The Orchard at Rosevale

 The Orchard at Rosevale

Nicola Marsh

Reviewed by Helen

Another fabulous story from Nicola Marsh, she has taken me on a trip to country Victoria with a grumpy hero and a bright and bubbly heroine who is determined to help get the family avocado orchard Kinstead Avocados from struggling to the top but will she be able to do that?

Elora Curtis has taken on a new position and she needs this one badly to end her connection with her ex but when she arrives at the orchard she meets the owner Cruz Wardlow he is now the owner of the orchard after the death of his estranged father and Cruz and his mother Ferne want nothing more than to sell it but to do that they must bring it out of the nearly red but when she makes the biggest mistake of her advertising career this could turn everything wrong.

Cruz left the orchard ten years ago and has made a name for himself in Melbourne as a renowned chef but now that his father is gone, his will stipulates that to take ownership of the orchard he must live there for one year and this is not going to be easy, his mother Ferne hires a marketing and advertising person to bring it up to standard and that woman is Elora who he met for a fleeting moment but one he will never forget and she sets his blood on fire will they be able to work together?

Then there is Ferne Cruz’s mother she has felt trapped on the orchard for many years now it is her turn to take off and travel glad to get away from the small town of Rosevale Grove, but she has uncovered a few secrets that her husband has kept all of these years then there is Taj the her first love who after having to cancel her trip she meets again after all of these years, her life has been turned upside down could she finally find happiness at her age and after all of these years?

I Loved this one so much Cruz grumpy as he is, is the best and Elora I loved her energy and enthusiasm and how positive she is no matter what, I think they are made for each other, and Ferne she too is such a wonderful character in this story and deserves her HEA, I do highly recommend this one, it is a beautiful story.

My thanks to HQ Fiction and Netgalley for my copy to read and review.

5 stars

August 1, 2026 by HQ Fiction

The Cowboy's Pretend Bride

 The Cowboy's Pretend Bride

Family Matters of Cowboy Point #2

Megan Crane

Reviewed by Helen

When the Patrick family moved to Cowboy point to get to know their half siblings the Lisle’s no one knew that their mothers Peyton and Jenny would become such good friends and that they have an agenda on their minds to ensure that all of the six siblings are happy so far two of them are happily in relationships could it be time for another one to be?

Finn Patrick thought he wanted to be a rancher until things changed now he is not so sure but when the lovely Kitty Bennett literally runs into him in the street one day and asks him to marry her well this is s shock but a happy one you see he has always felt a pull to the beautiful woman, his life is about to change if he says yes.

Kitty and her sisters have been in Cowboy Point for seven years now and run the very popular pizza restaurant, Mountain Mama and do very well, Kitty is strong and protective of her sisters and always has a plan but when the owner of the property they lease puts a spanner in the works Kitty has a plan and that is to prove her landlord wrong and get married and Finn Patrick is the man she feels will work best for her plan, a paper marriage for one year then a divorce, or will it me more?

Things go different to what Kitty planned and soon kisses turn to more and more hearts are opened and new plans are made, I loved this one Finn is just the best hero he is so patient with Kitty as he teaches her what love can be and I loved seeing Kitty find love and happiness, I do highly recommend this and the series so far I am very much looking forward to the next one.

My thanks to Tule Publishing for my digital copy to read and review.

4 stars

June 9, 2026 by Tule Publishing

Written in Between

 Written in Between

Bellethorpe #4

Leanne Lovegrove

Reviewed by Helen

Emma McKinnon always wanted to be a reporter not necessarily following in her mother’s footsteps on TV but a reporter just the same she wanted the written words like a newspaper and finally she has got her wish and is moving her life to the small outback Queensland town of Bellethorpe to start work under editor Geoff at The Times and she is full of enthusiasm and raring to go.

Things could go wrong when Emma arrives and finds out that the owner of the paper wants to close it down, Angus Hummingbird son of the owner has been sent to see if they can turn the paper around and make it profitable but it seems that Angus is more interested in his singing but he does put some effort in and soon with changes Emma and Geoff are moving the paper into digital and a couple of print editions a week and Emma is off and running and making a name for herself in the town with her wonderful stories, but will it be enough?

Doctor Cole Willoughby is a Canadian and met Emma two years ago while in Scotland and they spent a wonderful time together running a bookshop but Cole’s sister was ill and Emma needed to return home and although they keep in touch through letters and messages both are getting on with their lives that is until Cole reads one of Emma’s stories and decides to make a trip to Bellethorpe could the spark still be there?

Emma really has thrown herself into the town and the newspaper and is like a dog with a bone when she gets the sniff of a story and uncovers something that will change a lot and what about Cole is there a chance that they can pick up where they left of in Scotland, there are a few hurdles to cross for them, will they get there?

I loved this one so much Emma is the best her determination and strength was fabulous, and Cole what a hero and catching up with the characters we have met in previous stories is always good, I do highly recommend this one it is moving and emotional and has everything a romance reader would want, don’t miss this one.

