Lisa Ireland is a born and bred city girl whose heart is well and truly in the country.

I was a horse-mad child who dreamed of owning a farm when I grew up. On school holidays our family would pile into our tiny car and make the four hour journey from Melbourne’s outer suburbs to a dot on the map near Bairnsdale, to visit my aunt. On the way I would look out of the window and gaze longingly at the sprawling old farmhouses surrounded by white fenced paddocks.

Eventually my dream of a life in the country came true. As a fresh-faced graduate teacher I was sent to a small school in Longford, Victoria, to begin my career. There I realised that living in the country wasn’t all home-baked scones and fluffy sheep. These days I live with my husband and three sons in a small coastal town.

 

 

 

 

Lisa Ireland. Rural Romance - Where City Meets Country.

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Newly divorced Bea Elliot needs Honey Hill House for more than just a quaint project – restoring a ramshackle old farm house to a successful B&B will prove to her family – and herself – that she is strong enough to make a go of things on her own. She doesn’t need anyone to help her, even if the guy next door is remarkably obliging, delightfully generous, and terribly charming.

A city girl won’t last six months in the country, but Callum ‘Mitch’ Mitchell has good manners and loves his town, so he’ll be neighbourly, but keep his distance. Experience has taught him not to get involved with out-of-towners. Even if this out-of-towner is surprisingly resilient, unexpectedly tough, and unpredictably fond of local football.

Good fences make good neighbours, but in Dulili, it seems like barriers might instead be breaking down…

 

 

 

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Honey Hill House is book #2 of three rural stories in the A Dollar for a Dream series. Other books in the series are book #1 A Heart Stuck on Hope by Jennie Jones and book #3 The Healing Season by Catherine Evans.
All books in the series can be read as stand-alone novels.

 

 

Paperback of all 3 stories in the A Dollar for a Dream series is titled Last Chance Country and is out end March 2016 and available for pre-order now.
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MORE RURAL FICTION BY LISA IRELAND

A brilliant new voice in rural romance, invites you to Linden Gully and the wedding of the year…

When celebrity novelist Johanna Morgan surprises everyone by arriving back in Linden Gully three weeks early for her best friend’s wedding, she’s shocked to find her ex-boyfriend Ryan Galloway is back too and well-integrated in the community as the local vet.

Jo’s maid-of-honour duties are not the only thing that’s brought her home. The family homestead of Yarrapinga is now her responsibility, and Jo needs to decide whether to keep it – and replace old memories with new ones – or sell it and cut off all ties to her childhood and her home.

Ryan has brought his young daughter home to Linden Gully to provide stability after the death of her mother. The last thing he needs is Jo’s return, and all of the emotional turmoil that she brings with her.

Thrown together as attendants at their best friends’ wedding, Jo and Ryan have no choice but to grin and bear all the tension. But it’s not only resentment lingering between them. The attraction is still there, and the heat and the memories.

Feels Like Home is available in eBook and paperback from good retailers.
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When a smooth-talking, sophisticated city girl comes striding into town on her stiletto heels, he’s the last person who wants to notice…

When Jenna McLean gets roped into attending a matchmaking ball in a small country town, she holds no illusions of meeting the man of her dreams. A no-nonsense magazine editor, Jenna doesn’t believe in leaving love to chance, which is why she’s developed Marriage Material – a fool-proof framework for husband hunting. Shearers and farmhands need not apply.

Sheep grazier Luke Tanner has met women like Jenna before, and knows not to waste his time. With the drought dragging on and bushfire season around the corner, the last thing he needs is a spoiled city girl like Jenna adding to his problems. He’ll help out with the ball because it’s good for the community, but he won’t dance, he won’t flirt, and he definitely won’t be matched. It’s been a long dry season, but everyone knows when it rains, it pours.

 

 

Breaking the Drought is available in eBook from good retailers.
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