The Year she Stayed: An Australian Outback Romance

Louise Harper thought finishing university would feel like freedom.
Instead, it felt like nothing at all.

Twenty seven, freshly heartbroken, and stuck in a Sydney life that suddenly doesn’t fit, Louise makes a decision she never saw coming - she applies for a teaching job in the remote Australian outback.

It’s meant to be temporary. A year at most.
A place far enough away that the memories can’t follow her.

But the outback has a way of stripping things back. The heat, the dust, the vast quiet, until there’s nowhere left to hide. As Louise settles into a town that runs on resilience, rough humour, and strong cups of coffee, she begins to find something she didn’t know she’d needed.

And then there’s him.

Complicated. Grounded. Carrying his own scars.
Definitely not part of the plan.

As the year unfolds, Louise must decide whether running was ever the answer - or whether staying, really staying, might finally be the bravest thing she’s ever done.

A heartfelt Australian romance about healing, fresh starts, and the year that changes everything.