Runaway Bride

Changing Grooms #2

by Barbara Hannay

Your gorgeous ex roars up in a red sports car and offers to sweep you away from the mess you've made of your life…. What would you do?

With her wedding dreams in tatters and the local grapevine ablaze, Bella Shaw is getting out of town and speeding across the country with delicious, dangerous Damon Cavello. Bella's been playing it safe for so long—but not anymore. It's high time she faced up to her past—and with Damon by her side, that time is now!

Genres: Romance, Category Romance, Harlequin, Contemporary Romance

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Multi award winning author, Barbara Hannay, is a city bred girl with a yen for country life. Most of her 50 plus books are set in rural and outback Australia and they've been enjoyed by readers around the world.

Barbara has been nominated five times for Romance Writers of America's RITA Award which she won in 2007 and she has twice won Australia's Romantic Book of the Year award.

In her own version of life imitating art, Barbara and her husband currently live on a misty hillside in beautiful Far North Queensland where they keep heritage pigs, hens, ducks, turkeys and an untidy but productive garden.

Visit Barbara's website at www.barbarahannay.com
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Reviews

[Saly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this book. Hero/heroine had history as teenagers but the hero left because of differences with his tough father. The heroine stayed and just broke her engagement with a safe guy who she didn't love. The disappearance of her grandfather and hero's grandmother throws them together again. The hero has lead a nomadic life the past ten years as a foreign correspondent. Both of them never had closure and being thrown together kind of brings things back. I loved the rekindling of old feelings that never went away. The hero's globe-trotting career is a stumbling block but it went away. I loved the resolution and the couple. I think her ex-fiancee has his own book which I plan to read soon.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun book. I really liked both Bella and Damon, though both had their issues. Bella finally realized that she didn't love Kent and they called off their engagement. When Damon appeared and told her that her grandfather and his grandmother had disappeared together, she made the decision to go with him to find them. This got her out of town and away from gossip, but put her in close contact with her first love. Bella had been playing things safe for a long time, and this was her chance to break out for a bit. Damon couldn't believe he had suggested she come along. He had left her all those years ago to protect her from himself. Now he was seeing glimpses of the girl she used to be, and knew he had never stopped loving her. Both of them were trying to protect themselves and nearly gave up their chances for their happily ever after. I loved the epilogue!

[Harlequin Books]

Miniseries: Changing Grooms

[Jennell Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was really nice book.

[Lucy Felthouse · Rating 4 out of 5]

I do love a good story about second chances, and this is a great example. When Damon Cavello roars back into Bella Shaw's life, she knows it will probably be trouble.

But a family problem makes her forget her recently cancelled wedding and hop into Damon's red sports car and head out on a road trip across Australia. It's a fun, exciting adventure for Bella, who's played it safe for so long, but unfortunately it brings back all her unsatisfied feelings for Damon, and she has a horrible feeling she's going to get hurt again.

Can Bella and Damon have a happily ever after? Or is it simply not to be?

This was a great fun novel. The characters had issues, but they weren't massively deep which kept the book light-hearted and a very easy, yet engaging read. You could identify and sympathise with the characters, too, which makes it a book you'll remember for a while after reading. Recommended for romance fans.

[Jesica · Rating 3 out of 5]

En el primer libro conocemos a Bella que es la prometida de Kent y mejor amiga de Zoe y lo poco que muestran de ella hace que no me guste mucho... sin embargo en este libro entendemos el porque de muchas de sus reacciones del libro anterior y que fue exactamente lo que paso con Damon para que su mundo temblara cuando el aparecio en escena.... la historia a ratos me gusto no lo voy a negar sin embargo creo que le falto algo para 4 estrellas....
PD: Lo poco que nos muestran de Paddy y Violett hace que uno se enamore de ellos... ;)
PD 1: Y me encanto que el Epilogo nos muestre lo que paso con kent y zoe ya que su libro termina muy abierto.... ;)

[Harlequin Books]

Miniseries: Changing Grooms

[Vena · Rating 3 out of 5]

Runaway Bride was okay. A bit cheesy and cliché at times but I enjoyed it nonetheless. :-)

[Mnms · Rating 4 out of 5]

The second story (the first was bridesmaid says 'I do') in this series. The title is a little misleading on this one. But I like the story and the characters