I've lived in Scotland, Malaysia and Greece. We spent a lot of time driving from one part of Australia to another, visiting relatives or friends or simply to see what was there.
Travel was also a big part of my childhood. Luckily our house was always full of them. For most of my childhood we didn't have TV, so books have always been a big part of my life. Once I learned to read, I spent my days outside playing with the animals (I include my brother and 2 sisters here) and when inside I read. Somehow, we were always warm, clean, well fed and happy. I don't know how my mother managed, really, because both she and Dad taught full time, but she came home and cooked on a wood stove and did all the laundry by hand, boiling the clothes and sheets in a big copper kettle.
The horse period was a time when my parents entered a "let's-be-self-sufficient" phase, so we had a horse, but no electricity and all our water came from the rain tank.Īs well as the horse and dogs, we had 2 cows (Buttercup and Daisy and one of them always had a calf), a sheep (Woolly,) goats (Billy and Nanny) dozens of ducks, chooks, and a couple of geese, a pet bluetongue lizard and a huge vegie patch. In case you imagine we were a filthy rich horse-owning family, let me assure you we weren't. I have to say, dogs and horses are great audiences, apart from their tendency to drool occasionally. Family legend has it that I used to spend hours playing in the sand pit, with a dog on either side of me and Rocka the horse leaning over me, his head just touching my shoulder, while I told them stories. Must Lily reconcile herself to a marriage without love? Or will Galbraith realize that this warm-hearted, loving girl is the key to healing the wounds of his past-and his heart? All Lily's efforts to get close to him fall on stony ground, and in desperation she retreats to his childhood home-the place he's avoided for nearly a decade.
But there is a darkness in his past, and secrets he refuses to share with his tender-hearted young bride. In the gamble of her life, she agrees to marry him, hoping to turn a convenient marriage into a love match.Īs heir to a title, Galbraith knows he must wed, so a convenient marriage suits him perfectly. But when disaster strikes, she finds herself facing a scandal-forced marriage to her rescuer, Edward Galbraith, a well known rake.ĭespite his reputation Lily is drawn to the handsome Galbraith. She dreams of true love and a real courtship. Shy young heiress, Lady Lily Rutherford, is in no hurry to marry. A shy heiress and a well-known rake face a scandal-forced marriage that might be true love in the latest irresistible romance from the national bestselling author of Marry in Haste.
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