TY - BOOK AU - Creed,Therese TI - Charlotte's Creek SN - 9781743319178 : AV - PR9619.4.C74 U1 - A823.4 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Crows Nest, NSW PB - Allen & Unwin KW - Australian fiction KW - 21st century KW - Authors, Australian KW - Queensland KW - Women teachers KW - Fiction KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Australia KW - Ranchers KW - Country life KW - Romance fiction KW - fast KW - Rural conditions KW - Domestic fiction KW - Farm life Australia Fiction KW - Farming Australia Fiction KW - Australian KW - Love stories KW - gsafd KW - lcgft N1 - Record machine-generated from publisher information N2 - After a couple of years working in a privileged private school, Lucy Francis yearns for adventure. So when she hears about a job teaching four children on a massive cattle property in North Queensland, she decides to throw caution - and her teaching job - to the winds. When Lucy arrives at Charlotte's Creek Station she finds a family in crisis. To make matters worse, the four children she's been charged with educating are very spirited, not always cooperative, and dismally behind in their schooling. To Lucy, the only person who seems to be keeping Charlotte's Creek afloat is the family's gruff stockman, Ted. With his support and encouragement Lucy throws herself into the day-to-day activities of the station and makes excellent progress with the children. Though Lucy and Ted's feelings for each other grow, Ted can't see any future for them because of his lack of prospects. As the family divisions at Charlotte's Creek prove insurmountable and the property looks set to be put on the market, Lucy faces returning to the city and leaving Ted behind... By the betselling author of Redstone Station, this is the story of a strong young woman stepping into the unknown, trying to make things work, and finding love ER -