Cirrus@Austlit

'A teacher. A goat farmer. A rebellious daughter.

'School teacher Sophie Bamford is ready for a sea change, and the small town of Ash Gully seems the perfect place to be left alone. She needs time to heal and rediscover herself, but she never anticipated what she would find as she did. Certainly not the handsome farmer the town loves so much.

'Goat farmer William Copely is struggling to make ends meet while trying to be the best dad he can be to his teenage daughter. He doesn't have time for a relationship, but he just can't get his daughter's new school teacher out of his head.

'There's an attraction there that neither of them can deny. But when William's daughter starts acting out and seems determined to hate her teacher, Sophie feels compelled to get to the bottom of it.

'But will the town's secrets be revealed a little too late?

'And is their relationship strong enough to withstand it?' (Publication summary)

'Can their love overcome an old family feud?

'Josephine Romano has a history of dating people her parents would not approve of. But since returning to her hometown of Ash Gully as a schoolteacher, her love life is basically non-existent. She’s ready to settle down — just not with someone her parents set her up with.

'Angelo Rossi, the owner of Ash Gully’s only pub, has long known there’s something special about the dark-haired schoolteacher. The only problem is she’s never shown an interest in him as anything more than a friend.

'But when a snowstorm at Mount Hotham forces the two of them to share a room, the long-simmering attraction between them comes to a head.

'Feeling like she’s finally found someone her parents will approve of, Josephine is thrilled to break the news to them — only to discover that an old family feud means Angelo is the last man they’d want her to be with.

'Can they heal the rift between their families, or will the pressure break their relationship before it’s even really begun?' (Publication summary)