Hidden Heartache by Suzanna Ross

Reviewed by Maria

Competent and professional, Dr. Emma Bradshaw is well respected in the rural community of Tullibaird where she serves as a doctor and where she was born and brought up. The locals all know about the trauma she faced as a teen - dealing with the fall out of a teenage romance gone wrong and her father's premature death of cancer.  Yet they've nothing but admiration for the way she clawed herself back from the brink of despair by sheer hard work, becoming a doctor and serving her local community with skill and dedication. She lives a quiet life in Tullibaird now, with ne'er a breath of scandal attached to her name.  But the arrival of the leather clad biker, Dr. Nick Rudd, to join the clinic where Emma works,  threatens to crumble her confident facade.  Dr. Rudd is none other than Nick Malone, the town's erstwhile bad boy who left Emma to face a traumatic situation all alone at the time when she needed him most.  Nick is adamant that he's come back for Emma as he always said he would.  She on the other hand, having built a life for herself after her world fell apart, doesn't want to revisit the past and her hidden heartache.

So can this couple ever heal the wounds of the past and move on into the future of which they'd once dreamed  enthusiastically?  Or is it really all over?

This is a small town romance with the feel of community involvement and mostly endearing if flawed characters.  Just normal human beings, with all their faults and failings.  It's also a medical romance, which, I believe, was originally intended for Harlequin.  Well, it's very much their loss.  This book tackles the issue of how teenage affairs can take a a tragic turn, leaving scars on the psyche.

An emotional read which will leave you with both a tear in your eye and a smile on your face and maybe even a couple of sighs along the way.  Suzanna Ross presents Emma's agony in a beautiful and sensitive manner.  Although it tackles a sad subject, it also shows, as all good romance fiction does, how the healing power of love can work its magic.

Crazy Love by Nicola Marsh

Reviewed by Nas

Crazy Love

CRAZY LOVE by USA Bestselling Author Nicola Marsh is a September 2012 release.

Marc Fairley came looking for his divorcee mother, Olivia, when he gets her email that she is on the verge of getting married to a local farmer in a small town. And to make matters worse she met her farmer fiancé online through a Internet dating service.

Sierra Kent is the Internet Matchmaking site's owner. She lived in the small town named Love, so what else would she do? She matched people to live happily after! By making them fall in love.

Olivia was her client and Sierra's computer matched her with Hank, the local farmer. So Marc strides in her office, to ask about her matchmaking, and sparks fly.

The dialogue is snappy, fast and hilarious. Sierra gives back as good as she gets.
Marc starts getting close to Sierra but can their fling last? After all Marc is a no commitment man. He runs the other way when women get too serious. Then he finds that Sierra's company is on the top of his hit list- to takeover. So will he get the company and lose the girl or lose the company and get the girl? He needs to buy out the company to be one of the top.

Flo is another small town character. She is fun, witty and hilarious. And she is old, but falls in love with Marc's butler Will.

CRAZY LOVE is a small town based romance story. Nicola Marsh is a terrific writer who creates likeable characters. I loved reading about the affairs of secondary characters. The sensuality in the love scenes is scorching hot. Yet the relationship and trust issue depicted in this story is realistic. This is a romance story highly worth reading!

My rating 4.5 out of 5 Stars.

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Reviewed by Maria

Sierra Kent is in love.  The town, I mean.  On the basis of which, she runs a wildly successful dating agency.  It gives her a good life and keeps her in the manner to which she has become accustomed.  But it all threatens to come crashing down when Marc Fairley storms into her office.  He thinks he has the pretty redhead all figured out.  And he figures that Sierra has matched  up his trusting mother with her uncle just to get their hands on the lady's considerable financial assets. Sierra knows this.  What she doesn't know is that Marc is also rapidly getting into a position to buy Sierra out of her business.  What's a girl to do?  She has to convince him that things are otherwise of course, with regard to her matchmaking efforts.  But how?  Well, strange things happen when you're in Love.....as any Lovernian will tell you!

Brimming with witty dialogue and unforgettable characters, this book will capture your heart......or at least your undivided attention....... for as long as the story lasts.  Unputdownable is a word that runs through my head here........

I'll share a little secret.  Nicola Marsh is my very favouritest author at the moment.  I positively hoard up her books for those special, quiet moments when the kids are out of  my hair and the hubs is otherwise engaged...with work or something.  I treat her books on a par with my other obsession - chocolate.  The common feature between Nicola's books and chocolate is that they're both the most delectable morsels, which you simply have to treasure and enjoy.

Grab this one,girls, it's a gem!

5/5 Stars



Reviewed by Desere

Fast,fresh,fun and delightful is only a few words that come to mind when describing the fun and funky new book by brilliant author Nicola Marsh.

I fell hopelessly in love with the town LOVE and with the characters,every character was unique in a fresh new way. The scenes very vivid and so much fun to read!

And having Sierra be the guru behind the charade so to speak into which Marc has to stride into was truly  awesome ! I loved how we had a feisty Sierra vs a non committing and argumentive Marc it made the book so much more enjoyable.

Nicola Marsh has always been a favourite of mine as she is always able to create the type of books that can simply sweep you away into a world of romance and while your there believe me you will not want to come back!

Well done Nicola !

5/5 star review