Young love and married love are two very different things, as one woman discovers in this novella...
THEN
The last thing Ella Tosca wants to do is follow a reality TV star and his mate on a cookbook tour. She's not particularly fond of the kitchen, or pseudo-celebrities.
But after being unceremoniously dumped from her PR job in Sydney - and winding up back in her hometown of Adelaide - she has few other work options.
So her summer days give over to touring around South Australia's citrus-growing Riverland region in a lemon-yellow Kombi van. And, as she navigates the citrus groves and riverfront sites, she discovers one half of the cookbook duo - nutritionist Damon Lambros - is more palatable than she first imagined.
NOW
Eight years later, Ella and Damon have the marriage certificate and obligatory two kids.
Damon's now added 'successful restaurateur' to his repertoire. Ella, meanwhile, finds herself spending her nights having TV dinners with the kids, then watching repeats of Lakefront Bargain Hunt alone.
Could a river change and a chance to revamp an old holiday shack be just what the couple needs to get their pre-marriage sizzle back? Just after she deals with a potential ghost (who's a doppelganger for Ned Kelly) and run-ins with the local wildlife...
Genre: Romance
THEN
The last thing Ella Tosca wants to do is follow a reality TV star and his mate on a cookbook tour. She's not particularly fond of the kitchen, or pseudo-celebrities.
But after being unceremoniously dumped from her PR job in Sydney - and winding up back in her hometown of Adelaide - she has few other work options.
So her summer days give over to touring around South Australia's citrus-growing Riverland region in a lemon-yellow Kombi van. And, as she navigates the citrus groves and riverfront sites, she discovers one half of the cookbook duo - nutritionist Damon Lambros - is more palatable than she first imagined.
NOW
Eight years later, Ella and Damon have the marriage certificate and obligatory two kids.
Damon's now added 'successful restaurateur' to his repertoire. Ella, meanwhile, finds herself spending her nights having TV dinners with the kids, then watching repeats of Lakefront Bargain Hunt alone.
Could a river change and a chance to revamp an old holiday shack be just what the couple needs to get their pre-marriage sizzle back? Just after she deals with a potential ghost (who's a doppelganger for Ned Kelly) and run-ins with the local wildlife...
Genre: Romance
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