After an invitation to her best friends wedding, Kiz Jones grabs her camera, her boots and her guitar and heads south to the Yass Valley, excited to escape the rat race of the city. Sick and tired of her nursing career, she marvels at country life. Something tells her she belongs here. Pushing aside her parents disapproval, she jumps with both feet, landing in a life she could only dream of. Brumbies become her love, her voice becomes her heroin and her dreams become reality.
Alex Hartley, the manager of Tarago, has been fighting his past in a bid to move forward. With haunting flashbacks, he wills himself heal. After meeting Kiz Jones, something in him shifts, as does his past. Sharing the high country, his sheep yards and his friends with the newcomer, his future becomes promising.
From two different worlds, driven by the same passion, ignited from hidden sparks, can the two heal each other?
In a world of wild spirits, dreams, and a haunting past, how can it all work together?
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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