Fake engagement…real passion! Outback vet Tom Fleming has a problem with women — they want to marry him! After being featured in a magazine, the so-called "Lonely Country Bachelor" is surrounded by would-be wives, his ex and a hotshot reporter! Merriwee's new doctor, Anna Talbot, is beautiful, blond and engaged. So when Tom claims he gave her the ring, the fake fiancee ends all his woman troubles…except one. Because, as Tom and Anna face medical — and animal — emergencies together,Tom realizes that the woman he can't have is the only one he wants.
Darcy is shocked at the contents of her late father's will.She might have inherited half his estate—but the otherhalf has gone to her estranged sister! Not only that,her father has given overall control to Curt Berenger,a man whom Darcy once nearly married.…To Darcy's horror, her gold-digging sister is now makinga move on Curt. Her Curt. Curt whom Darcy has to workwith, despite everything. And Darcy knows that if shehas any hope of being with Curt she'll have to tell himwhy she fi nished with him all those years ago.…
My life was controlled and I was betrayed in love. Now I can trust no one. Darcy's life is continually swept away by his arrogant father. Her mother isn't with her. She divorced her father and left with only Darcy's sister. Betrayed by the only lover she has ever shared love with, she experiences a cruel breakup. She thinks that no one has ever loved her. But when her father dies, everything changes. First is her reconciliation with her sister. Then, her father put his vast inheritance in trust for his former lover Curt, who is also a wealthy rancher. She is still unwilling to forgive him for his betrayal. But somewhere in her heart, Darcy, who is already exhausted in body and soul, is glad to see him again...?
OUTBACK GROOM The engagement of wealthy Australian rancher Dustin Tanner is just the scoop journalist Shay Russell needs to save her flagging career. But when she races to the Outback to interview the happy couple, she finds the story’s gone bust. And then a sudden storm leaves her trapped on the ranch—with a man who looks like he’d do anything to get her out of there…. Dustin’s learned the hard way that urban career women and the Outback don’t mix. Well…maybe they mix a little. Because Shay and Dustin, despite their better judgment, can’t keep their eyes—or their hands!—off each other.They’re about to learn that every action has its consequences. And their consequence should present itself in about eight and a half months…
Discovering her late father was a billionaire cattleking makes Casey McGuire one of the famous “McIvorheiresses.” She's worked hard all her life, and she's neverhad the prospect of money—until now. All she needs todo is journey into the Outback to find her roots.…As well as never knowing money, Casey has nevertruly known love. Irresistible cattle baron Troy Connellanis ready and willing to change all that. But can waryCasey let go of her past for a future with a rich,powerful—gorgeous—man?
Tranquillity Sands is a luxurious health resort set on a coral-fringed island surrounded by the jewel-bright Pacific. What could possibly go wrong in this perfect place? Everything, as far as Dr. Caroline Sayers is concerned. Plucked from her inner-city emergency room by her millionaire father to run the resort, Caroline finds herself in the midst of intrigue, superstition and medical emergencies. And through it all strolls Dr. Lucas Quinn—infuriatingly laid-back, unexpectedly caring… and utterly irresistible!
'Banjo' Paterson's 'Waltzing Matilda' is the one song that has been bringing people together spontaneously since 1895, and the one song that belongs to all Australians.Generations of experts have argued about the original story that Paterson immortalised, about the origins of the tune, and about what Paterson meant by his almost parodic over-use of Australian colloquialisms.Once a Jolly Swagman takes readers off the score sheet into the story of the song, and tells of its evolution up until the twenty-first century. It tries to answer the riddles within the song, and unpick its inherent contradictions: where's the heroism in a suicidal thief? What was jolly about the jumbuck? Is 'Waltzing Matilda' the key to Australian values? What does it mean that a beloved song about Australia's pioneering past is written by a city lawyer?In this age of economic rationalism and a globalised world, how does a voice from the billabong saying, 'You'll come a waltzing matilda with me' still matter, and what does it tell us about ourselves?
“Captures the basic laws of growth companies and creates a new formula for success.” —Richard A. D’Aveni, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College Organic business growth is governed by its own natural laws—underlying truths that set the stage for growth and innovation, much in the way that Einstein’s theory of relativity accounts for the movement of objects in the space-time continuum. The most fundamental law is that uncertainty is the only certainty. Dominating forces are ambiguity and change; the processes at work involve exploration, invention, and experimentation. Unfortunately, these truths run counter to the principles of stability, predictability, and linearity that have long informed the design of our firms. The Physics of Business Growth explains how to create growth in today’s business environment, providing a roadmap and a set of practical tools to navigate its challenges. The book lays out a three-step formula that will prove invaluable to professionals who have the opportunity to influence growth now, as well as to tomorrow’s growth leaders, guiding them in (1) creating the right employee and organizational mindsets to enable growth, (2) building an internal corporate growth system, and (3) putting in place processes that result in identifying opportunities, launching growth experiments, and managing a growth portfolio. “Avoids the trap of magical thinking, which glosses over the messiness and complexity involved in growing a business. Rather, they offer a robust toolkit that growth leaders can adapt to their own circumstances.” —J. M. Ryan, Senior Fellow, Wharton Executive Education
