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A charming, old-fashioned rural romance about shedding privilege to find genuine connection and hard-won respect under the open sky. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Rising river.

pastoral
cozy
sun-baked
rustic

01
Always a rainbow
Gloria Bevan
A classic, sun-drenched rural romance where sparks fly between a capable cook and a stubbornly suspicious sheep station owner.
Shares:
- rustic
- earnest
02
The Rouseabout Girl
Gloria Bevan
A classic, slow-burn battle of wills set against the rugged, sun-drenched beauty of a New Zealand sheep station.
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- pastoral
- cozy
- earnest
03
He Was The Stranger
Sheila Strutt
A rustic, comforting romance about letting down your guard and finding home in unexpected places.
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- rustic
- earnest
04
The station boss
Jane Corrie
A sun-baked outback romance where a marriage of convenience slowly melts into genuine, protective love.
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- sun-baked
- rustic
- earnest
05
Bunking Down With The Boss
Charlene Sands
A sun-drenched, close-proximity ranch romance where simmering suspicion gives way to irresistible, undeniable attraction.
Shares:
- rustic
- earnest
06
The Linden Leaf
Jane Arbor
A vintage, sun-drenched romance where stubborn pride and unexpected inheritance clash among the rolling vineyards of the Rhineland.
Shares:
- cozy
- earnest
07
Rancher's Bride
Jeanne Allan
A comforting, classic romance that wraps you in the gentle drama of a pragmatic arrangement slowly blooming into real love.
Shares:
- cozy
- earnest
- gentle
08
The post at Gundooee
Amanda Doyle
A sun-baked, vintage clash of wills where a plucky heroine and a stern station manager battle their way to love in the isolated Australian outback.
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- sun-baked
- earnest
- wry
09
Somewhere to call home
Kerry Allyne
A classic, sun-drenched battle of wills where prickly defensiveness slowly melts into undeniable attraction.
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- earnest
10
The Texan rancher
Jane Corrie
A fiery battle of wills under the Texas sun, where stubborn pride inevitably melts into sweeping romance.
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- sun-baked
- earnest
11
At The Cattleman's Command
Lindsay Armstrong
A sun-drenched Outback romance crackling with love-hate tension and irresistible temptation.
Shares:
- sun-baked
- rustic
12
Rider of the hills
Miriam MacGregor
A breezy, sun-warmed vintage romance where professional boundaries melt under the pressure of close quarters and rural charm.
Shares:
- pastoral
- earnest
- lighthearted

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