Gorgeous cover and a gorgeous story. You actually get two for the price of one!

I do love a brothers best friend romance, and this one is no exception, especially with a headstrong country girl to contend with.
As for the bonus romance, I dont always love a second chance romance, but this one was sweet.

There were no tears from me, which I do like in a rural romance, but it's a solid and satisfying read.

Mila Hayes is a lentil framer, she will do anything to keep the family property Hills Homestead, including a marriage of convenience and her groom changes his mind. Mila can’t believe she’s been jilted on her wedding day, her brother Will’s best friend and her teenage crush Sawyer Mann arrives at the worse moment and while she's throwing a massive tantrum.

Sawyer departed Ashe Ridge on the day he finished high school and is now a successful land broker in Melbourne and promises to help her. Sawyer has a soft spot for Hills Homestead and Mila and is she too stubborn and proud to accept his assistance?

Adelaide Hayes left her husband Jack and Ashe Ridge fourteen years ago and she returns for granddaughter Mila’s wedding. To say Adelaide feels flustered when she sees Jack for the first time is an understatement, and he's a different person, not the distant, work alcoholic she remembers and who took all she did for granted and made her feel unloved and undesirable.

I received a copy of Where the Heart Is by Nicola Marsh from Harlequin Australia and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This is Ms. Marsh’s fifth Australian rural romance, the stunning cover, with the purple flowers and good looking bloke and the quote “ what makes a place a home” on the front cover grabs the reader’s attention and the narrative doesn’t let it go and this will happen to everyone who picks up a copy.

The story is just as memorable as the cover, it explains what it’s like to live in a small Australian country town, for some they like the close-knit community, knowing everyone and others it’s smothering and they leave as soon as their old enough. I really liked the subjects and topics included in the narrative, such as the way farmers feel about their land, it’s not just dirt, and the ties that bind them to it. The sentiments and emotions the characters felt and for example, wanting to be independent, teenage crushes and when a marriage is over and can you find the spark again, learning difficulties and depression, and what makes a place a home and that’s history, memories and love.

Five stars from me, Where the Heart Is made me laugh out loud and I have massive crush on Sawyer and some of the quotes will stay with me, and the main one has to do with a nun and a bum and Nicola Marsh has a way with words and can she please write a sequel about Mila’s brother Will.