Heart of the River

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As floodwaters rise, can a forbidden love bring a fractured community together

Mildura, Northern Victoria - 1956

Twenty-one-year-old Isabel Hayward has ambitions of being a great chef. But cooking for the locals at the country pub she and her mother run doesn't really allow for experimenting with haute cuisine. Isabel is casually dating the son of one of the town's wealthiest families when she meets Matteo Sorrenti, the son of an Italian farmer. Where she feels nothing for Ross but friendship, she is instantly attracted to Matteo. Isabel and Matteo's blossoming relationship has challenges to overcome: their cultural differences, prejudice, Ross' jealousy, and the worst flood in Australia's history.

As the Murray River rises to its peak, threatening the Sorrentis' farm and the Haywards' pub, secrets are revealed that show Matteo, Isabel and Ross are inextricably linked by their fathers' wartime experiences. Will the secrets their fathers kept threaten Isabel and Matteo's relationship Or can their love break down the remnants of prejudice left behind by the war

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Cheryl Adnams has published four Australian rural romance novels and three Australian historical novels. Cheryl has a Diploma in Freelance Travel Writing and Photography and has lived and worked in the United States and Canada, and spent two years working with a tour company in Europe. While she loves to travel overseas, especially to Italy, her favourite writing retreat is her own home on the stunning blue coastline of South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula. When she's not writing, Cheryl is still creating in her busy full-time job as a learning designer.