Six Ways to Sunday

by Karly Lane

When city naturopath Rilee Summers meets gorgeous farmer Dan Kincaid, sparks fly. A whirlwind romance follows, and the next thing Rilee knows she's married and living on her husband's family property in a small rural community.

Never one to shy from a challenge, Rilee is determined to win over her in-laws and the townsfolk of nearby Pallaburra, but her city ways and outspoken views only seem to alienate her further.

Opening her own naturopathy practice has always been her dream. Although Pallaburra isn't Sydney, and despite the fact she's not exactly inundated with new clients, she's not ready to give up. Things get even worse for Rilee when she champions the issue of teen pregnancies in the deeply conservative town.

Worn down by the ill-will towards her and what she sees as Dan's lack of support, Rilee flees the station to think about the future. Can her marriage survive - or is she destined to leave Dan and move back to the city?

Six Ways to Sunday is a rip-roaring tale about a woman determined to stand up for her convictions even at the risk of jeopardising the future she envisaged with the man she loves.

Genres: Romance, Australia, Audiobook, Fiction

367 pages, Paperback

Published December 1, 2017

About the author

Karly Lane lives on the beautiful Mid North Coast of NSW in Australia. A certified small town girl, she is most happy in a little town where everyone knows who your grand parents were. She writes women’s fiction – everything from romantic suspense to family sagas and life in rural Australia. She has romantic suspense titles published under Karlene Blakemore-Mowle and her latest release, Third Time Lucky is available now.

Reviews

[Veronica ⭐️ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve loved all of Karly Lane’s books and Six Ways to Sunday didn’t disappoint. I read this book in one day it was such an easy, captivating read.

City girl Rilee falls for farmer Dan. She is a qualified naturopath and has a busy practice in Sydney. Rilee is unsure if she can leave all that she has worked for behind. She has had her heart broken before and vowed never to be that naive again. A friend convinces her to take a chance on love as she can move her work anywhere and start afresh. So Rilee goes with her heart and marries Dan.

Now living in Pallaburra, Rilee soon learns that finding acceptance isn’t as easy as she imagined. Whilst she handles the many challenges of her new lifestyle Rilee does make a few heart warming friendships and also quite a few enemies amongst the townsfolk.

Lane touches on some very important topics during the book such as bringing healthcare and health education into isolated country areas, contraception and information for teenagers, men’s health issues, insecticides versus natural eradication of pests. All of these issues centre round Rilee and Dan getting to know each other as husband and wife during moments of great family disharmony.

Being a city girl myself and married to a farm boy I felt real empathy for Rilee and I loved that she was outspoken and confident, not letting anyone pull her down.

I loved Rilee’s parents, carefree and accepting of others, they were very confident with who they were and added a note of light-heartedness to the story.

Despite all their differences when tragedy strikes the family bands together.
“It was true what they said: times of crisis really did make people realise what was important in life.”

Highly recommended for all rural romance fans.

This review is part of the Beauty & Lace Bookclub
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[Sharon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whenever Aussie author Karly Lane releases a new novel I simply have to have a copy of it. Whether I buy or borrow its a MUST that I have her book in my hot little hands. I know without reading the blurb or a review that I'm going to thoroughly enjoy it. And yes, you guessed it, I thoroughly enjoyed Six Ways To Sunday.

Karly has a gift for writing about small country communities where you get such a feel for the area which gives you a sense of being right there as you're reading her books.

In this story we are introduced to Rilee Summers, who is married to farmer Dan Kincaid. Rilee is a naturopath and she wants to set up a practice in the little country town of Pallaburra in New South Wales which is close to their home. But of course, being a small country town no one seems really interested in her naturopath business and most of the townspeople don't feel there is a need for such a business. Can Rilee convince the people of Pallaburra that having a business such as hers will do them good or will her business be doomed before it gets to open its doors.

Another superb and very entertaining read by Karly Lane. If you enjoy reading rural romance, then I highly recommend this book and in fact any of Karly's books as all of her books are brilliantly written in my opinion.

[Margitte · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too bad if this rating is upsetting. Best is to get over it. Two stars means it was OK!! Not bad. OK!

What is chick-lit other than fairy tales for grown-ups? This novel is no exception.

