Upside Down
Book #1 in the OFF THE MAP seriesNew Adult Contemporary RomanceIf You Never Get Lost, You’ll Never Be FoundTwenty-one-year-old Natalia Stolfi is saying goodbye to painful memories—and turning her life upside down with a trip to the land down under. For the next six months, she’ll pretend to be a...
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Book #1 in the OFF THE MAP seriesNew Adult Contemporary RomanceIf You Never Get Lost, You’ll Never Be FoundTwenty-one-year-old Natalia Stolfi is saying goodbye to painful memories—and turning her life upside down with a trip to the land down under. For the next six months, she’ll pretend to be a carefree exchange student. Everything is going to plan until she meets a surly surfer with hypnotic green eyes, and the troubling ability to see straight through her act.Bran Lockhart is having the worst year on record. After the girl of his dreams turned into a nightmare, he slunk back to Melbourne to piece his life together. Yet no amount of disappointment could blind him to the pretty California girl who gets past all his defenses. He’s never wanted anyone the way he wants Talia. A single semester abroad won’t cover something this serious. But when Bran gets a stark reminder of why he stopped believing in love, he and Talia must decide if what they have is once-in-a-lifetime . . . or if there’s a plane to California with her name on it.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B00H25FLWS
Edition language: English
Series: Off the Map (#1)
I absolutely loved this story! Reading this book made me want to run away, if you read it you will understand why. ☺Unfortunately for me, I am too old to be a foreign exchange student. *sigh* Oh well, that is why we have wonderful authors like Lia Riley to create these beautiful stories to escape to...
I kind of felt that this was your typical new adult genre book. I also didn't care much for Talia. I didn't hate her, I just didn't particularly like her either. However, the book's humor is well written. The author doesn't go for the easy joke. Everything is written in a way that requires some thou...
Thanks to the author, the New Adult Book Club and Netgalley.After reading the first two chapters, I felt like giving up on this one. I was so confused as to what was going on etc. I'm glad that I gave this book a chance, because it turned out to be an okay read. The main character of this book is Ta...
This is fairly well written though the are times when it is working WAY too hard. For example: "She gazes at me like an implacable jury forewoman, about to pronounce a verdict of guilt." It feels forced and pulls me right out of the story. Stuff like this is all through out the story, along with cou...
Review posted at the USA Today Happy Ever After Blog