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The Landowner's Secret (Brindabella Secrets, #1) by [Sonya Heaney]

The Landowner's Secret (Brindabella Secrets, #1) Kindle Edition

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New South Wales, 1885

When Alice Ryan wakes to find thugs surrounding her cottage, on the hunt for her no-good brother, she escapes into the surrounding bush.

It is wealthy landowner Robert Farrer who finds her the next morning, dishevelled, injured, and utterly unwilling to share what she knows. With criminals on the loose and rumours that reckless bushrangers have returned to the area, Robert is determined to keep Alice out of danger, and insists on taking her into his home-despite the scandal it may cause. Convincing her to stay on with him for her own safety, however, is going to take some work.

What Robert doesn't expect is his growing attraction to the forthright, unruly woman staying in his home. Before either of them can settle into their odd new situation, their home and wellbeing come under threat and they will need to trust each other to survive. But they are both keeping secrets, secrets that have the potential to ruin their burgeoning love, their livelihood ... and their lives.

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About the Author

Sonya Heaney began her professional life aged eight, as the Changeling in Queensland Ballet's A Midsummer Night's Dream. After many more years of hard work, even more blisters, and plenty of pretty tutus, one too many injuries forced her out of her pointe shoes. Between then and now she has worked in a posh Dublin hotel (that didn't last long), pulled pints in London pubs (that lasted years), taught English in Korea (her apartment was broken into and her computer was stolen-along with many half-finished manuscripts), and worked on costumes backstage in various theatres (it was always chaos). Sonya holds a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing, and spent years putting it to use in nonfiction fields before turning her hand to romance. After working her way around the world, she once again calls Canberra, Australia's gorgeous capital city, home. If you'd like to know more about Sonya, her books, or to connect with her online, you can visit her webpage sonyaheaney.com, follow her on twitter @HeaneySonya, or like her Facebook page @SonyaHeaneyAuthor.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 589 KB
Print Length: 330 pages
Publisher: Escape Publishing (1 September 2019)
Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers (AU)
Language: English
ASIN: B07SBG5FFR
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #3,591 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #107 in Historical Romance (Kindle Store)
- #56 in Victorian Historical Romance (Books)
- #74 in Small Town & Rural Fiction

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I Adored Alice

Reviewed in Australia on 4 March 2020

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This one's a little tricky for me to review.
After what I thought was an excellent start, with high stakes and a whole lot of intrigue and drama, I found things slowed to the point where I'd almost decided this one wasn't for me.
But what kept me reading (and I'm glad I kept reading) was a real love of this spunky little heroine, Alice. She is just a classic character - the scrapes she got into - her audacity and courage - Alice really appealed to me.
I also particularly liked her honesty, and that spread through all areas of this book. It felt natural to me that Alice and Robert would forge a marriage of convenience. I liked how those two, and the secondary characters such as John and Elizabeth and Martha, they all tended to try to talk out their feelings and problems and find solutions rather than stir up angst and drama through having 'big secrets/misunderstandings'.
Alice and Robert in bed together were lovely... and I felt very invested in the early days of their married life.
In the end, I rated the story a solid 4 stars. It's very well written, in an engaging way, and while I can't comment on the accuracy of historical detail (I'm no expert), the Australia in this book felt authentic and real.
It felt just a little long for me, but that said, I could have read about Alice for days and days. She really is delightful.

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Robyn Lawler

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Reviewed in Australia on 9 October 2019

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Well written and hard to believe it’s a first novel!!
Looking forward to more from this author.

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Aída Guadilla

Bonita pero demasiado corta

Reviewed in Spain on 29 October 2019

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Se me ha hecho corta creo que requería algo más de desarrollo.

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Élodie Nicoli

A transporting tale

Reviewed in the United States on 12 September 2019

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Can two very different persons, from both side of the fence find a way to another’s heart?

I confess I didn’t know what to expect from this book, it was my first time reading a romance set in Australia, if I forgot some books by Colleen McCullough 2/3 decades back and it was no historical.
I just loved it, I was unable to put it down until I turned the last page.
Mrs Sonya Heaney brought her characters to life with her vivid and colorful descriptions of the flora and fauna in these newly inhabited lands. The wildlife is much part of the story as are the personages in this lovely tale which took me on a journey in the wild of the New South Wales, with two persons from different standings trying to figure out a common ground when circumstances push them on the same road.

Alice is no lady nor damsel-in-distress, she is made of bones of steel, she uses her brain and acts. Sure her stubbornness might cause her more wrong than good but she is also able to accept when she is a path. She has no big dreams but some hope for her future if she can leave her actual place but everything is derailed when her home is ambushed.
After being rescued, she still seek for a better tomorrow. So Robert comes as a surprise, with not an once of romanticism but she is pragmatic and after warning him so no well-bred girl, she accepts his proposal.
I smiled at her outlook of her wedding night, it was very refreshing, no steam nor hot sex, just the wonders and interrogations of a young woman learning the meaning of the marriage bed.
Robert is a nice sort man, he respects people and refuses to let Alice go back home when he fears for her security. But his work is his first concern, after his sister’s wellbeing. Even if he cares for Alice, when tricked he used her for his gain. And when she comes clean with all her “secrets” on their mariage day, he still hold back some details of his past life that might hurt her if she get to know it.
I adored Alice forthrightness, at time she does not always knows how to ask or tell but she always finds a way. When she is open, Robert is closed with his feelings and he struggles to express them.
It is these kinds of flaws that bring blood and flesh to paper characters, their inner conflicts, their inability to speak plainly or too bluntly and that not everyone get its right reward.
It is not a sizzling romance, it is more on the long run side as it is daily life and tiny details here and there that brought them to see another on a different light, and slowly they will come to love another.
5 stars for this lively tale.

I was granted through Netgalley by the publisher Escape Publishing an advance copy, and I purchased my own too. Here is my true and unbiased opinion.

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myrtle

A great read on a Sunday Afternoon

Reviewed in the United States on 23 September 2019

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So glad I had the time to read the whole story about Alice and Robert and their lives in early Australia. This is a Story that unwinds slowly and carefully detailing how Alice who has nothing and Robert who is a landowner meet, marry and support one another as their love for one another builds. Secondary characters are also interesting and might be (hopefully) included in stories to come. So many times I read what I call a fluff piece; this isn't; has meat on its bones and I could easily imagine the love and trust growing between two people. There is some conflict in the book that talks about bush rangers; a real presence and threat in sparsely populated settlements in Australia. Quite a nice debut for this new author. Keep giving us more please!

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lynette williams

a historical tale

Reviewed in the United States on 19 September 2019

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good story about trying to start up a wine vineyard and a few conflict about relationships

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