The Red Dirt Road by Alissa Callen is a story that has characters that shine. The characters of Fliss and Hewitt were no hardship to read about. Their challenges were attention worthy and their chemistry obvious. An attention grabbing story from the author.
Review copy received from Harlequin MIRA via Netgalley

MS Callen has taken us back to Woodlea for another story that flows with love and romance, it brings out the best in the characters that we know and the new ones meet. This one had me sighing, smiling and just feeling really good, as we see Dr Fliss Knight work through her problems to get her HEA with gorgeous rodeo pick-up rider Hewitt Sinclair who has a few demons off his own to overcome as well. Make yourself comfy for this one.

Fliss has moved back to the country to try and get her thoughts together and to see if she can find the love of medicine again, she has her run down farm Bundara and needs to be alone to get her life back on track, of course her sister Cressy and her fiancé Denham are close and they have organized for one of Denham’s friends to come and stay for a while to help with the work load. Little does Fliss realize that this friend, a couple of dogs and some puppies as well as lots of rain are going to help her along, because when she meets Hewitt the peacefulness that she longs for changes. Then throw in a family secret that needs to be uncovered and life is moving.

Hewitt is injured physically and mentally when he arrives to help Fliss with the farm, he has lost his twin brother and feels responsible for his death so he needs to get back on track so as he can care for his widowed sister in law and his twin nephew and niece and get back to running the family farm, but when he first meets Fliss there is a spark that starts to unravel and feelings he needs to control but can he with Fliss being who she is.

This is an amazingly beautiful story it pulled me in with its fabulous setting, awesome characters and such a sensual, charming, beautiful journey for Hewitt and Fliss, both of them had anxieties to overcome and together they did it, I was cheering them on throughout the story with the ups and downs that were thrown their way, there are so many family members and friends as well as Molly, Max and the puppies that added so much to the story, it is one that is going to stay with me for a long time to come. I highly recommend this one MS Callen you rock what a beauty of a story this is one not to be missed, I want to move to Woodlea, I do hope that there will be more stories from Woodlea, Ella, Tanner and Taylor 

I enjoyed this but felt it was a bit slow at the start and for me it didn't really hook me in until about half way. I liked the setting of the country property in rural NSW and have travelled out that way many times and it felt just as I had seen in the area. I liked the two main characters who were both coming to terms with different losses and were both trying to just get through life and heal. The story wrapped up just nicely. I will definitely look for more books by this author.

Set in a rural community where everyone knows everything, there are still some secrets that can be kept. Fliss returns to her hometown to heal from an incident at work that has left her shaken, whilst Hewitt comes to stay to get over his grief. The chemistry from the start between the two is made clear, but we need to follow their healing journey to see if they can move on and make a future alone or together. During her time at home Fliss uncovers a secret that shakes her life and then has to work through that as well as regain her life. I look forward to reading more by Alissa Callen

The first thing that drew me to the book was it’s cover, I just love the colours, very striking.

Dr Felicity Knight, known as Fliss, has returned to the town she grew up in, she’s lost confidence in herself after an incident in her job in Sydney. For the last number of months, she has been keeping to herself on her property ‘Bundara’ but now she has agreed to let Hewitt Sinclair stay. A favour to her sister Cressy and her partner Denham, she has agreed that Hewitt can do a few odd jobs for her around the place, while he recovers from a farm motorbike accident. Trying to ignore their growing attraction to each other, Fliss and Hewitt have to come to terms with events in each of their lives before they can move on.

This was a gentle moving story, with some humorous moments, especially as everyone tries to keep out of the town gossips way. I enjoyed the healthy respect that Fliss and Hewitt showed towards each other and the book also had a strong sense of family and community and how everyone pulls together in time of need. Throw in a little mystery in the form of an abandoned dog and a family tree oddity to complete a very enjoyable book.
There are a few fun characters in this town and it wasn’t until I finished ‘The Red Dirt Road’ that I found out that this book is actually a revisit to the town of Woodlea. That in its self confirms that this book can be read as a standalone, as I never felt I had missed a previous storyline. As I was nearing the end I had thought....”there are a few more stories to be told in this town.”...and I still think that.
With that said I’m looking forward to reading ‘The Long Paddock’ which is Cressy and Denham’s story.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy to read and review.

This story had me interested from the moment I read the blurb and I dived into it once I received it. I couldn't put it down once I started it and enjoyed it to the very end.