[Blog Tour] The Aussie Next Door by Stefanie London

The Aussie Next Door by Stephanie London
Published by Entangled on August 27th 2019
Genres: Adult, Romance
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“Stefanie London portrays a hero on the spectrum with grace, humor, and a huge amount of heart.” -Miranda Liasson, author of THEN THERE WAS YOU

American Angie Donovan has never wanted much. When you grow up getting bounced from foster home to foster home, you learn not to become attached to anything, anyone, or any place. But it only took her two days to fall in love with Australia. With her visa clock ticking, surely she can fall in love with an Australian—and get hitched—in two months. Especially if he’s as hot and funny as her next-door neighbor…

Jace Walters has never wanted much—except a bathroom he didn’t have to share. The last cookie all to himself. And solitude. But when you grow up in a family of seven, you can kiss those things goodbye. He’s finally living alone and working on his syndicated comic strip in privacy. Sure, his American neighbor is distractingly sexy and annoyingly nosy, but she’ll be gone in a few months...

Except now she’s determined to find her perfect match by checking out every eligible male in the town, and her choices are even more distracting. So why does it suddenly feel like he—and his obnoxious tight-knit family, and even these two wayward dogs—could be exactly what she needs?

Received a copy for review from the publisher, this does not influence my thoughts on the book or this review. While this is a blog tour, I voluntarily choose to endorse this book and am in no way compensated for this opinion.

I’ve read some of Stefanie London’s past books so when I heard about this one, I knew I had to read it! As always, London created a set of wonderful characters that I can’t wait to keep reading about.

American Angie ran away to Patterson’s Bluff, a lovely small town in Australia where everyone knows each other’s name, but her time there is running short. She only has two months left in Australia and an unlikely plan to find someone to fall in love with and marry. The wrench in this plan is Jace, her next-door neighbour who seems like he could be the one except for the fact that he prefers solitude and has no plans of getting married. As Angie and Jace grow closer, it becomes clear that maybe their worlds need a bit of changing, and that it could be for the better.

I really liked reading about Angie and Jace, two very different people, who end up deeply caring about each other. Angie really cares for the community in Patterson’s Bluff despite being someone who immigrated there. Jace is part of a big family and is finally happy to have his independence. I really liked both of these characters and I really appreciated their backstories. I also want to comment on the fact that Jace is on the Autism spectrum. I can not speak to this representation so I will be on the look out for reviewers who can and link their reviews here.

Overall, The chemistry between Angie and Jace was clear and I think that The Aussie Next Door was definitely a solid romance.