Palmerstone Ridge

Janette Walsh was an orphaned girl who felt lucky to end up with a caring, supportive foster family. She was working for the family cafe when Richard Pilman came into her life. They became more than friends and were soon planning  a life together. As their romance blossomed, a little life was growing inside her. Before the child came Richard was taken away to war. Can he fulfil his promise to return?

Overwhelmed, Janette abandons responsibility and heads into the wilderness. She matures in the outback until she realizes she needs to return to the people she disregarded. 

Will they take her back? Has she grown enough to be able to handle the world she ran away from?

The book is full of adventure and intrigue and kept me engaged until the very last page -Sara Mathews

A very honestly written story gives a beautiful insight into a girl becoming a women in Australia'a harch and wonderful landscape - Brooke Luder