Cirrus@Austlit

City girl in the bush. Man of the land Flatcher hardy welcomed a diversion like Ally Fraser during his tedious business trip in Melbourne. Until he found himself falling for her... As a boy he'd learned that city women were unsuited to Outback life when his mother fled their family cattle station. He'd vowed his bride had to be born and bred in the bush. So he returned to Wallaroo and tried to forget. He thought having his four-year-old godson to care for would help. Until Ally turned up as Connor's new nanny, with the intention of proving that she could survive the Outback and be the perfect wife and mother! - back cover (Sydney, 1999)

'Nanny Holly O'Mara has formed a close bond with her late cousin's little twins. When their estranged father, rough, rugged Australian cattleman Gray Kidman, arrives to take them home to the outback, Holly senses that he is out of his depth.

'Holly soon falls for mysterious Gray. Seeing him light up his children's world makes her spirits leap and even begins to heal her own emotional bruises. Yet something is making Gray push her away....With her help, will he find the courage to love again?' (Publication summary)