AUTHOR: Eva Scott GENRE: Rural Romance PAGES: 432 RELEASED: 3 August 2022 SYNOPSIS: He's finally met The One ... and she's dating his brother. Ant Murphy has spent his life picking up after his AFL star brother. So when he gets a phone call telling him that Jed has ended up in hospital after a drink-driving incident, he's far from surprised. He's not even shocked by Jed's manager's wild scheme to have him spend the next six weeks living in the country with a girlfriend Ant didn't even know about. All par for the course in his brother's crazy life. In fact, Ant isn't thrown by anything ... until he turns up at the new girlfriend's farmhouse and discovers that he already knows her. Intimately. Frankie Fox has dealt with a lot over the last few weeks. She's turned thirty, lost her roof in a storm, been ghosted by someone she thought could be The One, and is now somehow dating her longstanding celebrity crush, THE Jed Murphy. But none of these comes close to the blow of having the guy who ghosted her turn up on her doorstep after weeks of silence ... and for him to turn out to be Jed's brother. With a secret she's forbidden from revealing, growing feelings for her boyfriend's brother, two Murphys living in her home and her future happiness on the line, Frankie must ask the most important question of all: is all this trouble really worth a new roof? Inspired by While You Were Sleeping, this rural romantic comedy asks what happens when The One isn't quite who you expected ... This book was kindly sent to me by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Rural Queensland meets While You Were Sleeping in this sweet romance of a young woman unexpectedly caught between two brothers...
While in Coolangatta for her birthday, Frankie Fox meets a stranger and spends an evening with him, and it turns out to be the best night of her life. Until he never calls her after their night together. Just when she thinks she’ll never cross paths with Ant Murphy again, their worlds collide in an unexpected way when Frankie ends up posing as the girlfriend of Ant’s brother, AFL superstar Jed Murphy, after he’s involved in a car accident after another night of drugs and alcohol. Jed’s manager wants to reinvent his image, and having a girlfriend who lives in the rural town of Kalbar is just what they need to show the AFL world that Jed is getting his life back on track. Between needing a new roof on her farmhouse and wanting to help her favourite AFL player, Frankie agrees to go along with the plan until after the AFL Commission decides Jed’s fate. Ant and Jed haven’t had the smoothest relationship in recent years, and now they’re not only living under the same roof, but Ant and Frankie can’t fight their growing attraction to one another. Contracts have been signed and the media are wanting the latest scoop, so all three have to be on their best behaviour or have this whole plan unravel in an instant. Eva has once again delivered a fabulous rural Australian version of a classic 90s rom-com! I’ll admit, I’ve never actually seen While You Were Sleeping, so while I knew the general premise of the story, I didn’t really know what to expect going into this book, but I thoroughly enjoyed the story that Eva crafted with the influence of the original story – you definitely don’t need to have any knowledge of the films that inspire Eva’s books because they’re just that good on their own! I absolutely LOVED being in Kalbar, and one aspect I really enjoyed was the Kalbar Community Facebook group posts between each chapter – they gave such a fun insight into the residents of the community and really make you feel like you’re part of the community too! As someone from a small regional town with similar Facebook groups, the posts and comments were way too relatable. This book is filled with so many fabulous characters and relationships, and not just romantic relationships, but also sibling and friendship ones that are just as important to the story as the romance. From Frankie and Ant’s sweet and swoony relationship, to the differing sibling bonds between Frankie & Adele and Ant & Jed, to the friendships that develop throughout the book, there was just so much to enjoy and become invested in. Whether you’re a 90s rom-com fan, love rural Aussie romances, or maybe a bit of both, this is definitely the book for you! You’ll be left wanting to high-tail it to Kalbar in the hopes of being caught between two attractive brothers on a farm surrounded by goats and geese. |
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