Review: Delightful chick-lit!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2014
After a tumultuous few months with a gorgeous twenty-year-old by the name of Ryan Blackburn, Julia Jones decided to leave her home town of Middle Point, on the south coast not too far from South Australia’s capital city of Adelaide. She had plans for a big future; a career which would turn her into somebody – she knew if she stayed in Middle Point she would never amount to anything. So despite her longing for a future with Ryan, plus leaving her mother behind, she headed to the big smoke of Melbourne, Victoria.Fifteen years later Julia had to return to her home town as her mother had passed away and she needed to settle her affairs, sell her childhood home and cut all ties to Middle Point forever. But things weren’t as easy as she thought they would be. The lingering memories of her beloved Mum were in the house everywhere – she just didn’t know if she could make the decision she needed to make. Plus her best friend Lizzie was a part of Middle Point – always had been, always would be.When helping Lizzie out by waitressing in the local pub one Saturday night she was not amused by the constant heckling of a group of out-of-towners – suddenly she froze with shock. The deep, sexy voice she heard was familiar – was that Ryan Blackburn? What was he doing here in the pub, here in Middle Point?And so began the torment as the air sizzled between the two of them every time Julia and Ryan happened to bump into each other. Her determination to stay away from Ryan, get the job done and get back to Melbourne didn’t seem to be working – everywhere she turned it seemed Ryan was there. What would happen to Julia? Would it be a repeat of the heartache of fifteen years ago?I quite enjoyed this fluffy, chick-lit romance. It was predictable and clichéd in places but lightly entertaining. If you’re a lover of romance, I would highly recommend Nobody But Him by Aussie author Victoria Purman.