In this case the little cute princess rushes into a community—barely noticed on a map, with to-hell-and-gone scribbled next to it on any signposts, and with her superiority complex to die for, becomes a un-called-for community organizer, exploding an urban social engineering bomb in the heart of the Australian outback, where the people for probably three hundred years happily existed without her and plan to do so for the next three hundred years as well. And very happily so. It's "our way or the Augusta highway" against "my way of the Hellway" and checkmate kicks in. A stand off. Ugh, they're so backward! But no, she only implied, never said it, for crying out tears.

In this modern version the two sisters-in-law are not too bad, can be won over; the mother-in-law stands in for the wicked stepmother of way yonder; one bad old man dies, and another becomes seriously ill. Competition is out of the way, thanks to the author, and the well-meaning new hubby becomes the sacrificial lamb to give the community organizer her happy ending. After all, the little princess is the protagonist and well, heroine, right?

Oh happy man-bashing and women rule for the readers! A must read, if this is your beat in bitchdom. And remember, the only good men are the neutralized men. Yes, and they're so much better off if they ask permission to think and make decisions on their own. Marriage demands that of men in this little princess's book.

Crickey, I almost forgot, the whole mess is someone else's fault. A rival, from the religious clan. Yep. That's very important. In fact, it's the church-gang who caused all the problems(which is in fact way more complex) in Palaburra. Yes, so obvious. You can't miss that one! Everyone else is a noble, innocent victim.

So yes, sorry, this bitch almost blehhhhed and ugheeeeed all over it. Naturopath got the chickens, the dogs and all men sorted out too. Impressive.

This city-to-farm-girl, living in a remote region on a farm where organic essential oils are produced for the medicine industry for many many years, and doing community development research for too many years in this instance, ain't buying. I love rural novels. This one did not work for me. Oh, and mother-of-millions are invasive here as well. Animals don't eat it around here. Not even in the worst drought in one-hundred-and-twenty-years. The land must be so overgrazed that there's nothing else left to try, before that will happen. And it doesn't happen even then.

Pardon my bad mood with this one. Loved the setting, though: all the issues spread out over the tale, made me read it. Just bring respect into the equation: for other people, genders, traditions, and the rest of it, and I will be interested again. Bring the complexity of teenage pregnancies in as well, for instance, how it benefits jobless families financially and is often the solution to destitute people as a last resort, and I might be in again. In fact it is worldwide phenomenon. There's nothing to lose by adding some more meat to the bones. Uhhhh, sorry, that's just me.

SELA.

[Brenda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rilee Summers had her life’s path planned out in front of her. A naturopath, her dream was to open her own practice in Sydney – the past four years of working at the local pub while she studied had brought those dreams closer. But when she met Dan Kincaid, she had no idea her plans were set to change; Dan was a farmer from the property, Thumb Creek, near the small New South Wales town of Pallaburra. Three months after they met, they were married and Rilee was steeling herself to meet Dan’s parents…

Ellen and Jacob Kincaid were shocked and dismayed to meet Rilee – and didn’t bother to hide it. Over time their attitude toward her didn’t soften and Rilee felt she was fighting an uphill battle. But still, she did everything she could to have Dan’s parents like her – but whatever she did, they rejected.

Rilee could see that Pallaburra needed help – no doctor in town, and only a pharmacy with an old-fashioned pharmacist whose outdated ideas beggared belief. She was determined to open her naturopath practice, but the community weren’t interested and did their best to stop her in her tracks. Was it worth the battle? Rilee was starting to wonder.

But it was when Dan’s support for her plans vanished like they’d never been that Rilee had had enough. Her future looked grim – in fact she was no longer sure if any of it was worth fighting for anymore…

Six Ways to Sunday by Aussie author Karly Lane is a brilliant story of courage in the face of adversity; of fighting for what you believe is right; and the way some small rural communities are left behind and forgotten in the advancement of time. Rilee is a wonderful character; kind, empathetic and genuine – I felt for her and silently encouraged her to keep going! I loved her parents too 😊 I have no hesitation in highly recommending Six Ways to Sunday to fans of the rural romance genre.

With thanks to Allen & Unwin for my hardcopy to read and review.

