Review: Can't wait for the rest of the series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 26, 2013
This is the first book by Coleen I've read.  I have to admit, in the beginning I wasn't really into the book at all.  But it got so much better.Ally Griffin is a single twenty-five-year old woman living in her hometown of Burronga, Australia.  Ally owns and runs a gift shop in downtown Burronga that once belonged to her grandmother.  She also lives above the gift shop.  Ally pretty much lives the life of an old-maid.  She hasn't really had a serious/long-term relationship since she was nineteen and she doesn't date very often.Nate Hardy is a twenty-nine-year-old bachelor who grew up in Burronga but left and made it big in the financial world of Sydney.  He's tired of the life he's been living and is looking for a change.  He's decided to give up his lifestyle in Sydney and move back to Burronga and re-open the landscaping business his brother Robbie once owned.  As a child/teen growing up in Burronga, Nate was far from being a model citizen.  Burronga is small and Nate has a long road ahead of him to live down the memories people have of him.Ally and Nate are NOT fond of each other.  The dislike stems from over six years ago when Ally dated Nate's cousin Seth Bailey.  Nate thought Ally was a Goody-Two shoes who looked down on him.  Ally blames Nate for Seth Bailey (Nate's cousin) standing her up on their wedding day when she was nineteen-years-old.In what seems to be a spur of the moment decision, Nate purchases the building which houses Ally's gift shop and apartment.  When Nate made the purchase, he had no idea it was the building where Ally's shop was located.  Nate was simply trying to make a mends for the past.Ally finds out about Nate's purchase of her building the same day she finds out her ex-fiance is going to get married in their hometown.  Ally thinks Nate is just coming around and buying her building to stick it to her once more.  Everyone around Ally thinks that because she hasn't had a serious relationship or even gone out with that many men  since getting stood up by Seth that she's still pining over him.Real Men Don't Break Hearts is a wonderful romance.  It's a story of a woman who must learn to stand on her own two feet and stop allowing herself to be a victim of her own life.  It's the story of a man who is trying to make up for his less than stellar past and allow people to see who he really is.I look forward to reading more books by Coleen Kwan and the future books in this series.Source: PublisherReviewed for Read Your Writes Book Reviews