num_pages: 54
description: Travis had been here at Sutton Station for just over a year. We were technically engaged not that wed told anyone. He was happy just knowin Id said yes and I had some head-clearin stuff to work through. Knowing I was good enough for Trav was one thing but knowing if I was good enough to be a husband and father was somethin else entirely.Life at Sutton Station had never been better. Business was strong Trudy and Bacons little baby Gracie was a few weeks old now and as cute as a button Mas health was good and my relationship with Laura and Sam was in a pretty good place. And Travis? Well life with him was still all kinds of perfect.But to Traviss dismay Christmas at the Station was just another day. Another day of getting up before the sun feeding animals fixin what needed fixin and checking water troughs all while tryin to keep out of the blistering heat.And this year werent much different. Only that it was Traviss first Sutton Station Christmas. The fact we didnt go all out with decorations and celebrations baffled him and if I was bein truthful it disappointed him too.Which was why I had to make it a special kind of ChristmasNOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:This book uses Australian English spelling and grammar. There will be words like brumbies (wild horses) Maccas (McDonalds) and a serious lack of gs on most ing words. There are also run-on hyphenated sentences. Its just how Charlie speaks.TIMELINE ACKNOWLEDGMENT:(beware of spoilers for book 4 below!)Anyone familiar with the Red Dirt Heart series will know it spans the seasons. In RDH1 when Travis arrives its summer RDH2 is autumn/winter RDH3 is spring and RDH4 being Travs pov is back to summer and spans another year. Christmas in Australia is in summer so according to the actual timeline of the series Travis first Christmas falls between RDH3 and RDH4 though it is not mentioned.So like a small snippet of something that didnt technically happen this Christmas story is of Travis first Christmas at Sutton Station therefore falls between books 3 and 4. Theyre not married theres no Milly.A small reminder of where the storyline was up to Travis has asked Charlie to marry him but theyve not told anyone yet. Trudy and Bacon have just had their first baby Gracie and Nugget still steals every scene hes in.
language: English
title: Red Dirt Christmas
publisher: N.R. Walker