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The Way Back
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Expected 1 Dec 26Award-winning author Janet Gover returns with a standalone romance about grief and redemption, of family, love ... and a dinosaur called Rufus. Perfect for readers of Karly Lane.
The outback isn't for the faint of heart...
Joe Hamilton is struggling to run Red Rocks, his family cattle station in the Kimberley, after a mustering accident left his father in a wheelchair, and Joe overwhelmed with guilt.
When a cyclone exposes a rare dinosaur fossil, Joe may have found a way to save the failing property.
Dr Natasha Gray fled a promising career as a palaeontologist in London to escape a scandal. Joe finds her working in a tiny local museum and enlists her help. As they work together at the isolated dig, she wonders if this harsh land holds the promise of a better future.
When they discover that the fossil hides a secret worth millions, accusations of theft and broken trust threaten her reputation all over again ... will she stay and fight this time?
With family and love on the line, can Joe get to the truth and earn redemption? And can he convince Natasha that she doesn't have to return to England to find the peace she craves?
The outback isn't for the faint of heart...
Joe Hamilton is struggling to run Red Rocks, his family cattle station in the Kimberley, after a mustering accident left his father in a wheelchair, and Joe overwhelmed with guilt.
When a cyclone exposes a rare dinosaur fossil, Joe may have found a way to save the failing property.
Dr Natasha Gray fled a promising career as a palaeontologist in London to escape a scandal. Joe finds her working in a tiny local museum and enlists her help. As they work together at the isolated dig, she wonders if this harsh land holds the promise of a better future.
When they discover that the fossil hides a secret worth millions, accusations of theft and broken trust threaten her reputation all over again ... will she stay and fight this time?
With family and love on the line, can Joe get to the truth and earn redemption? And can he convince Natasha that she doesn't have to return to England to find the peace she craves?
304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Expected publication December 1, 2026
About the author
Janet Gover
27 books121 followersJanet Gover was born in Melbourne, Australia. When she was very small, her family moved to a small country town in Queensland. She studied Journalism and Politics at Queensland University. She went on to forge a path in television journalism, she worked as a reporter and producer of news and other factual TV programmes in Australia, Hong Kong and the UK. Today matched with a Englishman, she lives in West London and works as a consultant, implementing high end digital systems in TV stations and production facilities in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Janet Gover published her first short story, called The Last Dragon, in 2002, and since then she published some short stories. In 2007 she won the Romantic Novelists' Association's Elizabeth Goudge Trophy, and now she is part of the RNA's Committee.. She published her first romance novel in 2009.
Janet Gover published her first short story, called The Last Dragon, in 2002, and since then she published some short stories. In 2007 she won the Romantic Novelists' Association's Elizabeth Goudge Trophy, and now she is part of the RNA's Committee.. She published her first romance novel in 2009.
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Kimberley, Western Australia. Joe Hamilton is struggling to run Red Rocks, his family cattle station and legacy, after his father Lionel had a mustering accident five years ago, and his dad is in a wheelchair and he feels like it’s his fault. The area is prone to cyclones, after one hits and the water recedes Joe finds a fossil and could it be from a dinosaur?
Dr Natasha Gray is palaeontologist, she left England when she was caught up in a scandal that wasn’t her fault and it was easy to blame her. Natasha works at the Port Headland Museum, Joe takes the item to show her and Natasha can’t believe what she’s seeing, the fossil could be from a large predator and save her career.
Natasha travels to Red Rocks station, here she meets Joe's parents and he takes her to his special place where he found the prehistoric treasure. Natasha informs her boss at the museum, he organizes a small investigation and in between mustering cattle Joe calls in to see how things are going and he takes items back to the house for safe keeping.
When others find outside of the tight circle, Natasha’s worried and so she should be because not everyone can be trusted, her reputation is on the line again and so is her heart, and she really likes Joe.
I received a copy of The Way Back by Janet Gover from Harlequin Australia and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I loved this story, its set in a remote area, one I have never visited and the author’s vivid description of the landscape, sky, mustering of cattle, and most of all how fossils are carefully removed from the red dirt, tested and protected is fascinating.
Add in four hurt characters, including Joe, Natasha, Lionel, Matilda and you can understand events and situations from their points of view, and how they get over life challenges, find peace, possibilities and love. Five stars, dinosaur’s stories are not just for kids and how lucky are we to have them in Australia.
Dr Natasha Gray is palaeontologist, she left England when she was caught up in a scandal that wasn’t her fault and it was easy to blame her. Natasha works at the Port Headland Museum, Joe takes the item to show her and Natasha can’t believe what she’s seeing, the fossil could be from a large predator and save her career.
Natasha travels to Red Rocks station, here she meets Joe's parents and he takes her to his special place where he found the prehistoric treasure. Natasha informs her boss at the museum, he organizes a small investigation and in between mustering cattle Joe calls in to see how things are going and he takes items back to the house for safe keeping.
When others find outside of the tight circle, Natasha’s worried and so she should be because not everyone can be trusted, her reputation is on the line again and so is her heart, and she really likes Joe.
I received a copy of The Way Back by Janet Gover from Harlequin Australia and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I loved this story, its set in a remote area, one I have never visited and the author’s vivid description of the landscape, sky, mustering of cattle, and most of all how fossils are carefully removed from the red dirt, tested and protected is fascinating.
Add in four hurt characters, including Joe, Natasha, Lionel, Matilda and you can understand events and situations from their points of view, and how they get over life challenges, find peace, possibilities and love. Five stars, dinosaur’s stories are not just for kids and how lucky are we to have them in Australia.
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