Review: A great read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2013
Samantha Walker made a grand entrance into the township of Swallow's Fall in the Snowy Mountains of NSW and its residents when she rushed into the vet's rooms with her ginger cat Duke, tripped over Ruby, the resident pig, and went flying into the arms of the local vet, Dr Ethan Granger. Escaping from Sydney, an abusive ex-fiance and nasty, vindictive mother, Sammy had only been in Swallow's Fall and her very own "old" home for ten days, and she wasn't expecting to have her blood stirred by a handsome man, who also, it turned out, was a carpenter as well as a vet, and could help her with repairs to her home.But Ethan, as well as Sammy, had issues with an extremely painful past, and even with the sparks that were between them, neither of them was prepared to take anything further than a tentative friendship. Both had been severely hurt in different ways, and issues with trust created a huge barrier between them.Sammy gradually made friends with the locals, especially old Grandy, as she frequented his hardware store to buy tools to repair her house, the chicken coop, the shed, the vegetable garden...some of those tools she had NO idea what to do with, but she figured she could learn. She was also an artist, and her work with a Sydney firm kept her financial to pay for her repairs.With the locals having bets to see how long Sammy would stay in town, suddenly the past was on her doorstep. With danger surfacing, Ethan acting strangely and her mind in turmoil, Sammy didn't know where her future lay anymore. What would happen to Sammy? Could Ethan let go of his terrible memories to be able to build a future?I really enjoyed this book and sped through it in only a couple of hours! Another debut Aussie author for me to follow, and one I would recommend to lovers of rural romance.