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Red Dust Secrets/In The Heart Of The Outback.../The Cattleman's Adopted Family/The Bridesmaid's Best Man

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In The Heart Of The Outback... The image of Byrne Drummond has burned in Fiona’s mind ever since she first saw him in Gundawarra. A stoic, broad-shouldered cattleman stricken by the wreckage her brother had wrought... Byrne has every reason to hate Fiona McLaren. Her reckless... Read More
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In The Heart Of The Outback...

The image of Byrne Drummond has burned in Fiona’s mind ever since she first saw him in Gundawarra. A stoic, broad-shouldered cattleman stricken by the wreckage her brother had wrought...

Byrne has every reason to hate Fiona McLaren. Her reckless brother destroyed his family. But Fiona’s touch is the first to stir him in years. He wants to stay away, but she draws him like a moth to a flame... who will get burned?

The Cattleman’s Adopted Family

Tall, rangy and stop-and-stare gorgeous in his battered jeans and faded shirt, cattleman Seth Reardon sets Amy Ross’s nerves rattling. She’s come all the way to Serenity Ranch in the pouring rain to tell him he is the father of little Bella — her best friend’s baby.

The bleak, lonely shadows in Seth’s eyes mean he’s a jigsaw puzzle Amy can’t solve. Can he be the father Bella needs? And could this be the family Amy’s dreamed of? As the storm rages, secrets begin to unravel...

The Bridesmaid’s Best Man

As the shadows grow long and the sun melts behind the hills, it’s just another day for cattleman Mark Winchester. But nothing has been the same since he was best man at a wedding in London six weeks ago and met bridesmaid Sophie Felsham...

On the other side of the world, city-girl Sophie is about to make the most difficult phone call of her life. The one beautiful night she shared with rugged Mark has resulted in pregnancy — and now it’s time to tell Mark that he’s going to be the father of her child...

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781038986658

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2026

Country: Australia

Imprint: Mills & Boon Special Release

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 0g

Pages: 576

About the Author

Barbara Hannay has published fourteen best-selling contemporary fiction novels with Penguin Australia, as well as more than fifty category romances with international publishers, most of which have Queensland settings. Her books have been translated into 26 languages and a story set on Magnetic Island was made into a movie for Lifetime TV in North America. She is a winner of Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award and has twice won Australia's Romantic Book of the Year award. A former high school English teacher, Barbara has delivered many writing workshops and she enjoys working with aspiring writers.

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