From the author of the bestselling Bella's Run comes another captivating rural romance set in the the rugged, beautiful Australian bush. Hope's Road connects three very different properties, and three very different lives ... Sixty years ago, heartbroken and betrayed, old Joe McCauley turned his back on his family and their fifth - generation farm, Montmorency Downs. He now spends his days as a recluse, spying upon the land - and the granddaughter - that should by rights have been his. For Tammy McCauley, Montmorency Downs is the last remaining tie to her family. But land can make or break you - and, with her husband's latest treachery, how long can she hold on to it? Wild - dog trapper, Travis Hunter, is struggling as a single dad, unable to give his son, Billy, the thing he craves most. A complete family. Then, out of the blue, a terrible event forces the three neighbours to confront each other - and the mistakes of their past ...