Her Outback Cowboy
by
Annie Seaton
Publication date: 19th June 2017
Series: Prickle Creek #1
Pages: 192
Format read: Kindle eBook
Source: Own read
The last thing advertising art director Lucy Bellamy wants is to go home to the Outback, but duty to family calls. At least there’s one bonus—her first love, sexy cowboy neighbour, Garth Mackenzie, is there and the attraction between them is still explosive. But Lucy has no intention of getting stuck in this two-bit town and she counts down the days until she can go back to her real life.
After an engineering degree and working in the mines of Western Australia, Garth has returned to the Outback and is home to stay. His goal is to settle down, start a family, and work his beloved land with the girl he’s always loved. But if it comes to Lucy choosing between the glamour of the city or making a home with him in the Outback—he’d lose, hands down.
Her
Outback Cowboy is book one in the Prickle Creek series. I recently read book
two in this series and I enjoyed the character of Lucy so much I was eager to
read book one where Lucy is the main character.
In
Her Outback Cowboy we are introduced to the four cousins, Lucy, Liam, Jemima
and Sebastian.
Confirmed
city-girl Lucy is called back to Prickle Creek farm, along with her three
cousins, to help their grandparents work the farm. The cousins decide between
them to do three months on and three months off, continuing on with their
careers in between.
Lucy
meets up with neighbour and one time boyfriend Garth McKenzie and they strike
up a friendly liaison. Lucy views this as a temporary arrangement as she is
eager to return to her life in Sydney.
Lucy
and Garth had a terrific relationship, their conversations were open, with each
knowing exactly how the other felt. I loved garth’s confidence. He was always
kind and considerate and he knew exactly what he wanted.
I
was a little confused about the whereabouts of the cousins’ fathers. We do
learn that Lucy’s father has died but the other two didn’t get a mention.
Seaton
writes from the heart and her representation of life on the farm makes even the
hard slog of farm life sound idyllic and appealing.
I
am really enjoying this series and even though each story is stand alone I
would recommend reading the series in order to get a clearer understanding of
the characters and other side stories going on in the town of Spring Downs.
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My rating 5/5
*this review is part of the Book Lover Book Review Aussie author challenge
and book #19 in the Australian Women Writers challenge
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| Photo credit: Goodreads |
Annie Seaton lives on the edge of the South Pacific Ocean on the east
coast of Australia. She is fulfilling her lifelong dream of writing and
has been delighted to discover readers love reading her stories as much
as she loves writing them. Annie lives with her own hero of many years.
Their two children are now grown up and married, and two beautiful
grandchildren have arrived. Now they share their home with Toby, the
naughtiest dog in the universe, and two white cats. Each winter, Annie
and her husband leave the beach to roam the remote areas of Australia
for story ideas and research. In 2014, Annie was voted Author of the
Year, and in 2015 was voted Best Established Author in the AusRom Today
Readers Choice Awards.
