Juanita Kees

She's a stranger to the outside world. He's seen far too much of its dark side. As tragedy unleashes terror on the farm, can Bridey and Cole work together to bring peace and love to Mindaleny Ridge?Bridey McCaffrey's life has never been perfect. All she's ever known is control. Under strict rules, she is isolated from the community, a prisoner at Mindaleny Ridge. But as tragedy strikes on the farm, a new nightmare unfolds for her and her three children. When she receives a mysterious call for help, what is uncovered will open the doors to hell. It will take all her remaining strength and courage to keep herself and her children safe.Sergeant Cole Delaney is looking forward to some quiet, small-town policing, until he realises that secrets run deep in the town of Moonie River. And the family living out at Mindaleny Ridge appear to be a magnet for trouble. He's no longer arresting goats for chewing up Mrs Lee's petunias or breaking up fights over a poker game in the park. There is something far more sinister going on in his town. And his growing attraction to Bridey makes him even more determined to keep her and her young family safe.Together, Cole and Bridey follow a trail of murder and manipulation to catch a killer. Can they end his reign of terror to find happiness together before it's too late?This book contains references to life experiences that some readers may find unsettling. While all care has been taken to treat these sensitive matters with empathy, care and respect, readers who may have experienced miscarriage, domestic violence, manipulation, suicide, or religious abuse may find some scenes confronting. Please read on with caution if you are affected by any of the above.

Second chances unearth long-buried secrets ...Travis Bailey has his hands full managing his canola farm while taking care of his orphaned niece and his elderly neighbour who is battling the onset of Alzheimers. He doesn't have time to fall in love. Social worker, Heather Penney, knows what it's like to care for someone with a debilitating illness. She lost her mother to Motor Neurone Disease. Initial blood tests show she might carry the same gene so her future isn't guaranteed. Travis and Casey are fast winning her heart, but the small gold mining town of Wongan Creek holds sad and dangerous secrets. Travis' twin sister drowned under suspicious circumstances and the town bully he suspects of her murder has turned his attentions to Heather.

Still waters run deep between old friends ...Harley Baker stands to lose everything when spray drift from his neighbour's toxic herbicides destroys his crop.But arguments are tricky when it comes to Tameka Chalmers. Financial ruin is only a small part of the nightmare that keeps him away from the woman he's always loved.Tameka Chalmers knows that her father's farming methods are outdated, inefficient, and even dangerous. There's so much she would like to do differently, but her father's rule is absolute, and she must do as she's told or be prepared for the consequences. When Harley confronts her about the damage to his crop, the interaction triggers an unexpected chain reaction that throws everything she's ever known into question. As long buried secrets rise to the surface, everything they believed to be true will be challenged. Can they rise from the ashes of lies and betrayal when each step they take brings danger closer to their door?

When the shadows of the past gather, trouble isn't far behind ...Fenella Rose-Waterman is happy running The Cranky Lizard winery until a broken relationship lifts the lid on the Pandora's Box of her past. After years of repressed memories haunting her dreams, she is forced to face the truth to find justice. But with truth comes a danger that puts everyone she loves at risk.Kieran Murphy left Wongan Creek a newlywed and returned a widower. He believes he and his young son will find healing in the town that healed him once before. Instead, he finds the woman he once loved running scared, her life in turmoil and her business under threat.As the shadows of the past gather on the horizon, will they lose their chance of happiness, or will they find healing together?

In his embrace she could forget the shattered dreams that lay around her, but could she forgive him for breaking her heart?Branded a race cheat, NASCAR race driver, Isadora de la Cruz, goes undercover as a personal assistant to the CEO of a San Francisco race wear franchise, Fit to Race. She has her career and reputation to salvage, and revenge on her mind. But when a favor for the boss blurs the line between employer and employee, proving her innocence buys her more trouble than she bargained for.Carmelo Iannello is about to release a range of race wear that will set the international race scene on fire. He should be excited, but the recent cheating scandal by his NASCAR team has him on edge. He can no longer trust anyone, except maybe his quiet, steady, reliable personal assistant. Yet even the most innocent faces can hide a plethora of lies. Victory is bittersweet when the winner takes all.

News correspondent, Jack Hughes, is sent to sleepy Bindarra Creek to escape the spotlight after a scandalous fake video goes viral. He's in the fight of his life to save his reputation. In a town only determination has kept from dying, the last thing Jack is looking for is love. The Bindarra Creek Museum is Meg Moonie's life. But with her granny dead, a murder suspect on the run and the police asking questions, she struggles to keep the museum and Mary Moonie's dream alive. Jack is a handsome distraction, but Meg has been hurt by a roving reporter before. Men who couldn't put down roots never promised forever. If only he wasn't so easy to fall in love with...

When fate brings together two lost souls, it's time to leave the shadows behind and come home to Bindarra CreekPark Ranger, Alice Pritchard lives with the ghosts of her past. As long as she has her rescued wildlife to rehabilitate and Bindarra Creek parks to care for, she'll never need a man again. Now, with rejuvenation of the town in the pipeline, she has no choice but to let go of the past.Dan Molyneaux roars into her life in his high-powered V8 and reopens the Riverside Pub forcing her to face her ghosts, his possum problem, Curly the cockatoo who swears like a sailor, Old Man Jake who's appointed himself caretaker of the property, and Grandad Charlie who's determined to find her the man he thinks she deserves. Alice would love to ignore them all and keep living in the cocoon she's created for herself in sleepy Bindarra Creek, but fate has other plans for her.Dan isn't looking for love or the friendship of the two crazy old men who appear to have 'adopted' him. All he wanted was the peace and quiet of the country, away from the city highways. Soon he's swept along by renovations, fundraisers, hell-raisers and the problems of a small town coming back to life. But it's the park ranger he's curious about. Why would a girl as beautiful as Alice bury herself in a backwater town so far off the main highway, it was merely a blip on the satellite map?What he uncovers raises his own ghosts from the dead.Home to Bindarra Creek is a standalone book in the A Bindarra Creek Romance. Set in a struggling rural country town, it's a romance with a difference.