Wild Australia Omnibus: Vol 2

An omnibus edition of Jennifer Scoullars popular Wild Australia Stories - Vol 2Billabong Bend - The Wild Australia Stories Book 3 From the best-selling author of Brumbys Run and Currawong Creek comes an evocative tale of love and loyalty set in the heart of Australias riverlands.Can Nina protect the wild place she holds so close to her heart? Or will the man she once loved destroy it?For Nina Moore the rare marshland flanking the beautiful Bunyip River is the most precious place on Earth. Her dream is to buy Billabong Bend and protect it forever but shes not the only one with designs on the land. When her childhood sweetheart Ric Bonelli returns home old feelings are rekindled and Nina dares to dream of a future for them both on the river. But a tragic death divides loyalties and threatens to tear apart their fledgling relationship.This star-crossed rural romance sets Nina a floodplains grazier and Ric a traditional cotton farmer on a heart-rending collision course amid the beauty of northern New South Wales.- Praise for Billabong Bend - Like Currawong Creek before it Billabong Bend is yet another great read by Jennifer Scoullar. Weekly TimesAn absorbing story ... beautifully written. Reading Writing and RieslingBillabong Bend is a captivating read. Bookd Out Turtle Reef - The Wild Australia Stories book 4From the bestselling author of Billabong Bend Brumbys Run and Currawong Creek comes a wonderful new novel set against the spectacular beauty of Queenslands far north coast. Can Zoe protect the reef she loves? Or will fighting to save it mean she loses everything? Unlucky-in-love zoologist Zoe King has had enough of Sydney. Seeking a fresh start she moves to the small sugar town of Kiawa to take up an exciting new role in marine science. She is charmed by the regions beauty - by its rivers and rainforests. By its vast cane fields sweeping from the foothills down to the rocky coral coast. And by its people - its farmers and fishermen unhurried and down to earth proud of their traditions. Her work at the Reef Centre provides all the passion she needs and Zoe finds a friend in Bridget the centres director. The last thing she expects is to fall for her bosss boyfriend cane king Quinn Cooper. Zoe focuses on her research and tries to ignore the growing attraction between them. But things arent quite adding up at the Reef Centre and when animals on the reef begin to sicken and die Zoes personal and professional worlds collide. She faces a terrible choice. Will protecting the reef mean betraying the man she loves?- Praise For Turtle Reef -Scoullar writes with such radiant colours I could almost see myself underwater exploring the Great Barrier Reef. What a special book. Reading Writing and RieslingVivid suspenseful and lush in its setting. Zoe is a fabulous heroine - brave intelligent honest and passionate. My Written RomanceTurtle Reef is a lovely novel from a storyteller whose fiction evokes the romance of the Australian landscape and the heart. Bookd Out.