The true story of an unlikely romance in the Australian outback.At forty-nine, Deb Hunt stopped dating men. It was just too painful. The men she loved didn't love her back. When she found herself stalking her last boyfriend, who'd become engaged to another woman, Deb knew it was time to make changes.From her home in the UK, she applied for a job in Australia - a PR assistant with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She packed up her London home, said goodbye to everyt...

I Shine Bright is a joyful celebration of identity and inner light, helping toddlers feel seen, loved, and proud of who they are. With rhythmic affirmations and colorful illustrations, it nurtures a sense of self-worth from the inside out-reinforcing that our value is not defined by things we own, but by who we are.Children who grow up with strong self-esteem are more likely to make financial choices that align with their values. They're less likely to ove...

'This is a book about the human aspects of life on the land - the stories of success and failure, life and love, of hardship and celebration - and the passion and gritty determination that characterised every family I interviewed.'Author Deb Hunt sets out to discover what makes what makes Australian farming families tick. She travels tens of thousands of kilometres to properties at either end of the country, from a vast, dusty cattle run in outback Queensland to the wheat belt of W...

Worth the Wait invites toddlers to notice small moments of waiting in their day-like for cookies to bake or for a parent to come home. With soothing rhythms and simple, familiar scenes, this book encourages children to pause, breathe, and recognize that some of the best things take time.Developing the ability to delay gratification is one of the strongest predictors of long-term financial success. When kids learn to be patient, they are better equipped to ...

What Makes Things Special helps toddlers develop the ability to recognize and appreciate value beyond possessions. Through engaging rhyme and simple, relatable examples-like choosing a favorite blanket or enjoying time with a friend-this story teaches children that what makes something meaningful isn't how much it costs, but how it makes us feel.This early introduction to the concept of intrinsic value is a powerful building block for later financial habit...

Author Deb Hunt sets out to discover what makes what makes our Australian farming families tick. Travelling to properties across the country – from a vast, dusty cattle run in outback Queensland to the wheat belt of Western Australia and dairy farms in Tasmania – and introducing us to eight different families who survive and thrive on the land, these stories provide a window into a way of life that defines the Australian spirit at its best.

It’s Levenham’s wedding of the year but unlucky-in-love Harry Argyle has more on his mind than being groomsman.After yet again nearly colliding with an escaped horse while driving home to the family farm, Harry Argyle comes face-to-face with its pretty owner, and doesn’t hold back his disapproval.Confronted by a bad-tempered giant on a dark country road, beautician and new arrival in town Summer Taylor doesn’t know who to be more afraid for: hersel...

*'You should come to the drought-relief fundraiser,' Kaydon said to Holly. 'It's a big fancy ball, heaps of fun.' Boy, could this girl use some fun. And some rump steak.Holly shook her head.Kaydon gave up. Trying to make her smile was like doing a rain dance. There were clouds and rumblings, and a sprinkle here and there. But no amount of fancy footwork was going to make it happen for real.*Holly Harvey doesn't want to move to Gunnedah, far from her friends and her ...

Some family secrets are best set free.When Lucy Hunter stumbles upon her grandfather Harry's World War II memorabilia, she finds a faded photograph of a stunning young woman known simply as 'George' and a series of heartfelt letters. They are clues about the secret years, a period of Lucy's family history that has been kept a mystery . . . until now.How did a cattleman from north Queensland find forbidden love with the Honourable Georgina Lenton of London and persuade her to...

'You deserve someone who would jump fences to be with you, Zoe.'Zoe wakes up in hospital after a mustering accident and can't remember a thing. When she gets home, everything has changed. Why aren't her boyfriend Scotty and best friend Caitlin answering her texts? Who stole her dad's cattle and put the farm at risk? Can the mysterious Josh help put the pieces of Zoe's life together again?

A rollickingly good new novel from the bestselling and much loved author of The Farmer's Wife and Fifty Bales of Hay.On the surface Elsie Jones, country music superstar, has it all. But after a brush with death she is forced to re-evaluate her life. Events soon take her back to her home town in the wheat belt of western NSW, where she reconnects with her childhood friend tara Green. Elsie and tara were misfits together, eventually running away from their small town...

What Laura was about to do wasn't easy. To become embroiled in a family's turmoil, their grief, their anger, their secrets, wasn't safe, or clever.Rebuilding her life again after unexpected tragedy, GP Laura O'Connor flees Adelaide, and her medical career, for a quiet life in rural Potters Junction. She's looking to escape her own family dramas. The last thing she expects is to become caught up in another's.Jake Finlay is a man with a troubled past and a passion for risk-ta...