Cathryn Hein continues the Outback
Brides series with her book ELSA'S STAND. It's the third book in the series and has
heart, love, and passion. A man has to face his past, including dealing
with his father's shady actions and his quirky mother and somehow
finding a woman who loves him no matter what and sticks up to the
people in town against him. Will he be able to overcome his family's
tough past and the treatment of the town to find the love and peace
that he wants and deserves? Is our heroine's love enough to save and
bring him back?
Elsa is the town's hairdresser and her shop is the gossip center of
town. Her business is booming because of her friend's thriving wedding
business. It's bringing the dying town back to life. Jack has spent his
life hunting for black opals in the hill country. He's on his way to make
his usual call to his mother when his phone blows up with tons of
messages telling him that his mother has found her mythical sapphires
and that she has died. Jack comes back to Wirralong for his mother's
funeral and to take possession of the family farm. Jack comes into
Elsa's shop and wants a haircut and shave but she's too busy so he
does it himself, leaving $100 dollars on the counter. Elsa finally realizes
who his is and expresses her sympathy. They are instantly attracted to
each other but Jack doesn't show up again for three months.
Jack comes back to the shop for a haircut again, and Elsa also gives
him a shave for no charge because he left too much money the last
time. They can't stop thinking about each other and he starts making
time to see Elsa when he's in town. Their first date is dinner and a
movie at her family home. Jack sees what a normal family looks like,
and continues to fall hard for Elsa. Even with warnings from people in
town, Elsa wants to give Jack a chance, not to mention their chemistry
is off the charts.
But a tragic accident involving Jack's father brings up the dark past
Jack has been trying to forget. Can he keep Elsa safe from ridicule for
being involved with him?
Even though ELSA'S STAND takes
place in Australia, anyone who has grown up in a small town can
understand the dynamics of a town this size and how everyone knows
everyone's business and think they have a say in it. Cathryn Hein
captures the feel and emotion in this community as well as the
thoughts of a woman who finds out that the man who has come back to
town and thought to be an outcast can be the love of her life. When
that man shows you a different side and tries to protect you if just
brings the two of you closer together and creates a bond of love and
passion that no one can break even though they try.
When the sudden death of his mother forces outback opal
miner Jack Hargreaves home to Wirralong, his plan is simple:
mourn his mother, sort out the family farm, and get the hell
out of the town that has always hated him. But Elsa
O'Donoghue, the beautiful hairdresser with a big heart and
even brighter smile, has other plans.
From the moment Jack strides into her salon and helps
himself to her clippers, Elsa is in lust. He might be a
poster boy for the strong silent type, but she senses
there’s a good man behind that stoic facade. With her
business taking off, Elsa is finally ready for a
relationship and Jack is just her kind of man. Not to
mention, she’s never said no to a challenge.
Worried their association will harm Elsa’s business, Jack
tries to avoid her, but Elsa is irresistible. Soon, she has
him believing and hoping for a future with her in Wirralong,
but another family tragedy shatters Jack’s fragile dream.
Jack knows he must leave Elsa to protect her, no matter the
cost to himself.
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