Heart on Fire

by Diana Simmonds

Rising music star Jody is less than amused when her tour bus breaks down in the Australian Outback, and she has to stay in an isolated motel. But what she finds there is not what she expects. She finds Grace. Grace has come back to the safety of her family with dark memories of a marriage gone wrong. And there, miles from anywhere, unstoppable attraction is ignited between these two strangers. An erotic love story of searing passion, for anyone who believes there can be a happy ending.

Genres: Lesbian, Lesbian Fiction, LGBT

168 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1996

About the author

Diana Simmonds (born 1953) is an Australian journalist and arts critic, currently editor of Stage Noise and Sydney Alumni Magazine. She has written several novels and non-fiction books.

Reviews

[Freyja Vanadis]

When a book says it's the next "whatever" popular book, don't believe it. On the cover of this one, it claims to be the next "Curious Wine". That's laughable. It's not even close. The dialogue is cheesy and overwrought, the meeting between the lesbian Jody and the heterosexual Grace is predictable - straight chick pursues gay chick, gay chick pushes straight chick away. Of course, eventually they do get together, but there are a lot of bumps and roadblocks along the way. This book is a prime example of why I don't buy lesbian literature any more.

[FSH78]

I especially loved it because I am an Aussie living in the US. The description of the Australian landscape brought back a lot of memories and I thoroughly enjoyed being transported back home.

[Sarah Thornton]

Trite, characters were limited and one had a complete 180 from sexual assaults and predation to 'good guy'. Development was decent, but filled with the cliches typical of the genre.

[Elena]

I originally rated this 5 stars because at the time I read it, when it was first published, it was one of the best reads for me in a long time. Things have changed a lot, and I would not rate this classic with 5 stars anymore. But I will leave the original rating just because. Loved the revisit.

[KT]

Nice, sweet romance.

[Ulla]

A delightful romance happening mostly in the Australian outback. Apart from the many skillfully portrayed characters I really enjoyed the descriptions of the nature and wildlife.

[Miriam Cortez]

Amazing!! Man this is the reason why I love reading books getting lost in them. Because of books like this one another amazing book.!!