Review: Gold in the Red Heart
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2013
When Morgan Taylor walks into her pub in SW Queensland, Stacey knows things are about to change. One hot guy, one long, dry spell and a sparking attraction mix with a magical waterfall and make for a very special weekend. I visited places like the Maltese Cross field and a hidden waterway (sadly not Fairy Falls) and Ann B Harrison captures them with a great eye for detail. The old Aussie pub in Pindon recreates similar outback pubs across the country and the secondary characters are the essence of outback friendliness and hospitality. Conversations are a little more formal than I've come to expect from outback dwellers, but this is a small detail.The story is relevant to the here and now, with attitudes to big mining companies much as the folk of Pindon feel; they fly-in-fly-out, take, and give little back to struggling communities but Morgan's company does have a community plan. I would like to have heard a bit more about the preservation of the falls; this was implied rather than stated at the end and I so wanted to know for sure that such a magical place was safe. It's good to have an Outback author taking on such important and relevant issues in her work and I look forward to more of the same. Well done!