An Augathella Surprise

Augathella Short and Sweet #1

by Annie Seaton

When Jenna Wilson heads out to Augathella to start a new business venture with her friend, Alana Rickman, the last person she expects to meet is a long-lost relative, the black sheep of the Wilson family.
Old Reg wants nothing to do with the newcomer who's bought his house. Silly girl is going to start up a business doomed to fail.
Will family relationships mend as Reg and Jenna get to know each other?

174 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 31, 2023

About the author

Annie Seaton lives near the beach on the mid-north coast of New South Wales. She is fulfilling her lifelong dream of writing and has been delighted to discover that readers love reading her stories as much as she loves writing them. Her career and studies spanned the education sector for most of her working life until she took up a full-time writing career. Each winter, Annie and her husband leave the beach to roam the remote areas of Australia for story ideas and research.

Readers can contact Annie through her website annieseaton.net or find her on Facebook and Instagram.

Reviews

[Helen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A new series set in Augathella, fabulous I do love being here and catching up with everyone, this time we are getting to know more about Reg a favourite of mine when Jenna Wilson decides to make a change in her life and do what she has always wanted to do and that is open a vintage tea room and she has chosen Augathella to do so, come along and meet Jenna and her friend Alana.
Jenna buys a house on pictures only and her and Alana make the three day trip from Brisbane what she discovers is a shock this cottage is worse than she thought but nothing is going to dampen her enthusiasm.

Reg is well known in Augathella he has made the decision to sell the house that has been in his family for many years and move into the aged care facility, returning to the house with Callie there are a couple of young woman there and one of them takes him back many years to the one love of his life, but he knows that cannot be true, but so many emotions come back.

Is there some connection between Jenna and Reg, Jenna is going to do her best to get to know Reg and uncover if there is a link, can they be related? Also in this one Callie is just about to have her baby?

I do highly recommend this one short and sweet and I loved it I do highly recommend this one to any lover of a good story that will make you smile.

[Pauline Reid · Rating 5 out of 5]

A quick overview of this short story, which I found in my library, so it might be in yours.

Loved the overall character dynamics, it has plenty of entertainment.

You know what was special about this book? The illustrations that went with each chapter, it was very fitting.... infact two city ladies embark on a new adventure in the country, Augathella, and decide to open a vintage tea room, and yes we do have scones ladies, however we don't seem to live in there, it wasn't really the centre of attention. This book kind of reminded me of Home and Away with its diverse dynamics of characters.
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A pregnant lady, who found out that the unborn doesn't like lamb, the father-to-be was happy with that as he was hoping he or she is a beef eater to support the family, and a very intense moments nearing the ending.... and something about a wedding, but I will keep that under wraps.
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Rating/review of 5 stars, it would certainly do as an inbetween read, the print is quite big, some quick readers would read it in a day. Short stories based in a small town situation in Australia.

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

As the title says - short and sweet. This story follows on from Annie's previous 'Outback' series with some of the characters from that series pivotal to this story (and presumably the following ones), so helps if you have read those already. Still enjoyable and I have the next one lined up, just wish Annie would write fewer but longer books.

[Len Klumpp · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another trip to Augathella

So at the end of this month I was hoping to head up to Camooweal for the drovers reunion but not able to make it. The biggest disappointment in that was I was going to call into Augathella and catch up with a few old friends. Then Annie Seaton said she would take me for a trip up there. Got to catch up with them all and meet a couple of new arrivals, like Jenna and Alana. But the best part was to finally sit down and have a chat with old Reg. Thanks mate, a true Augathella Fella. Great trip, Annie. Thank you 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

[Trish · Rating 5 out of 5]

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Too short but I Love Annie Seaton! I can’t wait for the next one! Very well written, and a fun read for someone from the US.

[Susanne Singh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely loved this book and learning more about Reg. after reading all the previous books it feels like catching up with family again. Looking forward to the next book.

[ANNE BARNES · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this and can't wait till the next instalment Hoping it arrives early

[Elaine · Rating 2 out of 5]

What a strange book!
Lots of characters that was hard to keep track of, the story didn’t have a flow to it and each chapter kept jumping to different characters, not a great storyline.

[Janene · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I really loved this story I only took off one star as the ending was so abrupt. I was waiting for more. I know that this is a novella and there are more in the series though and I can't wait to read them.