Talk to Me Tenderly, Tell Me Lies

Talk to Me Tenderly, Tell Me Lies
John Gordon Davis

An unforgettable tale of adventure and heartache in the unforgiving Australian Outback.A stirring account of a woman’s awakening – tension, passion and heart-stopping action.Helen McKenzie is looking into the future and she doesn’t like what she sees.Her role as a mother is almost over – her husband works thousands of miles away, her children will soon leave home – and she is alone in the Australian Outback, facing a terrible dilemma. Should she take off to pursue her unfulfilled ambitions, or stay behind, a faithful wife, locked in predictable security?Ben Sunninghill has all the freedom he wants. Travelling the world on a motorbike, this carefree stranger from New York never spends long in one place – until he appears in Helen’s backyard to borrow a spanner, stays on to help out around the farm, and ends up changing their lives forever.Ben gives Helen the confidence to take control of her own destiny, but finds himself losing control of his. As Helen and Ben battle with their feelings, a storm of troubles is brewing that will leave behind a trail of broken lives …

John Gordon Davis

TALK TO ME TENDERLY,

TELL ME LIES

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1992

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Source ISBN: 9780007574384

Ebook Edition © OCTOBER 2014 ISBN: 9780008119317

Version: 2014-12-19

Dedication (#)

To Harry and June Pearson

‘Talk to me tenderly, tell me lies.

I am a woman, and time flies.’

Vivian Yeiser Laramore

Contents

Cover (#u01686c1e-1FFF-11e9-9e03-0cc47a520474)

Title Page (#u01686c1e-2FFF-11e9-9e03-0cc47a520474)

Copyright (#)

Dedication (#)

Part One (#)

Chapter 1 (#)

Chapter 2 (#)

Chapter 3 (#)

Chapter 4 (#)

Chapter 5 (#)

Part Two (#)

Chapter 6 (#)

Chapter 7 (#)

Chapter 8 (#)

Chapter 9 (#)

Chapter 10 (#)

Chapter 11 (#)

Chapter 12 (#)

Chapter 13 (#)

Chapter 14 (#)

Chapter 15 (#)

Chapter 16 (#)

Part Three (#)