This book 3 replicates the perfection of books 1 & 2. You need to read books 1 & 2 first because book 3 is the continuing M/M romance of the same main characters (even though book one is a standalone with a HEA and book 2 ends with a HEA). Both books 1 & 2 each end with NO CLIFF-HANGERS.
It is a pure joy to experience the ups and downs of the love between two beautiful souls embodied in Aussie Charlie and Texan Travis living and working together in the Australian Outback.
There is a story behind the romance, and it was the combination of story, romance and excellent narration that had me binge-listening to this series (three books on Audible so far). The character development of these two young men across 3 books is extraordinary particularly Charlie’s character. I fell in love with both men myself.
What an amazing narrator Joel Leslie is. He NAILED the Australian accent which is very hard to do well. The Texan accent sounds genuine too. Accents aside, he is skilled at bringing the multitude of characters to life with individual voices, the right inflection, and he creates the right mood, filling my ears with the warmth of the story – a story beautifully written by NR Walker.
All I can do is BEG Audible to (PLEASE, PLEASE!!!) make books 3.5 and 4 available. I know I can read them on Kindle, but I NEED to hear Joel Leslie’s voice reading me the stories. Luckily, the essence of the story is covered by books 1 – 3. (3.5 is a Christmas novella and book 4 is the love story told from Texan Travis’s point of view).
If you love M/M romance, I recommend all three novels in the Red Dirt Heart series available on Audible. I know I will be listening to them again.