The Worst Jackaroo

This Outback Jackaroo Retreat will stir up more than just dust in the cattleyards. Bestseller Stella Quinn returns with more warm and witty romance, perfect for readers of Karly Lane and Fiona McArthur.

Falling down and picking yourself up just went outback ...

Bill Turner is a big city emergency doctor with a life plan: a career, a house, a dog, a wife and a kid. But his plan has imploded and when a bad day turns worse, he impulsively signs up for the Inaugural Outback Jackaroo Bootcamp Retreat on McEvoy Station.

Isla McEvoy is a third generation Queensland grazier who's promised herself a second chance at life. But she's bogged so deep in family loyalty, she's going to need more than a tow strap to get clear. Her dad's roped her in to help save some endangered bird and her brother's suggested the dumbest solution to the station's cashflow crisis ...

She has zero intention of getting involved - with the bootcamp, or the worst jackaroo the outback's ever seen - which sparks a brilliant plan. She'll make the work so tough, the wannabe will go running back home.

But Bill's no quitter. The harder he works, the better he feels. Dust, scrub, horses, cattle: turns out, he loves it all ... and maybe even the grumpy grazier trying her hardest to run him off.

The Boocha Twitchers aren't quitters either - and when they observe the feathers flying between Bill and their Isla, they add another item to their agenda ...