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    Something To Talk About
    Something To Talk About
    Something To Talk About
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    Something To Talk About

    By Dakota Cassidy

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    Sexy is as sexy does. And in Plum Orchard, sugar, it does! 

    Emmeline Amos is sick of her ex saying she's boring and prissy. After all, she works for a phone–sex company! (As general manager, but still.) On a rare girls' night out, fueled by blender drinks and bravado, Em accepts a shocking dare–to handle a call herself. But it's tipsy Em who gets an earful from an irate single father on the other end of the line. Awkward. 

    But not as awkward as discovering that same mad dad is Call Girls' gorgeous new programmer. Jax Hawthorne is still upset that his daughter called the "girlfriend store" on his behalf, but he can't deny he'd choose a hot–librarian type like Em if he were looking for love. Which he's not. 

    Em wants to do more than just talk the talk. So she makes a bawdy bargain with Jax. They've both been burned before–this time, they'll keep it strictly physical. Except as soon as they settle on no strings attached, things start to get tangled….

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Australia
    Release dateJun 1, 2014
    ISBN9781488708268
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    Dakota Cassidy

    Dakota Cassidy lives and writes in Oregon in a castle high on a hill, overlooking her quaint mobile home village, and she has a husband that puts the heroes in her books to shame.

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      Listened for Review (Tantor)Overall Rating: 3.75Story Rating: 3.50Character Rating: 4.00Audio Rating: 4.00 (not part of the overall rating)First Thought when Finished: Plum Orchard reminds me a lot of the small little town I grew up in! Something to Talk About by Dakota Cassidy sure did make me smile! Emmeline is totally a gal after my heart: deep down she knows she is a little bit more than the sensible gal everyone sees. She was the reason this story shined. So grab a drink, settle in, and have a little fun with the peeps of Plum Orchard.Audio Thoughts: Narrated By Scarlet Chase / Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins Scarlet is a good fit for this series. I think her southern is a little over the top but it adds to the fun tone of the series. If you are sensitive to southern accents then you should probably read this.Fun Friday Reads Review
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      I was a little intrigued by the blurb for this book. A phone sex company in the middle of a small southern town? Sounds great, right? Yeah, not so much. It had it's moments, but I got tired of the sayings and the gossip-y talk. Maybe it was because I didn't read the first book, but I just didn't get into this book as much as I thought I would. Kinda want to read the next book because it's about the mysterious Tag, but if it's going to use all the talk about the lord and his ways...no thanks.Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.
    • 4/5
      Something To Talk About is Rachael John’s second rural romance in the Rose Hill series, which began with Talk of the Town featuring the relationship between widowed dairy farmer Lawson Cooper-Jones and new storekeeper Meg, but reads well as a stand-alone.In Something To Talk About, Tabitha Cooper-Jones, Lawson’s younger sister, has created a life she is proud of. She’s refused to let the loss of her arm to cancer hold her back, developing a thriving gourmet ice cream business, operating a successful cafe, and volunteering as a St John’s emergency assistant, but what she wants most is a family of her own, and despairing of ever finding a partner in the small town of Walsh, she’s chosen to become pregnant via donor insemination.Fergus McWilliams is looking to escape the fallout from a broken engagement when he accepts a short term teaching position at Walsh Primary School, but he’s unprepared for the attention a single man in a small town attracts. Not looking for another relationship so soon, a ‘friends with benefits’ arrangement with Tabitha, despite her unusual circumstances, is a convenience for them both, but their plan to keep it casual goes awry when their hearts become involved.I loved the chemistry between Tabitha and Fergus. Sparks fly at their very first meeting and as the story develops their growing affection for one another feels organic. Johns’s characters, both main and supporting, always feel genuine and elements of their situations relatable. The obstacles between Tab and Fergus are not insignificant, but I thought they were resolved convincingly.The residents of Walsh add texture to the story from the members of Stitch & Bitch, to the children of Fergus’s class. The Western Australian setting is always a thrill for me, having been born there. I’ve holidayed in Bunbury and I’m familiar with the tiny farming towns in the southwest where community really matters. Readers should be aware that several of the characters in Something To Talk About are affected by cancer, but the story really centers around the themes of independence, resilience, forgiveness, and trust. Without fail, I finish each book by Rachael Johns with a sigh of satisfaction and contentment for a story well told, and it’s no different here. This is a book I am happy to talk about.

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