The descriptions of the Coorah Creek are so vivid you feel like you are there. I could feel the midges biting and see the beautiful sunset, smell the trees and I wanted to pitch up a tent with the horses!

This book is actually number 2 in the series . It didnt matter that I hadnt read the others. The descriptions of Coorah Creek made me feel like I was right there with them.

I’m not a country girl at heart but the vivid descriptions made me want to grab my swag and go out there and sleep under the stars.

You don’t have to be a horse lover to be swept up in this heart-warming outback romance.

This book centres around a group of 4 adults who are emotionally wounded trying to save a group of wild brumbies from being culled in a national park.
The descriptions of the natural beauty in the outback are enticing and evocative. The people in the fictional town of Coorah Creek are, for the most part, warm and welcoming. The main characters are flawed human beings, but a mutual desire brings them together and helps them begin to heal.

I really enjoyed this story and will continue to read the rest of the Coorah Creek series.

Janet Gover has a way of inserting her reader into the landscape setting of her books early on and this was certainly the case with The Wild One. The book opens with park ranger and former army sniper Dan Mitchell setting up to shoot a wild brumby stallion on the orders of his boss. Despite his training to take the shot, Dan can’t follow through and in that short set-up we get an excellent impression of just what sort of a man Dan is. Meanwhile photographer Rachel Quinn, just Quinn except to her mother, is arriving in Coorah Creek and once again we get an excellent impression of the baked earth environment in far outback Queensland in which the town is set. A brief description of Quinn’s Humveegives us a good impression of her and the way she chooses to live. Immediately I felt I knew these two well-drawn characters and what drove them. With the pressure to remove the brumbies from the park before Dan is forced to shoot them we are involved in a race against time. The supporting cast, ormer jockey Carrie and stud breeder Justin as well as the residents of Coorah Creek, are equally well drawn so that the book gives the impression of a movie playing out before your eyes. Of course the natural beauty of the park and the magnificence of the brumbies add to the story, which was a joy to read.

I absolutely loved being back in Coorah Creek, and devoured this in a single day. One of the things that grabbed me from the very start was how real the setting felt. I thought it was so well described that the park felt like an additional character in the book. As with Christmas at Coorah Creek I also really enjoyed the community of characters we meet in the book, which is something I always look out for in rural fiction.

The main plot about saving a herd of brumbies from the park was the perfect background upon which to bring together the four main characters and build the bonds between them but also have some realistic tensions – both between characters and also sometimes within themselves. I liked the look we got at the backgrounds of each character – I thought they were developed enough to feel authentic and have some depth and also be moving towards some growth by the end of the book. There are some fairly heavy themes/topics raised in the story, including infant loss and PTSD, which some readers might like to be aware of. I thought these issues were handled with sensitivity and didn’t feel at all gratuitous or like they were added for drama or shock value.

Reading The Wild One made me really keen to revisit Coorah Creek through Gover’s other books set there – I still haven’t read the first book (Flight to Coorah Creek) and there are at least two other later titles.

I absolutely recommend this one to fans of Aussie rural fiction

I am already a fan of Janet Glover so was looking forward to this book. And what a great book it is. I loved it.

Photographer Rachel Quinn is an outdoorsy person and and while outdoors in a National Park came across a man on the brink. this is their stories and it is a book that has so much emotion, at times heartbreaking and at times heartwarming. Set in outback Australia it brings home the troubles in our communities and how we stick together and help each other out.

Great characters, a great story and yet another great read.

Thank you NetGalley and Escape Publishing for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

Photographer Rachel Quinn's Humvee was kitted out to be her home, with everything she needed when camping out, enabling her to get the photos she put so much into. Her love of the outdoors and the bush saw her arrive at Coorah Creek where she booked into the pub for a few nights. Heading out to the National Park one morning she came across a man with a rifle up to his eye. When Quinn saw what he was about to do, she raced toward him, then down to the billabong, making as much noise as she could.

