A sapphic road trip rom-com with one bed and forced proximity that’s not just a slow burn: It's a slow tease. From Rian Birch, author of Swept Up In You and On The Right Path, comes the next instalment of the unapologetically Aussie Tradie Lady Series.

Brooke Mayfield is back in the last place she wants to be: Adelaide. A place she hasn’t called home in over ten years. She didn’t see herself here at twenty-nine: broke, feeling lost and alone yet surrounded by family with their oh-so-perfect lives. Everything she does just feels like she’s in the way with nowhere to go.

Jade “JJ” Johnson longs for a break. She’s got the house and the business, but never carved out time for herself. She’s ready to travel, starting in her home state of South Australia. Her only problem? Perfectionism is keeping her rooted to the spot, unable to make a decision on where to go and what to see.

When a chance encounter with JJ allows Brooke an opportunity to travel again, Brooke finds herself agreeing to go more out of spite than excitement. There's no way her boring state of South Australia could ever win her heart, and she’d be happy to prove JJ wrong. She’s seen the world from every different viewpoint after all. Though maybe travel isn't all about where you're going, but who you're with…

Opposites definitely attract in this outback adventure that begs the question: Will their trip bring them closer together, or send one of them packing?

This can be read as a standalone but does feature characters introduced earlier in the series.

Nina Nikolic

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