A Garland at Bitterbark Creek Tammy Mannersly Publication date: November 5th 2024 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance He’s found a new home with her family while his own holds secrets to her past…This heart-wrenching 300+ page rural romance novel will have you gasping and keep you guessing as mysteries unravel, and as Jack and Sophie discover whether their love for one another can survive the deepest of wounds and darkest of betrayals. Had it not been for her cousin’s wedding, Sophie Wendall would never have returned to Bitterbark Creek—her aunt and uncle’s idyllic farm-stay on the outskirts of town. Twenty years ago, tragedy stole everything from her including her memory, leaving only secrets and lies. Now that she’s back, there are just two things on her mind: to find out the truth of what really happened to her that day at the dam and to steer clear of the wicked Garland family and their charismatic son—the boy who broke her heart. Jackson Garland is one of the few peopl...

About the Book They were best friends who were never meant to fall in love – but for one of them, it was already way too late . Willow ‘Banjo’ Paterson and Tom Forrest were raised on neighbouring cattle stations in the heart of the Kimberley. As young adults, sharing the same life dreams, something came between them that Willow cannot forget. Now ten years have passed since she’s even spoken to Tom. When her father falls ill, Willow is called home to take over the running of the family property, Paterson Downs. Her vision for a sustainable, organic cattle station is proving hard to achieve. She needs Tom’s help, but is it too late, and all too complicated, to make amends? Tom’s heartfelt, decade-old letters remain unopened and unmentioned between them, and Willow must find the courage to finally read them. Their tattered pages reveal a love story like no other – and one you’ll never forget. Dear Banjo is a wildly romantic and utterly captivating story about first lo...

  Review: The Girl in the Yellow Vest - Book #3 The Girl Series - Loretta Hill - January 2014 The third book in "The Girl" series is The Yellow Vest. The book starts with Lena's wedding and coming up for the wedding is a group of her engineering friends from college. One of those friends is Emily. Her engineer dreams haven't been as exciting as she wished and she now officially has no life as her boyfriend of five years has dumped her and she is in a job she wishes she could quit as really, all she is doing is counting cracks in surfaces. A job that any dummy could do. At the wedding , Emily is re-introduced to her college best friend Will who we can see that beneath the surface there is a bit of unrequited love going on. The story then begins with Emily getting a new direction on her life and moves to the outback and takes a job where Will is working. Meanwhile at the site where Will works we meet the big boss Mark aka Casear - he is grieving for hi...

Review: The Girl in the Hard Hat - Loretta Hill - January 2013 Ever wondered what it's like to be a female working in a man's world ? Are you a fan of the Australian Rural Fiction ? One of my favourite authors is Loretta Hill who writes about your average female who finds themselves planted bang smack into the man's world of jobs. In Book #1 The Girl in the Steel-Capped Boots, we met Lena who became an Engineer and now in Book #2 The Girl in the Hard Hat , we meet Wendy who has arrived to the outback with one goal really in mind - to find her true father as she has just discovered that she was adopted.  Wendy, needing a job finds herself work in a construction site as the Safety and Health manager and within her first week there, it seems she is getting on the wrong side of people as they are needing to buck up their ideas especially since the previous manager was a drunk who let alot of things slide. With her new job and trying to fit in and on top of that trying ...

  Review: Nobody But Him - Victoria Purman - October 2013 In small towns of Australia, there are two types of people - people who come and go and those who decide to stay there for the rest of their lives and grow old happily living in the same place. For Julia Jones, she decided that she was destined for bigger and brighter things so when she turned eighteen- that was that and she high-tailed out of town leaving behind her mother and her at the time love Ryan Blackburn and never looked back. Now fifteen years later, Julia's mother has died which has forced Julia to return to her hometown and settle up her mother's estate and then her plans are to return back home to the big smoke. However as she spends more time here, she discovers a part of her life that she missed and maybe , just maybe this may be a place for her. Fate though as different options as it chucks in her past Ryan Blackburn. Now grown up , he tends to be the town's hero and bachelor of the y...

    Today's review is Australian Author Rachael Johns with her newest Country Lit coming to a stores near you or if you are an E-bookie then to an E-reader near you.   Review: Outback Dreams - Rachael Johns - October 2013 Do you love your Aussie authors ? Love reading novels set in the Country ? Love to scoop up a hot cowboy or in this instance a farmer  for yourself ?  Rachael Johns has done it again as McCains Vegetables love to say as she has written another fabulous Outback Australian novel.  In Outback Dreams we have several storylines running smoothly together. The first is where we discover Daniel Montgomery aka Monty's little brother Will suffers from a high-functioning Autism. I liked reading about this as I have some family members etc that are on the Autism Spectrum Chart. The second is we are introduced to the blooming and strong friendship between Monty and Faith. Best friends since they were young, the pair have always been...

Today on The Phantom Paragrapher, we have a little Cowboy Action with The Curves and The Cowboy Cover release .   Synopsis: When curvy Sarah Grant comes home to Coldwater Springs after spending six years in the city, the last person she expects to bump into is sexy Chase McCord.  After having a teenage crush on him for years, she thought she was finally over him.  After all, why keep fantasizing about someone you can never have?  But when Chase makes it clear he’s ready to claim her for his own, Sarah finds it hard to believe him.  Can he convince her they were made for each other? Author Bio: Jenn Roseton believes that romance and hot sex go together. When she's not writing erotic romance, she indulges in delicious gourmet chocolate. Her books include the Hot and Sexy series, the Seduced by the Boss series and BBW Needs Hot Sex.  Find out about her latest news, promotions and new releases at www.JennRoseton.com ...

  Do you enjoy reading Rural Romances ? Prefer a bit more suspense added to your romance ? Review: Morgan's Law - Karly Lane - May 2012 Six months ago , Sarah Murphy was living the high-life in London when she received a phone call that her Grandmother had passed away. Trudging back home to Sydney, Sarah goes to pick up her Grandmother's ashes -attached to the ashes is a note to Sarah of where the ashes are to be scattered. At the "Wishing Tree" in Negallan - a small rural town out in the wop-wops. Respecting her Grandmother's wishes, Sarah heads to Negallan expecting only to be a couple of days but as soon as she arrives - she realises she in for the long haul from vehicle problems to the fact that nobody seems to know her Grandmother Eliza Jones or even remembers a "Jones" family living in Negallan. This is where the mystery begins as it turns out that Sarah's grandmother's real name was Rose Morgan and the Mo...

    Looking for a new teen indie series to get stuck into ? Love the theme of Cinderella tales? Review: Dante's Girl - Book #1 Paradise Diaries - Courtney Cole - June 2012 Imagine , you are on your way to your dad's for another annual vacation to London where he works for the NSA when an aeroplane blows up at the airport. Whilst at the airport, you managed to somehow bump into a hot guy and now you are being whisked away with this hot guy. That's what happened to Reece - a farm girl from Kansas when she was on her way to her Dad's and now she has ended up in the Greek Island of Caberra with the hot guy who turns out to be Dante Gilberti - son of the Prime Minister of Caberra and heir to the operation of Gilberto Olives. For Reece this is like a dream come true , and she can't believe that she is here . Though what happens when the time comes to meet his friends, will her fantasy world be shot down to reality when she discovers that A) they hate Amer...