[Amanda - Mrs B's Book Reviews · Rating 4 out of 5]

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Karly Lane, the author of Six Ways to Sunday and many other fabulous titles, is synonymous with rural fiction. Karly Lane is a great crusader for rural fiction. Lane’s passion for rural communities and writing about small town Australia is evident in all her books and Six Ways to Sunday is no exception. The latest novel from Lane explores the life of a determined young woman who tries to bring about change in a community resistant to change, while at the same time, risking her fresh marriage to a man she is devoted to. As a self confessed fan of rural fiction, I have read many tales of city girls trading life in the big smoke for a chance at love and happiness in the outback. On the outset, Six Ways to Sunday begins a lot like these novels. However, Karly Lane’s talent and authentic insight into life in the bush adds a different spin on a tale that has been told many times over. Six Ways to Sunday is a novel that will pull at your heartstrings and make you think twice about life. It also works to draw our attention to the myriad of issues prevalent in rural communities. It comes complete with a cracker of a final twist and readers will be pleased by the final turn of events that had a great touch of romance.

[Dale Harcombe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rilee Summers is working in a pub in Paddington as a second income. In her real job she is a naturopath. Into the pub comes Dan Kincaid with friends for a bucks’ night. An instant attraction ensures and a whirlwind romance turns into marriage and Rilee living on the Kincaid property in a small rural community. For city girl Rilee there are a lot of challenges ahead. They start with trying to win over her in-laws who are less than impressed with this marriage. And then there are the people of Pallaburra, many of who are adverse to change. Being outspoken gets Rilee into a lot of trouble and she manages to get a lot of people offside. Still Rilee is nothing if not persistent, she starts up her naturopathy clinic in Pallaburra. But when she crosses swords with the local chemist and others in the town, Rilee begins to wonder if she will ever fit in to this place or if her marriage can survive the strain it is under.
Rilee is a very strong and determined character, easy to like. Her husband Dan needed more backbone especially when it came to his parents. His mother and father, Ellen and Jacob, are set in their ways and their way is the only way of doing things. It is not exactly conducive to a harmonious relationship with their new outspoken daughter in law. When Rilee does try and help her father in law with a medical issue, Dan tells her, ‘You can’t help someone who doesn’t want to be helped.’ Rilee finds it hard to accept that. The same applies to changing long held attitudes of the townsfolk. Anyone who has ever lived in a small country town will find the actions and attitudes of many of the people ring true. As always there are some who are open to change though.
I really enjoyed this book. The characters were relatable and the setting well drawn. My one reservation was that I thought after all the drama throughout it was a little too quickly and neatly resolved towards the end. But that didn’t stop me from enjoying this book, and getting involved in what was happening, angry at times, teary at others and smiling when things seemed so familiar. Another good rural read from an author who is dependable for creating strong characters and realistic settings and story line.

[Talking Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love, love, love this book! I was completely captivated by Rilee and Dan’s characters and the many momentous hurdles they seemed to face in the story. The adversaries of Ellen and Jacob provided enough friction in the story that was beyond frustrating for the romance reader in me who is all for a happily ever after finale :) Especially since these two characters were Dan’s parents! Even so, you could not dislike these adversarial characters as they too were pivotal, and whom held their own complications that blended well with Rilee and Dan’s story arc. There were twists and surprises in the read that added to the outstanding-ness in a story that was already an impressive read. I cannot rave enough about Six Ways To Sunday by Karly Lane, which is an easy fit in my top ten reads this year. It is a book that I could not put down and would go back and read again and again.
A big thank you to Allen & Unwin Australia for the opportunity of reviewing this book.

[Theresa Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

While city girl to farm wife is by no means a new premise for a novel, Karly Lane’s clear passion for rural Australia, along with her intelligent interweaving of serious rural issues into the storyline, elevates Six Ways to Sunday into a class of its own. I loved this novel. No use beating around the bush – I loved it, couldn’t put it down and didn’t want it to end. Really, I could have kept on reading for the same amount of pages again. Karly’s warm wit combined with her authentic rural ‘voice’ is just so engaging. She knows how to tell a story and she knows how to tell it well.

There is a lot going on in Six Ways to Sunday and I could relate to all of it, living in a remote community myself and also working in the education sector with teens. The issues raised within this novel have a definite ripple effect that will have rural readers nodding their heads in agreement and understanding. Karly backs up her stance on the issues raised with evidence and intelligence as well as a clearly laid out path towards possible solutions. In amongst all of this, there are other more personal things going on for each of the characters and I love how Karly manages to merge the community issues with the personal ones. Rilee is a wonderful protagonist and I truly enjoyed her journey through being a new bride to a considered wife, as well as her transformation from city girl to country community member. The supporting cast were a lively and entertaining bunch, authentic and uniquely rural without being cliché.

