AUTHOR: Nicole Hurley-Moore GENRE: Rural Romance PAGES: 304 pages RELEASED: 1 April 2017 SERIES: Violet Falls #2 SYNOPSIS: In one short day Lily Beckett's life falls apart when she loses her dream job in fashion and finds out her boyfriend is having an affair. Totally devastated, she ends the relationship and flees the city. Lily heads to the country town where she grew up to seek sanctuary with her big sister, Violet, and niece, Holly. But bad luck hits her yet again when she crashes her car on the way. Fortunately a local grazier, Flynn Hartley, arrives on the scene to find her dazed but uninjured. Gradually Lily's life picks up and she decides to stay put for a while, helping out her sister and renovating the beautiful old shop she inherited but has never had time to focus on. Meanwhile, Flynn showers her with attention, but Lily is aware of his bad-boy ways and isn't willing to risk heartbreak by becoming his next conquest. And yet, he won't give up and insists he's turned over a new leaf. Sometimes the place you ran away from is the where you find your heart and home…
After finding one of her colleagues taking credit for her fashion designs and then finding her boyfriend in bed with another woman, Lily Beckett packs up her Melbourne life and fleas back to her hometown of Violet Falls and her sister Violet. And as if her day couldn’t get any worse, she has a run-in with a kangaroo when she’s almost at her destination. Luckily for her, Flynn Hartley is her knight in shining armour, helping her get to her sister’s house and organising for her car to be repaired. Lily has always had a bit of a crush on Flynn, but he’s sort of always seen her as Violet’s baby sister. Not to mention, he’s a bit of a player and avoids commitment at all costs. As Lily begins to find her feet again in Violet Falls and starts working on a plan to renovate the old shop she inherited from her grandfather, Flynn isn’t far from her thoughts or view. There’s undeniable chemistry between the pair, but both have baggage they need to deal with if there’s any chance of them having a future together. Rural romance is always such a comfy and familiar read for me, and this book was no different - as someone who grew up and continues to live in a small regional community, I just love getting to experience that in book form. The cast of characters in Violet Falls are all so familiar, even though I’ve never read about them before, simply because I know of people in real life who are very similar. Nicole has perfectly captured the personalities of small-town Aussies so effortlessly, and even the setting of Violet Falls seems so real even though it’s a fictional town (although I wish it wasn’t because I need to visit it!). Lily and Flynn’s individual stories were really interesting to follow as they both had their own dreams that they were endeavoring to pursue, while also dealing with previous heartbreak and struggles that they had to overcome. And on the romance front, their relationship was super sweet and fun as it developed over the course of the book. The timeline that Nicole established in the book helped it not feel like an insta-romance, and that their road to a relationship developed over a more natural period of time. I’m a little annoyed at myself that I didn’t realise this was technically the second book in a companion novel duology, with the first book McKellan’s Run following Lily’s sister Violet - I’m definitely someone who prefers to read companion novels in order to fully enjoy the timeline, but it’s obviously not the end of the world. If anything, having seen Violet’s happily ever after throughout this book, it has me even more excited to go back and experience the origins of her story. I also just really enjoyed Nicole’s writing style, so I definitely need to check out the rest of her books! If you’re looking to escape to the Aussie countryside and get swept up in rural drama and romance, this is definitely a book you need to add to your TBR! |
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