Summers With Juliette by Emily Madden

Synopsis

Almost twenty years ago, on a beautiful coastal cliff, Juliette Cole, Anne Kendall and Sera Di Maggio linked pinkies and made a vow to be there for each other no matter what might happen in their lives.

Now Juliette is calling in the promise -- terminally ill, she wants her two friends to come back to Ellesmere to help her through her last summer. The trouble is Anna and Sera haven't spoken in years, and Anna hasn't returned home since she and her mother were run out of town in disgrace.

But Anna and Sera do have one thing in common: they want Juliette to fight her cancer by any means possible. When they realise the only way may be to find a man called Noah, they reluctantly agree to put aside their differences and search for him.

But, as Anna and Sera discover, sometimes facing the past is the best way to face the future, and perhaps the only way they will find the strength for their last summer with Juliette

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What I Think

I just want to start with that every time i read a Australian Authors book im surprised i dont know why and it might sound rude towards the Authors but honestly im proud to be an Australian reviewer/reader if this what is put out to the world to read and the author should be so proud too.

Okay to what i think about this book it made me giggle in places and crying like a baby in others i loved the characters from the start of the book, only bad thing about it and i think it is a personal thing was getting use to the changing of POV that is it, no really that is only thing i could say about it and thats not really bad. The storyline was amazing as well, i dont want to give much away it but really if you are looking for a great book to read to start year off then this is the book for you.

I could not put it down until the last word and i will be recommending it to everyone, my followers, family and friends. This is the first book of 2016 to be put on to my must reads list for this year. It is well worth it, congratulations to Emily for giving us this amazing book thankyou.

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Never, Always, Sometimes by Adi Alsaid

Synopsis

Never date your best friend

Always be original

Sometimes rules are meant to be broken

Best friends Dave and Julia were determined to never be cliché high school kids—the ones who sit at the same lunch table every day, dissecting the drama from homeroom and plotting their campaigns for prom king and queen. They even wrote their own Never List of everything they vowed they'd never, ever do in high school.

Some of the rules have been easy to follow, like #5, never die your hair a color of the rainbow, or #7, never hook up with a teacher. But Dave has a secret: he's broken rule #8, never pine silently after someone for the entirety of high school. It's either that or break rule #10, never date your best friend. Dave has loved Julia for as long as he can remember.

Julia is beautiful, wild and impetuous. So when she suggests they do every Never on the list, Dave is happy to play along. He even dyes his hair an unfortunate shade of green. It starts as a joke, but then a funny thing happens: Dave and Julia discover that by skipping the clichés, they've actually been missing out on high school. And maybe even on love.

What I Think

This is a sweet little book that i enjoyed to read. it was a good change to what i have been reading.

 I was lucky enough to be able to get this book early and to review it, im not going to say much as the synopsis says enough about the storyline.

The characters were just what the story needed they weren't to high-schooly if you know what i mean it was a all around good book and i would love to anything Adi Alsaid has written or will write, I am giving this book a 4 reader rating as there could of been a bit more to it, I will recommend this book to all my followers, you will really like this sweet read.

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Feels Like Home by Lisa Ireland

 

Synopsis

Lisa Ireland, a brilliant new voice in rural romance, invites you to Linden Gully and the wedding of the year…

When celebrity novelist Johanna Morgan surprises everyone by arriving back in Linden Gully three weeks early for her best friend’s wedding, she’s shocked to find her ex-boyfriend Ryan Galloway is back too and well-integrated in the community as the local vet.
Jo’s maid-of-honour duties are not the only thing that’s brought her home. The family homestead of Yarrapinga is now her responsibility, and Jo needs to decide whether to keep it – and replace old memories with new ones – or sell it and cut off all ties to her childhood and her home.
Ryan has brought his young daughter home to Linden Gully to provide stability after the death of her mother. The last thing he needs is Jo’s return, and all of the emotional turmoil that she brings with her.
Thrown together as attendants at their best friends’ wedding, Jo and Ryan have no choice but to grin and bear all the tension. But it’s not only resentment lingering between them. The attraction is still there, and the heat and the memories.
They say you can’t come home again, but maybe, for Jo and Ryan, home is not just a place, but a state of the heart.

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What I Think

I love being a book reviewer when you get a book like this in your hands and it bring mixed emotions out just from the words that are written. i hear this a lot from other bloggers/reviewers that they get a book hangover........Well i got one from this book i could not put it down i loved it.

