Nobody But Him (The Boys of Summer, #1)

Victoria Purman

Oct 2013 · The Boys of Summer Series Book 1 · Sold by HarperCollins Australia

About this eBook

She didn't expect to run into her first love...or to fall back in love with him.

At the age of eighteen, Julia Jones left her hometown – the small beachside town of Middle Point – with a head full of grand plans. Plans for an exciting life in a town that didn't involve a main street with only one pub or a particular boy named Ryan Blackburn.

But fifteen years and a lifetime later, Julia's forced to put her career and big–city life on hold when she returns home to finalise her mother's estate. Which is exactly where she runs smack–bang into the town's hero, Ry. As in Ryan Blackburn! The sensible thing to do? Stay the hell away from him and head back to Melbourne as fast as her stilettos can carry her! But instead, Julia finds his offer of a helping hand and a hot body too delicious to refuse.

Soon, she's ignoring her better judgement and diving into an 'I'll think about it tomorrow' fling with Ry. But what she doesn't realise is that tomorrow has a way of sneaking up on you...and that saying goodbye to her hometown – and to Ry – is so much harder the second time around.

MORE PRAISE

'Purman's descriptions are so vivid, you can feel the sea breeze as you take in the stunning view, taste the salt, smell the coast.' - The Ecelectic Reader

Ratings and reviews

I've never been a big fan for third person but this book had me digging. I finished the book in less than 2 days. It's a good read. There were parts where I just wanted to kick the characters for dragging the story but it was worth reading.

I grew up on the south coast and I loved it. It was good to see it in a book. Im def. Going to reas the next book. Hopefully in the future there will be more on Julia and Ry. Well done

This book has to be the best book I've ever read! Needs to be made into a movie

About the author

Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Her most recent book, A Woman's Work, was an Australian bestseller, as were her novels The Nurses' War,The Women's Pages, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. Her earlier novel The Three Miss Allens was a USA Today bestseller. She is a regular guest at writers festivals, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript.To find out more, visit Victoria's website, victoriapurman.com.You can also follow her on Facebook or Instagram (@victoriapurmanauthor) and Twitter (@VictoriaPurman)