The Desert Midwife in Aussie Readers

Jul 10, 2019 Brenda rated it it was amazing

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Midwife Ava May was seated beside a good-looking young man on the flight who turned out to be a doctor, heading to Alice Springs for a month as a locum in the hospital. Ava was also about to be working in the maternity ward at the same hospital, so she and Zac Logan would no doubt come across one another. The instant connection they both felt astounded them, but they went with it, knowing there was also no future in the affair as Zac would be returning to Sydney.

The terrible car accident which ...more

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Jul 13, 2019 Helen rated it it was amazing

Oh there were tears and heart-ache and then joy, pure joy and happiness that brought a huge sigh and smile, MS McArthur really knows how to pull a reader in with her real life characters, people that become friends, this story had the emotions flowing as we get to know desert midwife Ava and emergency doctor Zac and a cast of amazing characters that show strength, I hope you pick this book up because it is a must read.

Ava May has been born an bred in the outback desert, she comes from a family o Oh there were tears and heart-ache and then joy, pure joy and happiness that brought a huge sigh and smile, MS McArthur really knows how to pull a reader in with her real life characters, people that become friends, this story had the emotions flowing as we get to know desert midwife Ava and emergency doctor Zac and a cast of amazing characters that show strength, I hope you pick this book up because it is a must read.

Ava May has been born an bred in the outback desert, she comes from a family of strong woman and men, her mother and grandmother are nurses and Ava follows in their footsteps but becoming a midwife, she is very close to the indigenous people and their ways. When Ava is coming back from a flight from Sydney she meets Zac and there is no stopping the sensual feelings that leap between them and an affair begins but an accident stops things in their tracks.

Zac Logan is escaping to the outback for a while to get his head back in the right space after a tragedy has changed his life, looking or finding love is not on the cards for this Sydney man, but meeting Ava on the flight changes everything for him, he falls in love, who would have thought that love at first sight does happen not Zac, but when the accident happens with shattering outcome he struggles. Ava and her family ask him to stay and recuperate at the cattle station and he goes and becomes very close to this wonderful family, and helps with their problems.

The setting is amazing, the writing just beautiful, MS McArthur has shown us the struggles of the land and what drought does to families, the births in the outback and the needs of the indigenous people. Getting to know Ava's family her struggling brother Jock and his pregnant wife Hana, her mother Stella and grandmother Mim was fabulous, and of course Ava and Zac wow what a journey they have to a beautiful HEA the strength and courage shown had me cheering them on. This one is going to stay with me for a long time to come, thank you for another keeper, this is one that I highly recommend.
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Jul 16, 2019 Shelleyrae at Book'd Out rated it liked it

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There’s a lot to like about Fiona McArthur’s newest rural romance novel, The Desert Midwife.

Sparks fly when Outback midwife Ava May, and locum emergency doctor, Zac Logan meet on a flight to Alice Springs, and within the week both are considering the possibility of a shared future. Then a shocking accident robs Zac of his memory and with it perhaps, their dreams of happy ever after.

The Desert Midwife is set in The Northern Territory, moving between Alice Springs, Kata Tjuta, and Ava’s family cat ...more

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