Leigh's review posted at Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews 
 4.5 stars 
 I have to admit that I started this book a bit reluctantly. I love reading male/male, but a female/female novel was wading out into waters I hadn't ventured into before. However, I am thankful I picked up this story because it was beautiful. It was tender and real, erotic and sweet. And equally as important, Lorelie Brown managed to do something amazing: come up with a storyline that was actually new. 
 While the "marrying for a green card and winding up in love" theme is not a unique one, I found that the author put her own spin on this with a same sex couple: a straight woman, offering to marry a gay woman that needed a green card, and ultimately falling in love with her. 
 Told from Rachel's point of view, we read about her offer to marry Pari as a way of paying off student loan debts. But as a struggling recovering anorexic without a support system to help her, it is no surprise that she clings to the friendship and family that Pari represents. This California girl with no family to speak of finds herself thrust into not only a fake relationship, but one with an Indian woman with strong family ties, and the lines between what is real and what is for show quickly blur. 
 While I felt that there could have been more details, or the characters and their pasts could have been fleshed out a bit more, I found this story to be so loving and heartfelt. The attraction and affection as it grew between these two virtual strangers was so sweet to read, and I found myself emotionally invested with Rachel. Between her struggles to overcome her past food obsessions and feelings of unworthiness to her desire to be a better person for this woman she had grown to love, I wanted the relationship to work out despite the odds that it wouldn't. 
 Far From Home was just a beautiful read. 
 And for fans of Katie Porter, Lorelie Brown is one half of the writing duo, so I would definitely recommend checking out this short and sweet story. 
 Review copy provided for an honest review.