small town in Scotland where she grew up, Maggie was lured to Australia by the call to ‘Come and teach in the sun’. Once there, she worked as a primary school teacher, university lecturer and in educational management. Now living with her husband of over thirty years on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, she loves walking on the deserted beach in the early mornings and having coffee by the river on weekends. Her days are spent surrounded by books, either reading or writing them – her idea of heaven!

Author Bio – Maggie Christensen

publicity shot of author Maggie Christensen

After a career in education, Maggie Christensen began writing contemporary women’s fiction portraying mature women facing life-changing situations, and historical fiction set in her native Scotland. Her travels inspire her writing, be it her trips to visit family in Scotland, in Oregon, USA or her home on Queensland’s beautiful Sunshine Coast. Maggie writes of mature heroines coming to terms with changes in their lives and the heroes worthy of them. Maggie has been called the queen of mature age fiction and her writing has been described by one reviewer as like a nice warm cup of tea. It is warm, nourishing, comforting and embracing.

From the small town in Scotland where she grew up, Maggie was lured to Australia by the call to ‘Come and teach in the sun’. Once there, she worked as a primary school teacher, university lecturer and in educational management. Now living with her husband of over thirty years on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, she loves walking on the deserted beach in the early mornings and having coffee by the river on weekends. Her days are spent surrounded by books, either reading or writing them – her idea of heaven!

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