The Giving Star

Endless roads…timeless discoveries…unbreakable love She's packed up her life ready for change, with one regret still hanging over her head.He's working his way back from hell, adamant he's never going there again.But one stumble, one discovery, and one hotbed of attraction … and the entire gameplan changes. Sally Barkworth relocates to outback Richmond, in dinosaur country. Motivated by the one regret she carries close to her heart, her program to help troubled kids is finally on track. Ben Angwin first crosses paths with Sally over a missing cat and a broken mug. He's in for a big surprise when he discovers Sally is in charge of the new project being run on his family's outback property.Ben wasn't prepared for those soft blue eyes the first time they met. Neither is he ready for how she makes him feel when he discovers they're running the camp together. He's spiralled once before. He doesn't need another woman to mess things up, now that he's finally breathing easier. But when Sally stumbles over a partially exposed dinosaur fossil, it's more than he can hope for.Sally struggles to deny her attraction to Ben, although it's strengthening and tugging at her heart in ways she never expected. But she has a tough decision to make, to ease the heartache over her one regret. Despite how Ben's every touch burns with desire, she will have no choice but to let him go.Or will she? As a contemporary romance author, Frances loves nothing more than losing herself in a good romance. She's all about helping you forget the housework, or the bus to work you're going to miss, if you don't put the book down now!​She's devoted to giving her readers an emotional, passionate, possibly some ugly-cry, fairly steamy love story, that'll melt your heart and have you fighting for the happy ending right until the end.​Frances sets her books in North Queensland. She makes no excuses if some of her settings include amazing lakes and waterfalls, stunning views from tops of mountains, spectacular outback scenes, or crystal-clear creeks shadowed by tropical rainforest.When she isn't writing, Frances is climbing mountains, searching for waterfalls and swimming across lakes. She loves to exercise, would prefer it if someone else cooked dinner every night, and never notices dust on the furniture. ​She lives with her husband in tropical Far North Queensland, Australia, and uses her great baking skills to tempt her three daughters to visit home as often as they can.