Author(s): Fiona McCallum

FICTION

Claire McIntyre has it all: an adoring husband, a bubbly best friend, a chic townhouse and a high-flying corporate career in the city. When the police knock on her door one night with tragic news, Claire's world is thrown into turmoil, and when she loses her job, Claire is forced to rethink everything she thought she wanted from life. Soon Claire finds herself back at the very place she's been running from all her life - the family property. A place where the bush telegraph exposes every secret, where reputations are hard won but easily lost, and where fortune is as fickle as the weather. Here, in the rugged beauty of the Adeliade Hills, Claire starts to rebuild her life with her friends, her father and his beloved racehorses including a promising young colt called Paycheque. But just as Claire begins to find happiness, and perhaps even love, fate comes to call. Now Claire must decide whether to do the sensible thing, or risk it all on her newfound passion.......