Surprise: Outback Proposal

MacKay Brothers #2

by Jennie Adams

Jayne Cutter should take the flirty grins of a gorgeous guy ten years her junior as pure charm—but Alex MacKay makes her want to drop her professional guard and see where that attraction takes them!

Alex doesn't have time for casual flings—he is focused on making a success of his business and discovering the truth about his past. But beautiful Jayne is a surprise distraction….

As they travel into the Outback, they may just find the one thing they least expected—a future together!

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Jennifer Ann Ryan was born on 1963 in a small country town in New South Wales Australia. She has travelled in America, trekked Australia’s Kosciusko National Park, lived and worked on a wheat/sheep farm, played piano at marriage ceremonies, sung in a choral production, and worked in jobs ranging from Legal transcription typist, to motor mechanic’s office assistant. She currently makes her home in a small inland city in New South Wales, works 20 hours a week in an 'outside' job in the health care industry, and continues to write stories of hope and triumph for her readers around the globe.

As Jennie Adams began her writing career with the publication of her first two Mills & Boon romance stories in 2005. Her strong heroes and feisty, determined heroines have warmed the hearts of readers all over the world, with her books being translated into numerous foreign language editions. Although she fights the impulse, Jennie still tries to decipher each foreign edition when it arrives in the mail. Italian, anyone? An avid romance reader, particularly in the historical romance genre, Jennie is the self-confessed owner of an over-active imagination. When she isn't writing her own romance stories, or travelling back through time to enjoy the romances of Dukes and Duchesses, or Knights and their Ladies, Jennie keeps her imagination busy writing articles and short stories on anything from alpacas to gardening to visiting the zoo. Her articles and short stories have been published in magazines and periodicals in Australia and overseas. In her downtime Jennie tries to grow flowers, sends silly gifts to friends and family, is exploring new forms of musical entertainment, and endlessly studies the human condition wherever, in whatever form, and as often as she may do so.

Reviews

[Cassie Baker · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s cute, but was dragging on. I actually had to start the book a few times in chapter one. I would get distracted in something else.

[Ms_prue · Rating 2 out of 5]

Got this in a two-in-one with a Sarah Mayberry story. I did manage to finish it but I ended up skim-reading the last few pages lest I be tempted to think too hard about what I was reading and cringe. I'm not a fan of the self-sabotaging relationship - all it does is make me think the two characters are in fact awful for each other, because if they can't be honest and communicate to themselves and each other about their issues, how ever is it going to last? Which is a shame, because I would like to be cheering about this as a cool older woman-younger man romance, but it just didn't ring true for me.

[Deborah D. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Belaboring the whole older woman\younger man subject bordered on tedious...after the first 50 pages.
35 does not a cougar make...

There were elements of their relationship that were pleasing, but I often felt a bit sorry for Alex. And glad that he was not telepathic - Jayne just needed to get some therapy about her father's role in her life and her responses to his lack of support.

If this could have gone a bit more in depth, her transition to greater professional independence would have made a worthy addition to the story.


And I believe I recognized Alex's brothers from at least one other HR I have read, a while back.

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was OK. These little Harlequin's are nice quick reads. I bought this one for the author's name. Didn't even realize until I got home that it came out in 2011 (bought it at the grocery store. Someone must have found it in back one day and stuck it on the shelf.)

The stories are short, less than 200 pages, but I've always enjoyed the author's imperfect heros and heroines. This one, not so much. There really wasn't much of a story here. It actually could have been several pages shorter and lost nothing. Since this book is tied in to a previous book, I wish there had been time to "see" the couple from the previous story and how they are getting along.

[Jordan Michaels · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has a very rich, easy reading, yet captivating story-line. The characters are well fleshed out. You almost feel like you know them personally by the end of the book. I'm not usually fond of romances set in Australia, but this one proved to be worth reading.