The Princess and her Outback man . . . Isabella is tired of being a princess - it's time she lived life by her own rules, and not by royal decree. Freedom beckons in the Australian Outback, where Isabella meets rugged stranger Jack Kingsley-Laird, who quickly discovers that beneath her cool, regal exterior lies a wild and adventurous woman! But will their strong mutual attraction be enough to bridge the gap between their two different worlds?
Barbara Hannay began writing romance novels after teaching a unit of popular of popular fiction to her Yr 11 class. When Barbara read her first Harlequin romance novel, it was love at first sight. She had to write a romance story of her own, and her first published novel was Outback Wife and Mother.
These days, Barbara's books are sold all over the world, and have garnered many awards, including the RITA award. the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice award, as well as Australia's Romantic Book of the Year award.
Barbara lives in tropical North Queensland where she and her writer husband have raised four children. She divides her time between an inner city apartment and a cabin in the Misty Mountains on the Atherton Tablelands.
She loves life in the north where the dangers of cyclones, crocodiles and sea stingers are offset by a relaxed lifestyle, glorious winters, World Heritage rainforests and the Great Barrier Reef.
Besides writing, Barbara loves reading, gardening, and planning extensions to the cabin to accommodate her friends and her extended family.
