num_pages: 214
description: At twenty-five Hank owns a small parcel of land in Australias rural southwest where he supplements his income from the property with seasonal shearing. Hank is a shearing gunan ace shearer able to shear large numbers of sheep in a single day. His own father kicked him out when his sexuality was revealed and since no one would ever hire a gay shearer Hank has remained firmly closeted ever since. Elliot is the newbie doctor in towncity-born and somewhat shell-shocked from his transplant to the country. When a football injury brings Hank to Elliots attention an inappropriate sexual glance and the stuttered apology afterward kickstarts their friendship. Romance and love soon blossom but its hard for either of them to hope for anything permanent. As if the constant threat of being caught isnt enough Elliots contract runs out after only a year.
language: English
title: The Shearing Gun
publisher: Dreamspinner Press