Appointment At The Altar
Lucy leant on the fence and watched Kevin, perched on a rail on the far side of the corral, waiting his turn at bareback bronc riding. In his Akubra hat, checked shirt and dusty boots, he was outback man incarnate. Strong, silent, lean-jawed, quiet-eyed…he made all her other boyfriends look like silly boys.
Not that he was a boyfriend, exactly, much as she would want to have been able to say so. But she was madly in love with him, and he had kissed her the other night. Things could only get better.
She sighed happily. In London now it would be cold and grey, but here she was in the red heart of Australia with its bright, brassy light and its fierce heat. Closing her eyes with a blissful shiver, Lucy turned her face up to the sunlight and breathed in the smell of dust and horses. She could hear the 'hup! hup!' cries of the men coaxing reluctant animals into the chute and feel the sun beating on to her borrowed hat.
I'm happy, she thought. 'Well, if it isn't Cinderella!'
The amused voice in her ear froze her smile and her eyes snapped open. She didn't need to turn her head to know who was standing beside her. There was only one person out here with that acc ... read full excerpt from Appointment at the Altar ebook
