Bronwyn Jameson fell in love with
romance novels through the outback romances of Lucy Walker, and many of her
favourite Mills & Boons “keepers” (by Emma Darcy, Alison Kelly, Barbara
Hannay) are set in the remote Australian interior.
“There’s such a quiet strength and confidence to the men,” Bronwyn
says, “that makes them ideal romance heroes. They know what they want and
aren’t afraid to go after it.”
So when Bronwyn started writing romances
ten years ago, it was only a matter of time before she chose to include this
fascinating and colourful setting -- not to mention those inspiring men! -- in
her own books. And she’s done so
in style with not just one book, but a linked trilogy entitled PRINCES OF THE
OUTBACK.
The “princes” in the title are the
Carlisles, three half-brothers as rich and rugged and ruthless as the outback
cattle station where they spent their formative years.
They have since forged impressive careers in the cattle business (Tomas),
in hotel management (Rafe), and in the world of finance (Alex.)
But their privileged worlds are rocked by the death of their father and
then by an unexpected and unlikely will clause.
In the coming months HM&B readers can
follow this sexy trio in a race against time to meet the terms of the will. They
may – or may not – succeed in that regard, but they will meet their matches
in three equally strong women. In January, you’ll meet Tomas, THE RUGGED
LONER. February brings THE RICH
STRANGER, Rafe. And in March the
series concludes with Alex’s story, THE RUTHLESS GROOM, which happens to be
Bronwyn’s tenth book for the Desire line.
To whet your appetite for the upcoming
trilogy, this month we present a prequel novella.
OUTBACK REUNION takes you to Kameruka Downs, the Carlisle family’s
station in the Northern Territory, a setting the author researched on a
specialist cattle producers’ tour in 2004.
“Although I grew up in ‘the bush’ and
studied agriculture and married a farmer, I’ve always wanted to travel to the
real outback,” Bronwyn says. “Not only the regular tourist attractions, as
wonderful and unique as they are, but I wanted to visit the big stations. I
wanted to know how the women, in particular, deal with the isolation and with
the logistics of running a household so far from everything we accept as a
given.”
The tour she and her husband joined took
them to such iconic stations as Brunette Downs and Newcastle Waters and although
Kamueruka is, according to Bronwyn, “a figment of my very vivid imagination”
it was inspired by what she saw. You
can read more about the inspiration for her stories on the “Behind the Book”
pages at www.bronwynjameson.com .
