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Dear Reader,

It’s with greatest pleasure I join Barbara Hannay in this special novel—Husbands of the Outback. It’s a nice touch to team us together. Barbara is at the start of her career. I’ve been blessed with thirty wonderful years writing for Harlequin®. I’ve carved out a rewarding and thoroughly enjoyable career in the process, giving pleasure and comfort to many thousands of women all around the world. Could anyone ask for more?

Although I’ve written many books with different settings, my Outback stories are the ones my readership tell me they love best. Writing can be a solitary business, so it’s lovely to get feedback from loyal fans. Through all my travels around my own great island continent, Australia, washed as it is by glorious blue oceans, it’s the cloudless cobalt skies that speak directly to my heart. The great open, silent immensity of it! I stand in awe of the rugged grandeur, the starkly beautiful and dramatic landscapes. One has to see the beating Dead Heart then experience the wilderness after rain as the endless mirage-haunted plains are woven with wildflowers.

I want to share my feelings of utter bliss with you, my fascination with the great Inland, so absolutely, so distinctively Australian. The same with our Outback man. He’s a unique breed. Full of strength and tremendous energy. The quintessential rugged male who still manages to exhibit an almost “old-worldly” gentleness and courtesy. Wonderful stories have been written about the pioneers of Outback Australia, inspirational and enthralling. I want to tell you the mighty Outback man hasn’t disappeared. He’s still out there for the rest of us to be proud of.