This is the second book in this fun rural Australian series Tabitha the female lead in this story is the sister of Lawson the dairy farmed who starred in the first book "Talk of the Town"

Tabitha has faced heart break where love is concerned her previous love left her to forge his path as a rock star leaving her behind, but she has soldiered on and found her place in her country town she owns and runs the local ice cream shop She has decided that she is fed up of waiting for the right man and has decided that she will have a child by a donor giving her the family she has always wanted. Meanwhile Fergus a city teacher has take a six month contract at the local primary school after having his own heart broken When these two meet the sparks fly but do they have a future together when the town gossips all the single woman of the town get involved and then to further complicate things her rock star ex returns. This is a well written book that draws you in and is the perfect example of life in a small country town a town where it was great to catch up with friends we made in Lawson and Meg's book

Its been a while since I have read a Rural Romance novel so was keen to read Rachael John's latest offering Something to Talk About. This book is the sequel to Talk of the Town which was released a couple of years ago. It tells the story of Tabitha who is the younger sister of Lawson who appeared in the previous novel. Tabitha has not had much luck in love during their life and has pretty much given up finding that someone special. She has even decided to have a baby on her courtesy of a donor, that is until Fergus comes to town. He is a primary school teacher who is escaping to the country from a relationship that left him high and dry and thinks a 6 month assignment at a country primary school is just what he needs, he has sworn off having anything to do with women and definitely not interested in romance.

Of course the two of them meet and sparks fly but not without complications with the town gossip machines running into overdrive about the new teacher with every single lady in town vying for a front row seat to this affections. Tabs life is not without its own complications of course with a long lost love who is now a rock star coming back to town for the annual Show. It was nice to catch up on what Lawson and Meg and young Ned from the previous book are up to as well.

Rachael has absolutely nailed this story with just the right balance of story, description, plot, character and romance. She is definitely a wizard when it comes to this genre and is my favourite rural romance author by far. 5 big stars for this book!

Thank you to Net Galley and Harlequin Australia for providing me with a copy of this book for review purposes.

How is it possible that I love every story written by Rachael Johns? She captures the essence of everything I love and provides a rollicking good read with characters I always fall in love with. I loved the town of Walsh and its cast of quirky characters, including the reappearance of Lawson and Meg whom we've met before. I loved the story of Tab and Fergus and their hang ups but ultimate happy ending. It's fantastic.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for letting me read this book.
Rachael is quite a prominent author, yet this is the first book I've read.
It was pretty enjoyable.
It's easy to read and has several Australian references which gave it that small town feel. Tabitha is a strong female lead and I liked hearing her thoughts. Fergus however, was not totally consistent in his character, or maybe wasn't as appealing as Tab, and it took some appeal away from the story somewhat. I liked the little drama with Tab's ex at the end as it wasn't over the top.