Friday, September 12, 2014

Book: Farmer's Wife





Summary: She got her fairytale ending - but life had other plans ... The Deniliquin Ute Muster had always been on Rebecca's wish list, but with the farm and babies, she'd never managed to make it. Tonight, she decided to reclaim herself. After ten years being married to larrikin Charlie Lewis and living on her beloved property, Waters Meeting, Rebecca is confronted by a wife's biggest fear, a mother's worst nightmare and a farm business that's bleeding to death. Can Rebecca find the inner strength she once had as a young jillaroo, to save everything she cherishes? Or is life about to teach her the hardest lesson: that sometimes you simply have to let go.

What I thought:  Hmm. I was very skeptical about reading this which is why it took me so long to finally getting around to it. I loved Jillaroo and wasn't keen on a sequel and that was the book that started it all for me and my love affair with rural chick lit romances. I knew she broke up the main characters and made Charlie out to be a bastard but she could have simply changed the names and made it a separate book. I know she got divorced in real life and I felt (hope) that this is here release book from her marriage. Her first 4 books were awesome then there was a couple of short story books then this. Her new book is out in a month or so and I am praying that it is back to the Rachael of old... In saying that this book was ok. There were some really good bits and some really bad bits. But overall I did enjoy it.

Book: Billabong Bend






Summary: For Nina Moore, the rare marshland flanking the beautiful Bunyip River is the most precious place on earth. Her dream is to buy Billabong Bend and protect it forever, but she's not the only one with designs on the land. When her childhood sweetheart Ric returns home, old feelings are rekindled, and Nina dares to dream of a future for both of them on the river. But a tragic death divides loyalties and threatens to tear apart their fledgling romance.

This star-crossed rural romance sets Nina, a floodplains grazier, and Ric, a traditional cotton farmer, on a heart-rending collision course, amid the beauty of northern New South Wales.

What I thought: A good read - very evocative images come to mind when reading. typical rural chick lit storyline.