The Happy Outback Hotel, Book Five

Some people arrive with a smile. The truth takes longer.

Jill Williams has given everything to the Happy Outback Hotel. She has weathered storms and soothed guests, and she has watched the people she loves find happiness while she keeps the doors open. She learned the hard way what a lie can cost, and she has no intention of learning it twice.

Then two Welsh backpackers walk in through the garden doors. Rhys is charming, quick with a story and a fix for every problem. Carys is quiet, watchful and slow to meet anyone’s eyes.

When Jill’s friends urge her to take time for herself, and the spirit of the old hotel seems to be asking what she truly wants, she finds herself drawn into the lives of the newcomers. A kindness becomes a friendship, and a friendship becomes a secret she can’t help but see. Carys is hiding something, and Jill is the only one who has noticed.

In a town where everybody knows everyone’s business, the truth has a way of finding its way out. The question is whether Jill will trust her instincts before it costs her again, and whether she will find the courage to ask what she wants for herself.

Warm, funny and full of heart, Outback Spirit is a story of friendship, hard-won trust and the courage to choose what you truly want.