Crossing Borders: An Australian Outback Romance

ISBN-10: 0992519411
ISBN-13: 9780992519414
Series: Crossing Borders
Language: English
Published: 2013
Author: Jocelyn Price

Description

Rashida fled the massacre, hand in hand with her brother, Rafi. "Inshallah!" - The very last word from her parents' lips. Mindful of their father's command to get to Australia they enter the dangerous world of the people smugglers. From heartbroken refugee to wife and mother in outback Australia, there were many borders to cross - the dangerous cross country borders and on arrival in Australia; culture, language and most importantly that of a heart walled within the emotional toughness of a man of the Australian Outback. Loneliness and heartache shadow Steven West, the owner of a prosperous cattle station in outback Queensland. Steven buries his emotions in the rough and tumble lifestyle of an Australian stockman. His manner is courteous and thoughtful, behavior which might be mistaken by city women as indicative of a romantic interest, but those familiar with the outback culture recognize it as typical of an outback man, "comfortable in his own skin". His two small sons grieving for their mother are a handful for any governess he employs. Waiting with his sons behind the security fence for the passengers to disembark from the plane, Steven is thinking "Hope this one will stay - a refugee, she has had a tough time of it." The vulnerable beauty of the slightly built girl momentarily pausing at the top of the aeroplane steps caused a sudden quickening of his pulse which he immediately stilled, hauling the emotion back behind the shield that closed the border to his heart.