FOLLOWING her best selling debut Redstone Station, Therese Creed brings us a strong young woman, stepping into the unknown seeking adventure in the outback and finding love along the way.
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After a couple of years working in a in a privileged private school, Lucy Francis yearns for adventure. So when she hears about a job teaching four children on a massive cattle property in North Queensland, she decides to throw caution - and her teaching job - to the wind.
But when Lucy arrives at Charlotte's Creek Station she finds a family in crisis. To make matters worse, the four children she's been charged with educating are very spirited, not always cooperative, and dismally behind in their schooling.
To Lucy, the only person who seems to be keeping Charlotte's Creek afloat is the family's gruff stockman, Ted.
With his support and encouragement Lucy dives into the day-to-day activities on the station and makes excellent progress with the children.
Though Lucy and Ted's feelings for each other grow, Ted can't see any future for them because of his lack of prospects.
As the family divisions at Charlotte's Creek prove insurmountable and the property looks to be set on the market, Lucy faces returning to the city and leaving Ted behind.
Author Therese Creed, originally a Sydney primary school teacher, now helps run a 17,000 acre cattle station in regional Queensland, along with her husband and four young children.
Following the success of her debut fiction Redstone Station, it's apparent to see the parallels between Therese and her character Lucy in her exiting new release, Charlotte's Creek.