Home to the Heart Country
Libby Iriks
Reviewed by Helen
WOW what a brilliant debut book, this one is an emotional roller coaster of ups and downs and I felt every one of those emotions, happy, sad, frustration the lot as we get to know Beth Sullivan, you won’t want to put this one down when you pick it up.
Beth has lived her life roaming the country with her mother, Rosie after losing her father when she was five but she has always craved a place she belonged to put down roots to be able to make friends and now she is twenty six and after losing her mum four years ago she has a job and is renting a small cottage in Townsville but still does not have friends making them is not easy for Beth so when the cottage she has been renting is put up for sale she is losing her stability.
Then a phone call and a letter send Beth on a trip to a small town Karlup, Western Australia to claim an inheritance from a great aunt she never knew she had, things change quickly for Beth firstly meeting Ellie who runs the B & B she is staying and when she hires Ellie’s cousin Noah, farmer who really wants to be a renovator to help flip the run down house that she will own is she adheres to the stipulation in her aunt’s will that she stay in Karlup for three months, Beth does wonder why Aunt Prue put that caveat in her will, she must have had a reason.
As Beth starts to feel very welcome in Karlup and appears to be making friends for the first time in her life and she is also finding out about her family on her father’s side and this is opening up a whole new world for Beth but it is also playing havoc with her heart and her feelings, her emotions are all over the place and she is finding it vey hard to make any decisions as to what she should do, stay or sell up the renovated house and move back to Townsville.
Again wow what a story, a beautifully told one that opens up a whole new world for Beth (and many that may read this book) not only does she discover family and make friends, she discovers herself, her true identity and makes dreams for herself but they do include one very handsome farmer slash renovator, Noah, will it all become her life?
I loved this one from start to finish there are so many fabulous characters in this one that add so much to the story and I cannot highly recommend it enough this is one not to be missed, there were tears from this reader.
My thanks to Netgalley and Harlequin HQ for my copy to read and review.
Beth has lived her life roaming the country with her mother, Rosie after losing her father when she was five but she has always craved a place she belonged to put down roots to be able to make friends and now she is twenty six and after losing her mum four years ago she has a job and is renting a small cottage in Townsville but still does not have friends making them is not easy for Beth so when the cottage she has been renting is put up for sale she is losing her stability.
Then a phone call and a letter send Beth on a trip to a small town Karlup, Western Australia to claim an inheritance from a great aunt she never knew she had, things change quickly for Beth firstly meeting Ellie who runs the B & B she is staying and when she hires Ellie’s cousin Noah, farmer who really wants to be a renovator to help flip the run down house that she will own is she adheres to the stipulation in her aunt’s will that she stay in Karlup for three months, Beth does wonder why Aunt Prue put that caveat in her will, she must have had a reason.
As Beth starts to feel very welcome in Karlup and appears to be making friends for the first time in her life and she is also finding out about her family on her father’s side and this is opening up a whole new world for Beth but it is also playing havoc with her heart and her feelings, her emotions are all over the place and she is finding it vey hard to make any decisions as to what she should do, stay or sell up the renovated house and move back to Townsville.
Again wow what a story, a beautifully told one that opens up a whole new world for Beth (and many that may read this book) not only does she discover family and make friends, she discovers herself, her true identity and makes dreams for herself but they do include one very handsome farmer slash renovator, Noah, will it all become her life?
I loved this one from start to finish there are so many fabulous characters in this one that add so much to the story and I cannot highly recommend it enough this is one not to be missed, there were tears from this reader.
My thanks to Netgalley and Harlequin HQ for my copy to read and review.
5 stars
November 25, 2025 by HQ Fiction
