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Book: Beneath Outback Skies by Alissa Callen

categories: Book, Small Town, Community, Secrets, Family, Country Life, Romance

Alissa Callen

about this book: Beneath Outback Skies is a novel about red dust, romance and secrets.

The story grew out of my experiences living in the Australian bush at a time when the district was drought declared. I'd often drive past a burned out historic homestead and this stark picture stayed with me long after the drought had broken and we had moved. Such an image became the nucleus for Killora Downs and the silhouette of crumbling chimneys symbolic of the destruction of the fictional family whose laughter had once made the red brick walls a home.

Only-child Paige Quinn won't let anyone distract her from caring for her wheelchair-bound father, Connor, and fighting for her drought-stricken home, Banora Downs.

Corporate-cynic, Tait Cavanaugh believes selflessness and honesty only exist in fiction. Contracted by Connor to devise a farm business plan, he must pose as a guest to make sure Paige never discovers the truth. But concealing his reason for staying isn't the only secret he must hide.