Top End Romance

By Jocelyn Price

When Sam's grandfather sends her to the Top End country of Australia to survey the suitability of a tourist safari business, she little expects to meet hostility from the local ranger assigned to show her around. Neil, the ranger is tall, broad-shouldered and suntanned from years out in the Australian bush. He is also fretting over a broken relationship.
An injured black cockatoo bridges the gap between the pair and slowly through sharing the magic of the pristine country of the Top End romance grows.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jocelyn Price
• Release date: Aug 30, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476243870

Jocelyn Price

CONFESSIONS OF A 76 YEAR OLD GRANDMA!I am Jocelyn, a 76 year old grandmother who lives in outback Queensland. All my life I have lived outside my comfort zone in order to find out all about life and its meaning. Sometimes I have succeeded and sometimes I have not, but every time I have failed in what I have done, I know that I have learned from my mistakes and this has made me a better and more compassionate person. I used to live by the rules, “would have,” “should have” or “could have”, but I’ve given that away and I now dive into Life headfirst! (And I’m loving every minute of it!)I have had many occupations including court typist, Legal Secretary, Disability Carer, English Teacher, cleaner and dishwasher. I have tried many things in my life such as learning Languages. I started learning Languages because my ex-husband told me and everybody else that I was thick as two planks and unable to learn anything! So I set out to prove him wrong! And it worked! And somewhere along the line I developed this great love of learning and I’m still doing it!The other day just for fun I thought about all the things I had started in my life. I want to complete them but imagine my horror when I added it all up and it came to 792 years!!! (How many lifetimes is that?) It scares the shit out of me!So here is my list ..Finish my degree in Modern Languages(French, German, Italian)Finish my study in music – piano, viola, keyboards, Irish FluteBe a full time animal carer. (I would give up everything for this)Teach English to persons of other cultures. (I loved my time in Shanghai)Read all my favourite books over and over again.Do a lot of charity work particularly getting different cultures to mix.Get my black belt in Akido.Work on my spiritual side as I would really love to talk to angels, animals and fairies.Write and publish my book (last one) on religions.Take part in more protest marches for things like women’s rights, animals and the environment. But I don’t really want to be arrested any more. It’s been 7 times already and I guess that’s enough.Keep watching “Bold and the Beautiful” until it ends (and I hope it never ends!)Learn to be spiritual instead of a scatterbrain.I really would like to do a course on the real aboriginal culture.And of course wear “hippie” clothes for the rest of my life.*************************************************************After a lifetime of experiences in various parts of Australia, New Guinea, Afghanistan, Russia, Germany, Pacific Islands, and China, Jocelyn Price now lives in a small town in the outback of Australia.At 75 years of age she was determined to try her hand at writing, but first she had to learn to use a computer – a challenge that ranked right up there with another challenge she had met previously -- coping with a sandstorm in Egypt!Jocelyn writes across varied genres - stories for children, romantic stories set in outback Australia, and non fiction dealing with mental health issues.Jocelyn's books are available in print from www.ebooksoutback.com.au or by emailing her at [e-mail]

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TOP END ROMANCE

Written by Jocelyn Price

Published by Kylie Reynolds at Smashwords

Copyright 2012 Jocelyn Price

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TOP END ROMANCE

Neil Ferrero was in a decidedly bad mood as he sat in his office at the Department of Parks and Wildlife in Townsville. He looked at the letter he had received on his return from his latest trip out bush. He read it again and then frowned in annoyance. The letter was from his boss B.J.in Brisbane telling him that he was going to open up a part of Neil’s territory to tourists. But that was not the problem. Neil welcomed the idea that people would gain access to the varied wild life of his area. He thought it was good that southern people could experience first hand the different lifestyle that the Top End had to offer. B.J said that he was sending a one of his staff to go with Neil on his next