AustLit

'The "Wanted" advertisement read: "Young lady, prepared to go to the outback..."

'Orphaned Penny Watson jumped at this chance to achieve independence, though all she knew was that the five children on the Masters ranch were badly in need of a woman's care...

Now, driving with Cal on the long road from the city to the outback, her mind turned for the first time to her new employer. Cal was saying: "Masters wants the best for the children and he'll not interfere. He's not a man that talks... In fact, I guess he's the most silent man I ever knew..."'

Source: Publisher's blurb.