Is love worth stealing home for? When an ex-world champion softballer searches for a lost family connection, she unexpectedly crosses paths with the cheeky but charming caretaker, Alex, on her aunt's outback farm. With Verily holidaying at the farmhouse, she's a curveball Alex would love to catch-but she's also a risk to his heart and homelife that he'd rather avoid. But finding himself in a jam, Alex herds Verily into a wild scheme that could propel his dreams into fruition. Until a feud between old friends threatens to derail everything. With her return tickets booked, can Alex convince Verily to stay or will they find themselves on opposite sides of the globe forever? From dusty cattle stations to flourishing mango orchards, welcome to the Elsie Creek series, set in a place where the summer never ends. Are you ready to Escape to Happily Ever After... **This series can be beautifully binged or read as a standalone story**