Release date 29th January 2025
Home is where the heart is and for one country girl, she'll do whatever it takes to save it...
Mila Hayes will do anything to keep her family's farm, including marrying the wrong man. But when the groom backs out at the last minute, and Sawyer Mann, her teen crush and her brother's best friend, witnesses her humiliation, Mila's hopes plummet.
She doesn't believe Sawyer when he says he can help. She's done with short-term solutions. So how will Mila cope when she falls for Sawyer all over again and is forced into making a choice: follow her head or her heart?
Sawyer, now a high-powered land broker who fled Ashe Ridge years ago to escape painful memories, is back temporarily and finds himself unexpectedly drawn to Mila. He kept secrets from her in the past and it pushed them apart. Can he convince Mila this time will be different?
Meanwhile, Adelaide Hayes, who left her grumpy husband Jack fourteen years ago to follow her dreams, is unsettled by memories resurrected at Mila's wedding. She's wary of a man tied to this town, but what if he can prove they can build a new future together?
Copy received from Harper Collins Australia for an honest review
Not going to lie, I am not the biggest fan of the rural romance genre (I have been the city girl that moves to the country, and it is not like they make it out to be hahaha)
However, this one got past those barriers I have to it, and I really liked it.
It is not just the story of Mila and Sawyer, moving from friendship to more. It is small town gossip, doing what you have to do to keep your head above water. It is holding your head high when it feel like every eye is on you.
I like both Mila and Sawyer a lot. You can feel their childhood friendship turn into love, not always through words but actions.
Yes, there was that silly miscommunication thing that we get is so many books these days, but I liked that it was just a small blip and didn't take half of the book to get over.
There is also another story line that I think readers are going to enjoy.
I haven't read Nicola Marsh before, but I would not say no to reading her again in the future.
USA TODAY bestselling author and multi-award winner Nicola Marsh writes page-turning fiction to keep you up all night.
She has published 86 novels, sold millions of copies worldwide, and currently writes contemporary romance and domestic suspense.
She's a Waldenbooks, Bookscan, Amazon, iBooks and Barnes & Noble bestseller, a RBY (Romantic Book of the Year) and National Readers' Choice Award winner, and a multi-finalist for many other awards.
A physiotherapist for thirteen years, she now adores writing full time, raising her two dashing heroes, sharing fine food with family and friends, cheering on her beloved North Melbourne Kangaroos, and curling up with a good book!