Six Ways to Sunday is a novel you can’t go wrong giving as a gift this Christmas or simply selecting for yourself. It’s entertaining, romantic, contemplative, and will also tug on your heartstrings more than once. Five solid brightly shining stars from me!

Thanks is extended to Allen & Unwin for providing me with a copy of Six Ways to Sunday for review.
Six Ways to Sunday is book 71 in my 2017 Australian Women Writers Challenge.

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Six Ways to Sunday is about how two people can find love even though they came from different backgrounds. Rilee Summers work a pub in Paddington called The Spotted Duck while working towards becoming a naturopath. Dan Kincaid was a country boy from Pallaburra and was in Sydney for a friends bucks party. Dan Kincaid and Rilee Summers had different plans for what they want to do with their lives. However, their plans were altered forever when one night one of the patrons at The Spotted Duck was giving Rilee Summers a hard time until Dan Kincaid step in. The readers of Six Ways to Sunday will continue to follow Rilee Summers and Dan Kincaid to see what happens.

I enjoyed reading Six Ways To Sunday. More I read Karly Lane's books I fall more and more in love with her characters and her writing style. Karly Lane knows how to engage me in the way she describes her settings and plots. Reading Six Ways to Sunday, I also felt like I was part of the story. I like how Karly Lane entwines and portrays her characters in Six Ways to Sunday.

Six Ways to Sunday highlights the problems that you can have when you marry without knowing each other very well. Also, the difficulties relationships have when one is born, and breed in a rural community and the other in a city environment.

I recommend this book.

[Lily Malone · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've tried one other Karly Lane book, but something about it at the time didn't work for me, so I'm really glad to say that Six Ways to Sunday did work, I've really enjoyed it.
It's a different style of rural romance. I can't think of another book I've read that begins with the main characters already married, then ducks back into a quick recap of how they met and their whirlwind city romance. The bulk of the book then returns to newly married life in the regional town and farm lands of Pallaburra (a very long way from Sydney) that is home to Dan and his parents, and their cattle-farming history, - the Kincaids.
Rilee is a fun character in the feisty mould. Dan is salt of the earth. I enjoyed them both on the page together.
Rilee has her own goals, and I love how she sets out to meet them, taking no prisoners on her way to create change in the town. I did wish Dan stood up to his folks more, particularly his Mum.
There is a nice secondary plot to the issues in the regional town, of teenage pregnancy, sexual health, lack of support services, lack of opportunity - I thought this was really well done.
If I have a gripe, it's just that sense of such a neat bow being drawn in the last 5% of the book. I guess I was looking for a little more of a showdown between Riley, Ellen and Dan, rather than having issues resolved off the page.

[Rebecca Bowyer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Note: Posted on behalf of Helen Jackson.

I don’t read a lot of romance fiction, so I’m not the best person to review it! I’m therefore grateful to Helen for reviewing Six Ways to Sunday, by Karly Lane. ~ Rebecca Bowyer

Six Ways to Sunday is light reading but an escapist novel which held my interest and would recommend for a light-hearted holiday read.

Rilee is a likeable character, although as the story went on I thought she was maybe too nice and was being somewhat walked all over due to not standing up for herself.

There is a sad story about a 15-year-old mother who Rilee wants to help out. She gets her back up and tells off an old school pharmacist who not only won’t give out the morning after pill, but gives a public telling off to women who ask for it.

Overall, it's not something that will keep you awake at night or stir any thoughts about how the world should be run etc but its good escapism. I recommend reading by a pool in a nice relaxed mood.

The ending did get a bit annoying, as in how can EVERYTHING fall into place this quickly but that’s romance novels for you!

The narrative was quite engaging and I surprised myself by getting through it in a couple of days and have been semi looking for something else by this author!

Disclosure: I received a copy from the publisher for the purpose of review. This post contains affiliate links.

[Claire Louisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5**** This was a hard book for me to rate, I thought the issues raised in the story about teen pregnancy to be very important and very relevant and really enjoyed this part of the story and Rilee's fight to try and get the small town to stand up and take notice and take responsibility for this issue.
For the first half of the book I read it with my jaw clenched, other than Rilee and her friend Shae I didn't like any of the main characters, the way Dan and his parents behaved set me totally on edge. Right at the last minute in the book, they slightly redeem themselves, but I found this book hard going which is so unusual because I've always loved Karly's books.

