Romance blossoms in the Australian outback between a
retiring ballet dancer and a commando major. But the
mining inheritance he's been putting off threatens to tear
them apart.
Hugo Thurston is on a long journey with his grandmother,
aboard the Ghan - the cross-outback train. They share a
lunch table with sisters Amy and Rachel. Hugo dreads being
recognised as a wealthy bachelor who's preferred the army
to business for twenty years. However his grandmother
Maudie recognises Amy instead, as a classical ballerina who
has recently retired on health grounds. Amy is secretly
sneaking pieces of steak into her bag for her elderly fox
terrier which has been smuggled on board. When another
passenger hears the dog bark that night and reports him,
Amy rushes him out of her tourist-class cabin and down to
Hugo's private carriage, hoping that the pleasant man will
help to hide the dog from the guard. Fortunately he does,
but another passenger snaps a photo of Hugo with Amy in her
silk pyjamas and sends it to the media.
Rachel, a geologist, is recovering from a serious car
accident and the sisters are taking up teaching posts in
Darwin. On the journey there is a stop to visit Uluru, or
Ayers Rock, and Maudie offers the girls hospitality at a
family house instead of bunk beds in a hostel. Rachel
admits that this would be easier for her and sends Amy and
Hugo out with instructions to collect specific rock samples
amid the Olga mountains. Finding a young wallaby trapped
down a crevice, the pair combine their separate skills to
rescue the joey. If life could always be so
straightforward, they could fall for each other - but Hugo
has to take up the reins of the family firm, and believes
that it would be wrong to drag Amy into the hedonistic,
destructive lifestyle of his parents. The media are already
onto them, and their privacy is short-lived.
HER OUTBACK RESCUER is a tale of contrasts in today's
Australia, where descendants of the native people meet
those who exploit the land's wealth, and people who are
strong support those who are vulnerable. The romance
compliments the issues and both sides come out of the story
stronger for what they have learnt. This is a likeable and
interesting tale by Marion Lennox in the setting of her
home.
Hugo Thurston, big-shot billionaire and heir to the
Thurston Empire, prefers to keep a low profile. But when
traveling on the grand Ghan Railway, he finds himself
sharing a dinner table with beautiful ex-ballerina Amy
Cotton, who threatens to seriously derail his icy cool!
She may be alluring, but Hugo has no time for
distractions. This trip is about making life-changing
career decisions…not succumbing to Amy's charms. But when
Amy turns up in his suite, dressed in pink satin pajamas
and begging him for help, it might just be too late….
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