Matilda Geoffrey flew from Australia to a small Wisconsin town to surprise her online "fiancé", only to discover she’s been scammed.

Returning to his small hometown for a family visit, Marc Olsen sees a bride with a wedding cake but no groom standing in front of stores closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. He’s made an art form out of not getting involved, but is drawn to the forlorn sight and offers to help.

The chance encounter sets in motion unexpected changes in their lives, changes neither is prepared for. Can they put aside their reservations, based on a history of hurt, and risk their hearts before it is too late?
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You know a book is really good when you find yourself wishing you were neighbors with the characters, when you wish you could shop in their stores and eat at their favorite diner. As a writer, you really know a book is good when you forget to study the craft and read for pure enjoyment. Such was the case for me when reading Fiona Lowe’s Boomerang Bride.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story from the first moment that Marc spies the forlorn-looking Aussie bride alone on the street of his home town to the last word in the Epilogue, which garnered a satisfied sigh. The series of events that weave Marc and Matilda’s lives together seemed as organic to the story as snow is to their Wisconsin winter, making it feel as if it’s a true story being recounted for my enjoyment.

While Boomerang Bride is very much a romance, it’s also a portrait of familial love’s twists and turns which results in the desperate and euphoric moments that make life interesting. Fiona Lowe is a gifted writer whose portrayal of those moments make this a book you’ll remember long after you’ve read the final word.