[Certified Book Addicts · Rating 4 out of 5]

Six ways To Sunday is the 2017 release by Australian rural romance author Karly Lane. Set in the country town of Pallaburra, I enjoyed following in the footsteps of protagonist Rilee Summers as she adjusts from city life to country life as a newly wed. Married to farmer Dan, Rilee is a gritty, determined young woman who slowly earns to find her way in her new life.

Country life is a shock to the system for Riley as she attempts to open up her own business as a natural path within a very resistant community. Slow to change, this is also a community which does not embrace sexual education within schools. I admired Rilee as she campaigned for change despite the many obstacles that she encountered from friends and family professionally. It's the way of the world but still a disappointment that people try to push their own personal beliefs on teenagers. For this community that has a great sense of values and morals, Rilee is a much needed breath of fresh air that brings them into the 21st century.

Rilee's personal life was also a fantastic story line as she entered married life after only knowing her husband to be for three months. They both encounter so many problems that would have come across had they been dating for longer. Dan's family are a large stumbling block as they were unhappy that Rilee and Dan eloped. Coming from old money, I disliked Dan's mother as she made decisions on behalf of Rilee and Dan. I did feel for Dan as he was stuck in the middle of two strong women but there were times I wished he would take the side of Rilee. In direct contrast, Rilee herself came from an unexpected hippie background that provided some light hearted amusement. Karly really understood the dynamics of married life and explored the intricacies quite well.

With themes of change, family, marriage and self belief this is one for rural romance fans around Australia.

#AWWC#

[Janine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was well written with interesting characters.

[Jodie- Readthewriteact · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was sent to me by the publisher for my honest review.

This is a great piece of Australian Rural fiction that touches on very real issue and has a lovely romance at its centre. I love Rilee and Dan as a couple (even if Dan needs to tell his mum to back the hell up). They are so different in their up bringing and views but are clearly the best versions of themselves when they are working together. I must admit that while I enjoyed their love story, one of my favourite things about this book was the town of Pallaburra.

The town is quintessential rural Australia with an if it ain’t broke don’t fix it attitude… Even if it is broken. This town and its issues spoke to me because Lane could have been writing about the town I grew up in. Where I am from teen pregnancy was so engrained in the fabric of the town that it wasn’t even such a shock when happened. Personally I never experienced it, but that was probably due to the fact that my mum booked me into the Dr when I was 17 to go on the pill. Sounds extreme maybe, but maybe not considering I am one of three children and both my sister and sister in-law fell pregnant at 18. A girl had a baby at 16 in my sisters class, another did her final year of school over two because she was pregnant. One of my friends was pregnant before we finished school… These are just examples, there are more. Like Pallaburra contraception was so very hard to come by when I was growing up. My town made national headlines (there was a story on the Today show) because condoms were only available over the counter from the pharmacy (don’t even consider the morning after pill!). What an amazing thing to become famous for. People, can you imagine how many teenage boys would walk into the local pharmacy and ask for condoms… None that’s how many. So the issues Lane highlights in Six Ways to Sunday are real but unfortunately probably not as easy to fix as you can in the pages of a fiction novel.

I never considered it before but she also touches on another relevant fact that a lot of time in small communities the people who are on all the “boards” and are a part of all the “associations” that address town issues do not have children in town. I know this was the case for me growing up. All of their children were shipped off to the finest private schools that Sydney has to offer so why would they care about the issues of the town youth? These are important issues that the book draws on and it adds to the deeper understanding of the communities psyche.

Overall I found that Karly Lane has an uncanny knack for truly capturing the spirit of rural communities in this novel and her writing spoke to me on so many levels. She clearly has a love for rural Australian and Six Ways to Sunday is a great addition to her ever-growing catalogue of compelling Australian stories.

[Jodie (Sunshinejode) W · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am a huge fan of Karly Lane and was looking forward to reading "Six Ways to Sunday" and it did not disappoint. Australian Rural fiction is one of my favourite genre, as I love reading about the outback, the characters and the challenges of life on the land.

