Forgotten Title and Author

[Karen]

The book that I am looking for is a romance that was a part a series of being in Australia. The hero was looking for a teacher as I believe he is a rancher. The heroine is a teacher but when he called her up to tell her she didn't get the job (mostly because she is beautiful), but she used the phone call to get her ex to leave. The hero arrives and decided to hire her temporary to get her away safely away from her ex. The hero's fist wife was beautiful but not the nicest person. Things are going well with few bumps, Like his son acting up but she does what. good teacher does and finds out that his mother was abusive to him. He finally talks to his dad on why he didn't say anything, he had seen his mother treating his dad like that and thought he had to brave through it like him. Father and son bond and their relationship is better with the heroine. The workers and their wives also like her as she is a down to earth person. A snag in paradise is the long time friend and her new boyfriend who happened to be the heroine's ex. The people who have befriended her didn't like the smack talk that the ex was spewing about her.

I hope that someone is able to figure out this story and author. Thank you for the help and have a wonderful day/night.

[Kris]

Karen, around what year did you read this book?

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[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

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