My thanks to the author for my digital copy to read and review.

5 stars

August 7, 2026

Wild and Wanted

 Wild and Wanted

Redemption Valley Ranch #1

Amy Andrews

Reviewed by Helen

Stephanie “Stevie” Everhart is a country music singer who has won a Grammy for a song she wrote about the sister she lost but her agent wants the girl from Boston to be more cowgirl and sends her to a dude ranch for a month to learn to ride horses and get mud on her boots, Stevie never ever thought that this trip would change her life so much, but when she meets Clay Calhoun her thoughts are turning in a completely different direction than normal for this quiet follow the rules girl.

Clay Calhoun was a top bronc rider on the rodeo circuit but injury has forced him out and now he is back home on the family ranch but things have changed here as well with it now being a dude ranch the last thing he wants to do is look after city people who want an experience on the ranch but then she arrives Stevie Everhart and for the first time in a long time Clay is thinking about a woman.

The pull between them is hard to ignore and even though Stevie wears a purity ring, she has now decided that Clay is the one she wants to lose her virginity to but will he want to be that person? There are some hurdles to cross and Clay wants to do things right and slow but soon things are heating up big time between them but there is also a lot going in in Stevie’s family life and career that could very well put a spanner in the works will they get what they both want and deserve or will life change things for them?

If you love a steamy romance then this is one to pick up, Stevie and Clay are both fabulous characters and their relationship is hot from the start sparks fly and they also open up to each other, there is a lot of emotional stuff going on especially from Stevie’s side but a great start to a new series.

My thanks to Boldwood Books and Netgalley for my copy to read and review.

4 stars

June 9, 2026 by Boldwood Books

Rivals' One-Night Rule

 Rivals' One-Night Rule

Wilde Billionaire Brothers #2

Melanie Milburne

Reviewed by Helen

Another fabulous story from Melanie Milburne, her stories always pull me in with fabulous characters, wonderful settings and stories that are filled with emotions and lots sensuality in such a good way.

Two lawyers both determined never to love after their childhoods Jack Wilde and Sylvie Rathbone, they have come up against each other in court before and now they are acting for a couple who are divorcing Sylvie for the wife and Jack for the husband but they also now find themselves neighbours and there is a pull between them that neither saw coming but both are happy to have one night to get this feeling out of their systems but one night will never be enough.

The more time they spend together the more the heat gets hotter, they both know that it is not a good idea but you cannot ignore love even if they both have done their best to do so, I loved this one so much and I highly recommend it, it is sigh worthy and now I can’t wait for Jonas’s story, bring it one.

My thanks to the author for my digital copy to read and review.

5 stars

July 14, 2026 by Mills & Boon Modern

Enemies Under One Roof

 Enemies Under One Roof

Clare Miles

Reviewed by Helen

What will happen when two people are forced to stay under the one roof for six weeks, two people who have a lot from their past that will make neither of them want to find love, for Ivy Flame being an actress is used for more than the screen and Ethan he throws himself into his work, but the will of someone they both love may change all of that.

Ethan is not happy when he reads the letter left to him form Ruby the woman who took him in when he was ten he is devastated that she is gone now but that he must share her home WillowGlen with Ivy he has never forgiven her for what happened eight years ago but he will honour Ruby’s wishes.

Ivy missed Ruby’s funeral because she was taking some much needed time out but she has arrived for the reading of the will and she is totally shocked at what it says and the letter she has been given from Ruby the woman who always called her by her real name Annie and knew her so well but after the tragic death of her parents Ivy has made a pact with herself and she aims to stick to it but six weeks alone with Ethan that is not going to be easy.

Time together is tense as Ivy can see that Ethan has not forgiven her for eight years ago but they work out a truce to make Ruby’s wishes come true, and soon neither of them can ignore the spark and pull that is growing between them Ethan is sure that one night together will make it all go away and Ivy agrees, not happening though if anything it grows and Ethan is seeing Annie instead of Ivy but will they be able to open up to their true feelings and find the love and happiness that they both deserve?

This is a fabulous romance, moving, emotional and sensual in so many ways I really felt for both of them and what they had been through, this is one that I highly recommend to any lover of a good romance.

My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for my copy to read and review.

5 stars

August 25, 2026 by Harlequin Romance

Ex In The Outback

 Ex In The Outback

Outback Kings #3

Kandy Shepherd

Reviewed by Helen

I am loving this series, and this one had me smiling all the way to the end, it is one of the best second chance romances I have read, this series is about four brothers, known as The Princes of the Realm when they were growing up, on a huge cattle station in The Kimberly’s in Western Australia, a lot has changed over the years, is it time for more changes will they all find love?

Logan King is a top lawyer these days, he lives in Sydney and works hard but his heart is still and always will be on the cattle station he grew up on, but his father Fraser has just dropped a bombshell on the brothers and it is up to Logan to fight it in court, he is divorced and not looking for love but when he discovers his first love on a TV chat show and then at a book signing well his heart is yelling to make sure he does not lose her again.