Sometimes you can't help who you meet and fall in love with and that is what happens to Rilee Summers a city girl with her life all planned out ready to open a Natural Therapies practice in the City. Dan Kincaid walked into her life and swept her off her feet all the way to a small rural community after a whirlwind romance and elopement. Country ways can be hard to adapt to and Rilee makes unintentional waves with Dan's family and the town as she tries to settle in and open her Naturopathy practice. She stands by her convictions and is not very popular when she takes on teenage pregnancy and the lack of services for the young.

I found the novel easy to read and felt I could easily keep going as Rilee continues to find her feet in Pallaburra. I feel Karly weaved a tale of romance but painted a realistic picture of life in a small town- the isolation and lack of services You felt for Rilee as the city girl trying to make friends and introduce herself to people who if she did not share the same opinion as them would have the door slammed in her face. Dan is torn between his parents and Rilee and this causes tension for the newly weds and is a great part of the plot as Rilee tries to feel part of the family.

Rilee is a strong lead character and very likeable as is Dan and throughout the novel you are introduced to many characters that you feel you get to know including the formidable Ellen and Jacob Kincaid, Dan's parents.

Great summer reading especially during the holiday period as you won't want to put it down.
#beautyandlacebookclub #allenandunwin #karlylane

[Stacey Houllis · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great read. Karly Lane lastest rural romance is beautiful love story of two people from different backgrounds one growing up in the Pallaburra a country town all their life and the other in the city Sydney. Rilee Summers a city natropath meets Dan Kincaid a farmer sparks begin to fly when Dan comes to rescue when attended a bucks party held the city bar she is waitress in. A week later he returns looking for her and so begins a relationship between the two of them. Rilee dreams of opening her own natropath clinic in Sydney but her plans are change when Dan proposers to her and she know he can't leave the farm. So they elope get married and head back to Pallaburra to Thumb Creek Station Dan's family farm.
Dan parents are suprised to learn of their marriage especially his mum is not happy about it as she planned for him to marry someone else.
Rilee has not only to contend with her new in laws but the town's community when she opens her natropath clinic in town. Rilee wants help teenagers from making mistakes such promoting safe sex amongst other things and the community not being accepting her natropath healing herbs. Rilee sliently agrees to help Dan dad with his health issues as they learn he has cancer.
Rilee feel she losing her husband support and goes home to her parents farm, it is not until Dan's accident that she relizes how important her marriage is after nearly losing him and it through this she gains acceptance from her in laws. And the community.

[Bec · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite a lovely rural romance but I just didn’t “click” with the main characters. Rilee seemed to expect that everyone needed to change their attitude towards her and that she didn’t need to change her attitude towards them. I would like to see a sequel (possibly from Lisa’s perspective) to see how the clinic goes and to be introduced to more of the locals.

[Suzanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Churning through the Christmas novels and at $30 a piece I hope the husband doesn't notice.
Naturopath Rilee marries the local pin up farmer whose finally off the shelf. Everyone has an opinion and people seem determined to break the newly weds up.

[Anne Peachey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received Six Ways to Sunday by Karly Lane as a Beauty and Lace Book Club book to read and review.
Six Ways to Sunday is an engaging book.
Rilee is a city girl, nearly qualified as a Naturopath
and is working towards her dream of opening her own practice.
She has worked as a Barmaid/Waitress while studying for her Degree.
Dan Kincaid steps in one night to rescue Rilee from advances
of a drunken Buck on his Bucks Night.
He is a Farmer from a small town.
So different from everything Rilee is use too.
They fall deeply in love and Rilee agrees to marry Dan
and move to his farm just outside the small town of Pallaburra.
Pallaburra is a small town full of Christian Ideals
and has very old fashioned practices.
Rilee is a strong willed and very outspoken
young lady and is not afraid to stand up to what she thinks is right.
She decides she wants to help the younger members of the community,
especially young teenage girls and their options to reduce the chance of teenage pregnancies.
Rilee had no idea the Pillaburrians would be so against her ideas.
Karly Lane has explored contoversial topics
and has woven them into a beautiful love story that is not overwhelming or taken to extremes.
Six Ways to Sunday is an easy book to read
and I loved it.

[Beccabeccabooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

𝗜𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵?

After a whirlwind romance, Rilee finds herself married and living on her husband Dan's farm. This city girl has a lot to prove: not only to win over her in-laws, but also the wider community.

