Life On The Road

Life on the Road is a collection of short love stories with a distinctive Australian theme. These are as much about a love of the country, as they are about the characters that live there. Some of them are based around the cities, while others are set in this vast, largely uninhabited, countryside. All of them are about the power of love to bring people together in spite of what life can throw at them, a triumph of the power of two.
Life on the Road is the story of a road train driver who stops to help a fellow driver when her truck breaks down.
A Building Job has a tradie receiving help from an unexpected source and finding love in the process.
A New Lease on Life has a retired man meeting a woman every bit as good as his first wife, and the reaction of his family.
A Trip of a Lifetime has a 'grey nomad' rescuing a woman who was running from her past.
Captains Choice is the story of the captain of a convict ship transporting one of the earliest loads of female convicts to New South Wales (Australia), and his love for one of the female passengers.
Flight Emergency begins with a medical emergency on a routine flight and leads to the love between the Pilot and one of the cabin crew, and the irrational behaviour of his ex-wife.
An Eye for an Eye. A burglar is caught in the act and this leads to the victim's wife joining him in bringing her husband to justice.
Imogen's Gift is the bitter sweet story of a young singer with the big 'C' death sentence hanging over her, and her gift to the man she loves.
Life on the Run is the story of a man on the run from a scheming woman, and her husband, who meets a woman who changes his life. .
You're One of Us Now, is of a young woman returning to the home of her childhood and a new life in a small community.
Sweet Caroline is the powerful story of love triumphing over a life threatening emergency.
The Bush Publican tells of life in a very small town in the middle of Australia's desert and the people who live there, told with typical humour.
Slow Train To Oblivion is the story of a man at the end of his tether on a long train ride to the decision on whether to end it all.
On The Beach and the meeting between a dog walker and a woman whose life has just suffered a serious blow from her cheating husband.
Shit Scared, the story of a man's fear of committing to a new relationship following the disaster of his previous one.
While sex (sometimes explicit) is ever present in these stories, it is in the context of it is the cement that binds the love of two people.