Welcome back to our Showcase Series. Join us, find a new author or a new kind of rural romance or rural story with romantic elements to love and enjoy.

Today, it’s Healing, Hope and Love of the Land
with authors Jennifer Scoullar and Cathryn Hein

Turtle Reef by Jennifer Scoullar

 

Writing is in Jennifer’s blood – Her grandfather was editor of the newspaper at Wood’s Point in its heyday. Her mother, Alice, was a great story teller. Her great aunt, Mary Fullerton, was a novelist and poet, and a friend to Miles Franklin.

“But a greater influence was my father, Doug Scoullar, who had been a jackeroo in Queensland. Later on he began a nursery specialising in native plants, long before it was fashionable to do so. Dad was a man ahead of his time. He passed on to me a lifelong love of horses and the bush.”

Back cover blurb for Turtle Reef by Jennifer Scoullar

 

 

‘The wonderful new novel from one of Australia’s favourite rural fiction authors, Jennifer Scoullar.’ Penguin Books

Unlucky-in-love zoologist Zoe King has given up on men. Moving from Sydney to take up an exciting new research role in the small sugar town of Kiawa is a welcome fresh start. She is immediately charmed by the region’s beauty – by its rivers and rainforests. By its vast cane fields, sweeping from the foothills down to the rocky coral coast. And by its people – its farmers and fishermen, unhurried and down to earth, proud of their traditions.

Her work at the Reef Centre provides all the passion she needs and Zoe finds a friend in Bridget, the centre’s director. The last thing she wants is to fall for her boss’s boyfriend, cane king Quinn Cooper, so she refuses to acknowledge the attraction between them – even to herself. But things aren’t quite adding up at the Reef Centre and when animals on the reef begin to sicken and die, Zoe’s personal and professional worlds collide. She faces a terrible choice. Will protecting the reef mean betraying the man she loves?

 

 

Turtle Reef is available in eBook and paperback from all good retailers.
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Discover more about Jennifer and her books on her website JenniferScoullar.com

The Falls by Cathryn Hein

Cathryn Hein is a rural romance and romantic adventure author. Cathryn was born in South Australia’s rural south-east. With three generations of jockeys in the family it was little wonder she grew up horse mad, finally obtaining her first horse at age 10. So began years of pony club, eventing, dressage and showjumping until university beckoned.

Cathryn currently lives at the base of the Blue Mountains in Sydney’s far west with her partner of many years, Jim. When she’s not writing, she plays golf (ineptly), cooks (well), and in football season barracks (rowdily) for her beloved Sydney Swans AFL team.

The back cover blurb for The Falls by Cathryn Hein

 

For as long as she can remember, Teagan Bliss has wanted to manage her family’s property. She’s invested everything in the farm, knowing that when her parents retire she’ll be ready to take the reins. But when a family betrayal leaves her reeling, Teagan is forced to rethink her entire future.

Heartbroken, Teagan flees to her aunt’s property in the idyllic Falls Valley. Vanessa is warm and welcoming and a favourite of the locals who drop in regularly for cocktail hour. Teagan soon catches the attention of sexy local farrier Lucas Knight, and with a new job, new friends and the prospect of a new relationship, she slowly begins to open up again.

But the village is a hotbed of gossip and division and when Teagan gets caught up in town politics, Lucas and Vanessa become concerned. As the tension in town escalates, Teagan must decide who to trust. But when she realises those close to her have been keeping secrets, the fallout may split Teagan apart forever.

The Falls is an uplifting story of healing and hope from the author of Promises, Heart of the Valley, Heartland, and Rocking Horse Hill.

 

 

The Falls is available in eBook and paperback from all good retailers.
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Find out more about Cathryn and her books on her website CathrynHein.com

Coming next on the Showcase series: A Touch of Rural Romantic Comedy
with authors Margareta Osborn, Jennie Jones and Loretta Hill.