To say the township of Pallaburra is a bit behind is an understatement. Poor Rilee is trying desperately to change things for the better, but hardly any one is interested. It's even fair to say that she is being laughed at and victimised: especially from the one who should've been Dan's wife, the prissy Priscilla.

What's even worse is that her new husband isn't very supportive of any of her ideas or career. Rilee gave up a lot when she married, even the opportunity to open her own naturopathy practice. Soon enough, Rilee wonders if she had made the right choice...

Yet another five star read by one of my favourite Aussie authors! I really loved Rilee: she's strong, determined and is willing to give anyone a chance. Her parents are equally as gorgeous- what's more Aussie than hippies living outside of Nimbin? However, I found myself liking Dan less and less as the story continued. I hate to say it, but he's a real Mummy's boy! As for his parents, I've never seen such busybodies!

Despite those small issues, 𝑺𝒊𝒙 𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒚 is a wonderful read.

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/5

[Zoe Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh I loved this book!
Took me one day to read it, as I couldn't put it down.

Six ways to Sunday is another one of Karly Lanes fantastic novels.

I have read all her books and thoroughly enjoyed this one.

Six ways to Sunday is a little different compared to Karly Lanes other novels.
Majority of her other novels comprise of some sort of war story and someone finding love.

This novel takes a complete new approach to love stories.
Yes it's a love story, but it doesn't take the whole novel to get to a romance.
The book focuses more on the issues related to marrying a farmer, the expectations and moving far away from the city to a small town.

I loved it and I'm sure everyone else will too.
Thank you beauty and lace for giving me the chance to read this fantastic book.

[Tanya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh, Karly Lane, you gave me tears, dammit! Which to be honest, I wasn't expecting.

Dan and Rilee (gotta say, that spelling drove me bonkers!) get married after only 3 months of dating. Rilee gives up her life, and dream, in the city to move to the family farm with Dan. Nothing there is as she expected it, unwelcomed by Dan's family and the other residents of the town, Rilee struggles.

Look, I loved it. I really enjoyed it. It was a nice, easy to read story. I certainly didn't expect her to pull tears from me, but that's exactly what happened. The romance was sweet, the characters likable.

[Cheryl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Real life struggles coming from the city to the country! I really enjoyed this book from start to acknowledgement. Just a little bit of support is all one needs to succeed!

I moved to my small town 9 years ago and am still not classed as a local - this book brought home the struggles that some face when moving to a country town for a better life.

The message I took from this book is to not give up as life’s path is not always a sealed road you may have to take a few dirt roads to get to the good parts 😎

[Adventures with Shelle (Rochelle Kentish) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am a huge Karly Lane fan and I adore her descriptions of the people and landscapes. I always feel as though I’m standing right there next to her characters.
Six ways to Sunday is a sweet story about an unlikely couple, Rilee and Dan, that get married quickly with Dan’s family unwilling to accept Rilee and Rilee struggling to go from city girl to country girl overnight.
With about 100 pages to go something major happens (no spoilers here!) and then all the issues within the book get resolved quite quickly and unfortunately it just feels a bit rushed. Still a strong ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from me

[Samantha Diplock · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the book and found it easy to read. I liked Rilee’s quiet perseverance and determination. It was also good to see that her mother in law was eventually able to apologise for her behaviour and turn over a new leaf. I didn’t like Dan and was disappointed to see Riley end up staying with him. He was inconsiderate and always put his mother before Rilee. I think Rilee deserved better.

[Malvina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the way this rural romance turns everything on its head. First comes marriage, then Rilee and Dan really get to know each other - and there are a few bumps along the way. I also loved\ the way the huge community issues facing rural communities are addressed. Well done, Karly.

[Vicki Robe · Rating 5 out of 5]

I couldn't stop reading until I finished the book. The romance started early in this book with lots of challenges along the way and a great ending. If you like Karly Lane you really need to read this one!

[Dianne Sidebottom · Rating 5 out of 5]

another Aussie flavoured rural story from Karly. Rilee and Dan's story. Real issues to relate to whether city move to country or country move to town. Living life and set in their way family you marry into.

[Isabeau Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not my favourite as I was uneasy about the rushed relationship and I got red flags from it but the turmoil and hardships were a great addition to the story and the ending really brought it home and it came good
I flushed with excitement and pride at the ending and would read a sequel for sure