Jess Booth moved to Kings Reach when she was seventeen she was the housekeeper’s daughter but soon found herself in love with Logan King they knew it would be forbidden but what can you do when love hits but things went terribly wrong on their planned elopement she was banished from the outback to Melbourne and ghosted by Logan she worked hard and became a top chef and is now and award winning author as well as running a very popular blog with her delicious recipes the last person she expected to run into was her ex, Logan at a book signing her heart jumps instantly.

A coffee and dinner together sees them talking about the past and learning more about each other and what has happened over the past sixteen years when Logan offers Jess a business proposition she accepts and is soon back on Kings Reach and they cannot deny the love that they have always held in their hearts for each other, sigh.

I loved this one so much and highly recommend it to any lover of a good romance. I loved Logan and Jess and now I am eager to read Jack’s story and find out what is behind Fraser’s bombshell.

My thanks to the author for my digital copy to read and review.

5 stars

July 14, 2026 by Mills & Boon Forever

Swallowed in Shadows

 Swallowed in Shadows 

Townsend & Gray #4

Tanya Nellestein

Reviewed by Helen

There have been big changes in Chad and Ash’s lives since the last book and Chad is now back working in the town of Sergis only not as police chief but as assistant basketball coach at the local high school and working undercover with the FBI to help pull down a network of corruption which was what caused Chad to leave the job he loved and as for Ash after all that happened in Atlantic City with her half-brothers she is now doing something that goes against everything she feels but saving lives is also what she does and she now finds herself caught up with the wrong type of people and doing things she never thought she would.

Chad finds that he is loving his new position and working with the kids helps him so much and pulling the network down appears to be moving along well and Ash is feeling the pressure will she be able to pull herself out of the place she is in before things get too bad?

This is another fabulous story in this series that I am loving and of course Chad and Ash are such awesome characters, the ending was fabulous and set the scene for the next book in the series and I can’t wait to read it, this is a fabulous romantic suspense that had me turning the pages and it is one that I would highly recommend but read them in order to get to know Ash and Chad.

4 stars

April 27, 2026 by Amazon Digital Services

The Cowboy's Unexpected Family

 The Cowboy's Unexpected Family

The Bloom Sisters of Montana #4

Nicole Flockton

Reviewed by Helen

Book three in this series ended with us finding out that there was another sister and this book brings that fourth sister into the Bloom family but not without a few hick-ups, so come along and meet Rebecca Dorchester and her daughter Vivian.

Rebecca always knew that her Mum wasn’t her biological mum and that, that woman was alive somewhere but when her father who has been a widow for a few years now meets up with Eunice, Rebecca’s mum and convinces Rebecca to take a trip to Marietta to meet her and to meet her three sisters, Rebecca never thought that this would change her and her daughter’s lives so much when she meets handsome cowboy Harrison Drake, Rebecca has been through a lot and is wary of making the wrong decisions.

Harrison is now running the family ranch it is his legacy and he has been thinking what will happen to it all if he does not marry and have children and then out of the blue a young child trips over his legs in town and he meets Rebecca, Vivian’s mother the sparks rise and he is feeling something that he has not felt before, could she be the woman who will take is heart and the one he will find happiness with?

This is a beautiful romance set in one of my favourite places to be, Marietta and Harrison is a hero to die for, Rebecca has a few issues to overcome but she truly is a loving and caring person and her life has been turned upside down, together their hearts grow with love for each other, the ending is the best and perfect for them all. I do highly recommend this one to any lover of a good romance and it was sad to see the Blooms sister’s series end.

My thanks to Tule Publishing for my digital copy to read and review.

4 stars

June 2, 2026 by Tule Publishing

City Girl in the Outback

 City Girl in the Outback

Outback Kins #2

Ally Blake

I did love being back on Kings Reach for book two in this series and this time it is Fitz’s turn to be in the limelight and that is hard for him because he is the quiet brother, he chooses to be quiet after a tragedy many years ago, he now runs an eco-tourism business on the station and it is very successful and also helps run Kings Reach but when a journalist arrives after the bombshell his father dropped at the ball for his late mother Fitz is very wary but there is also a pull a chemistry that he feels for this woman who he knows has been there before.

Mackenzie is a good journalist but she craves recognition from her half-brother and after putting in some suggestions about Kings Reach in Western Australia Mack finds herself back on a plane to Australia to get the story that she hopes will get her a promotion but this time she is there to ask Fitz questions about his popular holiday resort The Haven but this man is hard to talk to at first and the sparks fly between them and this makes Mack even more determined to get her story but will she lose her heart in the process?

This is such a wonderful story I loved Fitz and Mack both have issues from their past that make them a little vulnerable but together they can fly, this is one that I highly recommend to anyone who loves a good romance.

5 stars

July 1, 2026 by Mills & Boon Forever