Im not giving anything away you will have to read it and find out yourself what happens between Jo and Ryan but i will tell you that this book is going on to my must read book list and getting my top rating of 5 readers, i would love to read more from Lisa Ireland if this is how you feel after reading her books.

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Normal by Graeme Cameron

Synopsis

 

"The truth is I hurt people. It's what I do. It's all I do. It's all I've ever done."

He lives in your community, in a nice house with a well-tended garden. He shops in your grocery store, bumping shoulders with you and apologizing with a smile. He drives beside you on the highway, politely waving you into the lane ahead of him.

What you don't know is that he has an elaborate cage built into a secret basement under his garage. And the food that he's carefully shopping for is to feed a young woman he's holding there against her will—one in a string of many, unaware of the fate that awaits her.

This is how it's been for a long time. It's normal... and it works. Perfectly.

Then he meets the checkout girl from the 24-hour grocery. And now the plan, the hunts, the room... the others. He doesn't need any of them anymore. He needs only her. But just as he decides to go straight, the police start to close in. He might be able to cover his tracks, except for one small problem—he still has someone trapped in his garage.

Discovering his humanity couldn't have come at a worse time.

 

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What I Think

What can i say about thins amazing book i could not put it down once i started it and this genre is new to me, i don't normally read (as you can see) this sort but i loved it from the start and cant wait to read something else from Graeme Cameron, As it says on the cover that if you love Dexter (as i do) you will love this story.

I'm not going to give much or anything away from the storyline but i am going to say that this is going straight onto my must read book list for this year and recommending it to everyone my followers,friend and family and even people i talk to out and about that it how much i like this book and I'm giving it a 5 reader rating.

Thank you Harlequin for allowing me to review this amazing book...

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Burnt by Karly Lane

 Synopsis

He came home to heal. She came home to start over. Can first love reignite without one of them getting burnt?
Sebastian Taylor and Rebecca Whiteman were country town high school sweethearts dreaming of a future together when an accident one night forever changed their destiny...
Eighteen years after the tragedy, newly divorced Rebecca returns to the small town she left behind, to start a new life. Seb, now an elite SAS soldier in the Australian Army, arrives home to his farm, injured and grieving, to face a town that hasn’t forgotten and a father who has never understood him.
Rebecca has enough problems of her own without adding Seb Taylor to the mix: a failed marriage, two children to support and a persistent mysterious caller. The last thing she needs is her first love making a sudden reappearance in her life. Seb doesn’t want to get mixed up in Rebecca's life. He came home to heal his wounds, both old and new, but can he do it without getting burnt?

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About the Author

 

Karly Lane lives with her extremely patient husband and four children in Macksville, on the beautiful Mid North Coast of New South Wales. A certified small-town girl, she is most happy in a little town where everyone knows who your grandparents were.

Karly writes women’s fiction, everything from romantic suspense to family sagas and life in rural Australia. She fits in her writing around her chooks, dog, various adopted farm animals, school pickup and children.

Growing up, Karly and her family moved a lot with her father's work, living in many rural communities. Many of her fictional towns are based on these places spread throughout NSW and QLD. Karly has since returned to the town where her family can trace its origins back to the original settlement to raise her own children.

Having previously worked as a pathology collector, she is now lucky enough to be able to write full time, spending all day with her fictional characters while trying to ignore her nemesis, the never-ending cycle of washing which continues to multiply daily. She dreams of one day having a housekeeper...and a pool guy...and a pool...

She is a proud member of the RWA Australia. Karly loves to hear from her readers so find her on Facebook, and say hi.

 

What i Think

 

When asking to review this book for harlequin i wasn't sure what to expect i haven't read a book in a long time that was based here in Australia, it was weird to read about the story being told in places that i have been myself but i loved it.

Seb is all ARMY and is only home because he got injured and has to take time to let is body heal, so he comes back home he hasn't been to in 18 years. so much has changed and at the same time nothing has. Seb didn't know that Rebecca has moved back home as well until he walks in to the hospital where she works to get has dressing changed, and all the feelings he had 18 years ago comes back.

Rebecca is getting used to being a single mum of two girls after her marriage didn't work out she tried to stay in the city so the girls would be closer to their father but it was hard on Rebecca and she put in for a job at her home towns hospital. She could stay with her parents for long because she didn't want them to hate her for leaving them to look after her kids when she was working nights. When Rebecca seen Seb for the first time since he left to join the ARMY the feelings were still strong.

  I am giving this book a 4 book readers rating and recommending it to everyone to read it, it is a amazing book written by a amazing australian author.

 

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