The English Bride

A life of luxury on an English country estate or the hazards of the Australian Outback?

For Lady Francesca de Lyle there is no doubt. She's in love with rugged Grant Cameron and knows the Outback holds everything she's come to need and desire. Taking to the air in his yellow helicopter, she proves her mettle during a desert search for a missing company pilot.

Francesca remains stubbornly unafraid. When a wounded flyer lies stranded beneath a desert oak, the earl's daughter tends his injuries without hesitation. She even envisions a sweeping homestead beside the ancient red mesa of Myora.

Across the vast Channel Country, their growing bond defies every difference in rank. The rugged pilot feels helplessly ensnared.

Grant is emotionally torn. He wants Francesca, but the pampered rich girl could dash back to the safety of her privileged world at any time. Should he take the risk and ask Francesca to become his English bride?

• Different Worlds: An English earl expects his daughter to marry within the peerage, while the proud cattleman fears the harsh reality of station life will drive her back to her privileged Hampshire estate.
• Forced Proximity: Trapped together in a secluded cave sheltered by flowering grevillea, Grant and Francesca confront an overwhelming physical passion surrounded by ancient rock paintings of love magic.
• Slow Burn: Between impromptu tangos in Kimbara's spacious front hall and quiet conversations beneath the Southern Cross, every stolen touch chips away at Grant's iron self-restraint.
• Also by This Author: The Cattle King's Bride and Cattle Baron: Nanny Needed.