GRR Reviews The House At The Bottom Of The Hill by Jennie Jones

The House at the Bottom of the Hill is a small town romance set Australia and it is quite charming, but the slow pace (at 400+ pages) and seemly low-stakes way the characters go about achieving their goals was just too slow for this reader.

To recap, Charlotte Simmons is going home... that she never knew. Her mother's mysterious death in England, where she had always lived, had left her unbalanced and to seek closure, she needed the truth, and that truth is in a small town called Swallow's Fall in Australia. She bought a B&B there. Her plan was to jazz up the place, find the man who had the answers... and flip the inn when she's done. She did not count on Daniel Bradford, owner of Kookaburra's Bar & Grill, who has a perfect physique even she can't ignore. And Daniel has eyes on Charlie the redhead, even as he tried to smooth over the town and her plans... but it was clear that Charlie has secrets, and the biggest secret of all may be that he had already fallen for her.

The attraction was unexplained, and as I said before, pace is glacial in this small town romance. Also, 'flipping' an inn in a small town requires a turn-over and doesn't seem to make financial sense (except for a reason for her to stay). Those who want to savor the small town flavor may enjoy the slow tempo, and characters are nice and quirky.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Woman seeking answers in a small Australian town found a man willing to help her; can they love each other? Or is she leaving?

Tropes: fish out of water, different worlds, family secrets

Overall Rating:  3/5