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Matilda Next Door (Outback Brides Return to Wirralong Book 1) by [Kelly Hunter]

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When a long-anticipated holiday takes an unexpected turn...

Aussie farm girl Matilda Moore kicks off her dream trip to London by flat-sitting for her childhood friend. But London is daunting, crowded and noisy, and that's before Tilly finds a baby on the doorstep. There's a note attached: "Henry, if you’re reading this, please know the worst has happened.”

Probability expert Henry Church has finally returned home to Wirralong, Australia, to see his grandparents when he gets a phone call from Tilly that breaks every statistical analysis. The probability of him being the father is marginal. Plus, he knows nothing about caring for a baby. Emotions and socializing are even bigger mysteries. He begs Tilly for help—can she cut her holiday short and bring the baby to Wirralong?

Tilly will do almost anything for her childhood best friend, but falling in love with him and his motherless baby is an emphatic no. Out of the question. Or is it?

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3 August 2020
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Romance, series, brides, love, friends to lovers, family, small town, outback, happily ever after

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B088NMW3M7
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tule Publishing (3 August 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3175 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 182 pages

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I started writing in 2007, with a Harlequin/Mills and Boon story called Wife For A Week. I liked it, readers liked it, and it's still my mother's favorite. With each new book I try to get my mother to change her mind. Awards? I have them (for other books). USA Today Bestseller status? I have that too (for other books). Romance Writers of America® RITA® Finalist? Yep (with other books).

At this point I'm pretty sure my mother is happily messing with *my* mind, but I promise you this--with every book I write I try to make it her new favorite story. Quality control!

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Outback Brides - Tilly

Reviewed in Australia on 29 March 2022

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Welcome back to Wirralong and another rural Australian romance.
MATILDA NEXT DOOR tells the story of a young woman with broken dreams. It feels like sometimes, no one takes her seriously. Some have hurtfully called her Silly Tilly.
With her eye on a prestigious cooking course in London, old family friend and wealthy businessman, Henry Church is doing a swap; coming to Wirralong to visit with the grandparents who brought him up next door , while Tilly goes to London and uses his flat. It's her dream to go to London, see the sights and attend the cooking course.
But as soon as Tilly arrives, things go wrong, what with lost luggage and homesickness. Then an unexpected visitor brings a baby and claims she is Henry's.
Henry has never been able to express his emotions. His stiff upper lip and obsessively folded socks makes him a comic character to Tilly's eye. But Tilly has had a crush on Henry since girlhood. Her dreams of Henry look like staying just that.
Henry has a soft spot for pretty Tilly, but he feels awkward and unlovable. Incidents happening in London mean that he and Tilly are on regular video calls. Then, he receives a shocking call from her, regarding a mystery baby.
Suddenly Tilly's plans in London come undone. Meantime, Henry's grandmother takes ill and he has to stay with her. It's going to mean Tilly coming back home and bringing the baby with her.
It's another heart warming love story in the Wirralong Series.

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3.5 stars

Reviewed in Australia on 24 April 2022

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My first book by this author and it was quite enjoyable. I liked Tilly and Henry but I didn't love them. The plot was okay. It was well-edited but I was annoyed that there were diapers for the baby (to be fair, later on they became nappies, but still). I probably won't read any more in the series.

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amazon Customer kathy

Love and honesty

Reviewed in Australia on 9 October 2020

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A lovely light read, it is amazing how young country children often come together after going off to be highly successful adults, but romance at home is just under the radar. Beautiful ending.

