AustLit

'THEY SAY OPPOSITES ATTRACT. EVERYONE EXCEPT DAN THAT IS...

'Dan Faraday is a thirty-seven years old Adelaide Hills third generation orchardist who is badly in need of a wife if this business is ever going to make it to a fourth generation. Luckily for Dan, his sisters have given him a gift that will make finding a wife easier - a subscription to a dating agency. And luckily Dan knows exactly what he needs - someone sensible with sober habits, who appreciates the primary producers life and is looking to settle down.

'ENTER LUCY...

'Lucy Marino has been a gipsy for all of her twenty-five years, never staying in one place long enough to call it home. Now she's backpacking her way around Australia. Permanence isn't part of her DNA, even if the cherry farmer she's working for makes it hard to remember why and the property reminds her of another time, when life was more settled and secure...

'AND LET THE GAMES COMMENCE!

'Soon the sparks are flying, and not just because Lucy's left the gas on and the caravan she's been living in explodes. And soon Dan realises that the perfect matches he's meeting on the dating site aren't nearly as appealing as the impetuous, gorgeous blonde he now has living in his house. Would it kill him to give in to his desires?

'Maybe not, but Dan's not looking for temporary and Lucy's not looking for permanent and there's no way this is going to work.

'Is there?' (Publication summary)