Ex-Iraqi war veteran, now Park Ranger, Dan Mitchell had left the army under a medical discharge, but the memories of what had happened out there wouldn't leave him. His continual nightmares made him glad he was alone in the wilderness that was the National Park, so it was a shock when the young woman appeared before him. At first he was angry with her, but soon it seemed they might be able to work together. And when horse breeder Justin Fraser and Carrie Bryant - ex jockey - joined Dan and Quinn in the plan, they wondered, was it possible there could be a good result?

The Wild One is the 2nd in the Coorah Creek series by Aussie author Janet Gover and once again I thoroughly enjoyed the story. Set in outback Australia where the countryside is vast and distances between neighbours, hours apart. Catching up with Adam and Jess from book #1 was great, but it was the friendliness of the townsfolk at the pub, and their willingness to help whenever needed, that felt so good. A heartwarming story, The Wild One is one I recommend.

With thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my digital ARC to read in exchange for an honest review.

Set in the Australian outback with stunningly beautiful descriptions of the landscape and wild horses, The Wild One is a story about four people brought together to save a herd of wild horses that are ruining the ecosystem of a national park.

Dan Mitchell is an Iraq war veteran, and he's haunted by memories of the one time he disobeyed an order. Now, when he's given the order to get rid of the horses, he balks at the implication of how to do it. Photographer Rachel Quinn has come to the outback in an effort to find some solitude and natural beauty to photograph. When Quinn finds out Dan's dilemma, she helps him come up with a plan to save the wild horses.

This is a beautifully written small town romance. The scenery and the horses were characters as much as the people were. 😂 It is rare that I can close my eyes and picture a scene as clearly as in The Wild One. I love the characters in this book. Dan and Quinn are both tortured souls, and it was alternately heart wrenching and heartwarming to watch them accept their pasts and embrace their future together.

Justin and Carrie also fun to read, and Trish was also a treat. I felt like the Justin/Carrie romance happened too easily. There really weren't any obstacles in their way, so the romance-y part of that storyline just felt like filler.

This is the first romance I've read that was set in the Australian outback, and I loved the setting, the story, the characters, and the pace of the book. I highly recommend for anyone who loves Australian romances, horses, tortured souls finding peace, and slow burn small town romance!

[Thanks to Netgalley and Escape Publishing for the eARC in exchange for an honest review!]

Yay! I got to take another trip to the Outback and loved every minute of it! I just couldn't put it down!
My favorite thing? The Brumbies, of course! I envy them so. I want to run wild and free, too! I loved seeing them in my mind doing this.
The scenery was magnificent! I really felt like I was there. The author did such a good job of describing the area that I didn't want to leave.
I was sad when this story was over.
All of the characters were wonderful, especially Quinn and Dan.
I'm like Quinn. I love taking pictures of the most unusual things and unexpected places. In my opinion, those are what bring me closer to God.
I learned quite a bit along the way. I love learning especially about horses. They are my favorite animals.
Of course I loved Carrie and Justin too.
Each one in their own time along with God's help heals differently. Healing isn't quick like. It takes time to mend no matter the situation. And we can't leave out determination either and bravery! And where credit is due too!
I just really enjoyed this story!
5 stars for a tale from the Outback and for keeping me engaged throughout.
I highly recommend!
My thanks for a copy of this book. I was NOT required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are my own.

This book will have you feeling like you are out in the middle of the Australian outback, the author had such an excellent way of making us feel her words. The characters were just so realistic but you didn't just get one romance you got two.

We meet Quinn the Photographer as she first drives into Coorah Creek, she quickly finds a subject to photograph that will lead the national park where she meets Dan Mitchell the ranger. Dan is facing one of his worse days in the park, which will make him relive his day in the military. Can he do what he has been ordered to do or will the appearance of Quinn make him think twice again?

Carrie Bryant has lived in Coorah Creek since her riding accident, Carrie was a jockey but since the accident, only her physical trauma has healed she is completely afraid of her one loved job.
Justin Fraser has the job of keeping his family farm going after generations it's his turn to bring the house farm back to its hay day.

All four will have to find a way through their past and overcome what needs to be accomplished together to save the Brumby and save themselves.

This is book 2 of the series but the very first one I have read and loved, It stands on its own and is a very easy read that will give you enjoyment to read.