Lovely story by Mangy Magro as always. Brilliant story, touching, heartwarming, emotional... just brilliant.

3.5 stars This took me a fair while to really get into, I couldn't really get a feeling for the characters, but that could have been my mood at the time of picking it up the first time. I did put it down for a while and came back to it a couple of months later. These two people, Sarah and Matt, have been through so much, losing a child must be one of the hardest things to get through. We meet Sarah and Matt a year after the loss of their daughter and their relationship is falling apart. Matt has turned to alcohol to get him through the pain and guilt he is struggling with, whilst Sarah is struggling, feeling she has no support from her husband and that she is losing him to the drink. As they part ways so as Matt can take himself off to heal, Sarah struggles with this loss too. This novel helps bring alcoholism to the front of peoples minds and the struggle that the person dealing with the addiction goes through, as well as the toll it places on those who love them. It also focuses on grief and how there isn't a timeline for how people deal with it, nor is there one single way of dealing with it, everyone will require something different to cope and move through this. An enjoyable and heartfelt read.

This book was reviewed. Another good read from author Mandy Magro. Book published by Harlequin MIRA.

Matt and Sarah Walsh had been married for eight years and had been as happy as they’d been when they first married for the first seven. Then disaster struck and for the past year, their marriage was coming apart at the seams. Both were overcome by grief – both handled it in different ways. Matt took to the bottle and shut Sarah out, not there for her in her grief, or letting her be there for him.

Matt returned to Rosalee Station, the home of his family and where he’d grown up – also the place he’d first met Sarah – to work on finding the old Matt. He left Sarah at their home on the coast – they both knew they needed time apart, but would it make or break them?

Return to Rosalee Station is a follow up to Aussie author Mandy Magro’s debut novel, Rosalee Station, which I enjoyed. I was a little disappointed by this one though – it was very repetitious, going over and over the grief, the reasons for it and the blame on both sides. I also felt there were way too many “ockerisms” throughout the book. Set in the vast Queensland outback, where red dust and intense heat are normal, where properties are huge and mustering the cattle takes at least a week, Return to Rosalee Station is a book many will enjoy.

With thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my digital ARC to read in exchange for an honest review.

I have not had the pleasure of reading a book by Mandy Magro before and I must say it was a wonderful story set in my home state of Queensland Australia. I did not learn that this book was the second book about Rosalee Station the first one being the author's debut novel. So if you are like me you will still able to read this wonderful book and if you are a fan you will get to return to Rosalee Station and learn what has happened since the last book. This is a heartfelt second chance story about a married couple fighting to save their marriage after a tragedy. This book hits on some strong topics Death, alcoholism and marriage breakdowns. This book is a true Australian read with Aussie slang and lingo throughout. I received an ARC copy from NetGalley of this book that I am reviewing honestly and voluntary.

Sarah Walsh is giving her husband one last chance to get his life back on track and to leave the bottle on the shelf. She can no longer keep fighting for the both of them when every day is a struggle to take a step towards a new future, she must learn to cope with the tragedy that happened at Rosalee station.
Matt Walsh cannot go a day without drinking the pain and memories away to make it to the next day. But this is not doing his eight-year marriage any good he can’t do lose her as well. Will a wake-up call give Matt the strength to do what he must not just for Sarah but for himself. Grief, forgiveness and healing seem like a long way away but Matt sets off back to Rosalee Station to try and find the answers and the man he once was. Home is the outback and the beauty and isolation of Rosalee station might just be better than any doctors medication or any therapy session.

Is it too late to say the marriage and love they once had together?
Can healing bring them back together again?
Or will Matt continue to punish himself for the accident?

This is an author I will be looking out for in the future as I really enjoyed this Australian story after reading a lot of books set in the USA of late. Nothing like a homegrown book to have you all warm and fuzzy.

What a beautiful yet heart wrenching story so full of raw emotion that had tears flowing more than once. Death, alcoholism and marriage breakdown, not great but sadly a part of every day life and you felt every sorrow as this story unfolded. You will need a box of tissues for this one!

These are characters we know yet they have changed with time and tragedy. The landscape is still the same and the story is told in true Aussie outback style full of Aussie slang and lingo. You don't need to have read Rosalee Station to read this, it reads well as a standalone.