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Alan Newton

Potential Movie Script

Reviewed in Australia on 7 November 2020

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Could be made into a movie

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A new series

Reviewed in Australia on 4 August 2020

While this is a new series it does follow on from the previous series set in Wirralong. While I enjoyed the story immensely I have a couple of nit picks why when stories are set in Australia and England is American terminology used and why does the female characters have to be such a doormat

Matilda (Tilly) Moore has never stepped out of Wirralong even though she dreams of travelling the world She runs a small bakery in the town and is the sort who cares for local people She has been caring for her childhood friends grandparents but now he has returned and has offered her a dream holiday staying at his London home. Tilly crushed on Henry Church when they where younger but he couldn't wait to get out of Wirralong. Can something build between them now that they have reconnected You will have to read to see

I was given a copy opf this book but this is a true and honest review

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Wonderfully warm and utterly endearing

Reviewed in Australia on 3 August 2020

Five huge stars for this wonderful, warm and utterly endearing story. I think I say this every time I read one of Kelly Hunter’s stories, but honestly IMHO this is her best book yet. I adored Matilda Moore, aka Silly Tilly, a moniker she has not entirely embraced for most of her life. Tilly is generous, caring, and a brilliant dessert chef but still struggles with feelings of inadequacy over not having left Moore Creek Station and made something of herself. Mind you, she loves where she lives and could not imagine ever living anywhere else. That she is not much of a traveller is confirmed when she goes to London on the trip of a lifetime and finds herself lonely and longing for home.
Tilly has loved Henry Church, grandson of her neighbours Joe and Bethany Church since she was a teenager. Henry has always held himself apart from other people because of his early childhood. A mother who didn’t love him, no father and eventually a move to Wirralong to be raised by his grandparents who are also less than welcoming has shaped him, but Tilly has always seen below the surface, “Once cracked, with his gooey soft centre on show, Henry Church could make her feel like the luckiest girl in the world.”
Henry left Wirralong as soon as he could with barely a backward glance. Brilliant, supremely organised, financially very secure, and with a life in London, Henry is thrown right off his game while visiting his grandparents in Australia when Tilly, who’s house-sitting his London flat, informs him that he has a baby daughter he knew nothing about.
This story is packed with tongue in cheek humour, which at times had me quietly chuckling and at others roaring with laughter but it’s also tender and utterly endearing. Absolutely one for my keeper shelf.

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Cindy Pearson

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Reviewed in Australia on 3 August 2020

I got an eARC of Matilda Next Door by Kelly Hunter for an honest review. This is the first book I have read in the Outback Brides Series. I loved reading about Matilda and Henry. What an adventure Matilda had on the other side of the world and a little surprise visitor to boot. This story shows that opposites attract. I loved the chemistry between the characters and look forward to reading the other books in the series.

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Matilda ...

Reviewed in Australia on 8 August 2020

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Excellent read thank you. Lots of hurdles and misconceptions but they overrode them all to find their hea. It was brilliant and I highly recommend this book to everyone.

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Rosie

Oh dear

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 April 2022

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Neither the story nor the characters ‘lit my fire’. Tilly and Henry were an odd couple, throw in a baby and I was expecting a good story. Unfortunately for me it didn’t quite make it.

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Loved this book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 March 2022

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Such a lovely book to read on a grey, wet and windy day, in the UK
All the people had a part to play in making the book very enjoyable.
Kelly made me want to visit Australia again.

Joseph H.

Fun , quirky and different

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 March 2022

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Loved it. It was great fun and quirkily written . It seemed a bit mad initially but it reflected the two main characters who were delightful individual and engaging. I loved it so much I couldn’t put it down and will definitely be reading more of her work. One of the best books I have read for a while , really different.
Sheila Heggarty

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left behind

Reviewed in Canada on 1 April 2022

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Left behind but not forgotten, I have my life here and here is where I want to be. So to be in love I need the one to be here with me.

Bubby D

Misfits fit forever

Reviewed in the United States on 3 April 2022

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Neighbors as children
He calls her his house sitter
As they exchange places
He hopes to somehow repay her
For all she has done for the grandparents who raised him
Their lives become more intertwined
When a surprise baby shows up on the doorstep of his London apartment
Ups & downs
Hectic scrambling to see to the babies needs
A baby that looks nothing like him or its deceased mother
But he steps up
For baby Rowan and Tilly his only childhood friend, and cheering squad

Sweet and enjoyable read

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