The Billion-Dollar Heir Returns by Rachael Stewart

Introduction 

The Billion-Dollar Heir Returns is written by Rachael Stewart, published by Mills & Boon, and is the fourth and final novel in her Outback Kings mini series. 

Summary

Jackson King reluctantly returns to his family homestead, Kings Reach, in the Australian outback. Summoned by his ailing father, Fraser King, from whom he has been estranged for the past 20 years. Fraser’s original will left the ranch to his 4 sons. The new will leaves it all to Jackson. Annalise Fletcher has been Fraser’s personal assistant/ nurse for three years. Whilst Fraser’s health issues have remained hidden from everyone she is seen as his PA. She has grown to love the ranch  and she regards Jackson as selfish, deserting his father and the family business. Nevertheless Jackson and Annalise have a mind blowing kiss which may change both their lives, but what will happen when all the secrets come tumbling out.

Review

A lovely final novel which ties up all the lose ends, closing the final chapters on the Outback Kings series. The main characters are both determined but have to deal with the secrets and past before they can move on with their future. Old characters reappear making the series seem like a continuous seamless read but each novel can also be read as a stand alone novel without the reader getting  lost. It is a gentle, passion filled romance, which brings together the uncovering of family secrets, family disagreements, past betrayals, health issues and general fall outs between family members and wraps them all up in to this final novel. 

I received this book via Bookfunnel and Rachael Stewart in exchange for a honest review.  #gifted

Book Review: Reluctant Bride's Baby Bombshell by Rachael Stewart

Reluctant Bride's Baby Bombshell by Rachael Stewart is part of the four part one year to wed series published by the True Love series for Mills & Boon.

Eve fled the Australian outback and her home town of Marni after discovering her parents had lied to both her and to her sisters. She has built a life in London and a loving relationship with her maternal grandparents whilst remaining estranged from her parents and sisters. She returns home after her father dies to discover that to inherit the cattle station, Garrison Downs,  the sisters must all marry within a year. Nate Harrington is the son of George who was Eve’s father’s lawyer. As he is ill Nate has move home and taken over his practice. Nate resents his father but slowly discovers her was absent for most of his childhood as he was busy helping others. Nate and Eve meet and have a one night stand the night she returns to Marni. She finds out she is pregnant and the storyline goes from there. 

The storyline is very formulaic and there is nothing fun or memorable about it. The characters don’t seem to gell or work very well together. I also thought that they didn’t really catch the reader’s attention.  I enjoyed that that both characters worked through their childhood and parental issues. I wouldn’t reread this novel and normally I enjoy Rachael Stewart’s books. 

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