by Jessica Kate
She grew up on dairy farms on the edge of the Outback and is relieved that all those hours spent milking and daydreaming of being an author have actually paid off. A Girl’s Guide to the Outback is her second book.
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Acclaim for Jessica Kate
“Combining breathtaking realness, natural humor, and scorching romantic chemistry that leaps off the page, author Jessica Kate has given us a thoroughly modern tale about risk, acceptance, and the true meaning of home. Crackling with electricity and overflowing with heart, A Girl’s Guide to the Outback is one you won’t want to miss. Fair dinkum!”
—Bethany Turner, award-winning author of The Secret Life of Sarah Hollenbeck and Wooing Cadie McCaffrey
“A Girl’s Guide to the Outback is as charming as it is hilarious! Jessica Kate’s fresh and unique voice is both humorous and endearing, leaving you no choice but to abandon all personal responsibilities so you can devour every page. This is one of those stories that leaves you looking around for the characters after you’ve finished reading, because they just had to be real.”
—Betsy St. Amant, author of The Key to Love, coming October 2020
“Original, heartwarming, full of lovable characters amid a fast-paced plot. Romance readers will love the bicontinental adventure of a sassy, strong-willed woman going across the ocean to win back the Aussie man who holds the key to her career dreams—but also, as it turns out, so much more.”
—Melissa Ferguson, author of The Dating Charade, on A Girl’s Guide to the Outback
“This captivating tale from Kate explores a woman’s pain and hardship as she questions her faith . . . With believably flawed characters, this affecting tale of deceit and redemption, which questions what it means to forgive, will elicit strong reactions from Christian inspirational readers interested in stories with strong moral themes.”
—Publishers Weekly on Love and Other Mistakes
“A stunning debut. Clever and well written. I love how Jessica Kate breathes new life into romance. This tale of love and redemption will stay with you long after you’ve closed the book. A must-read.”
—Rachel Hauck, New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding Dress, on Love and Other Mistakes
“Witty. Charming. Heartfelt. I could go on and on about Jessica Kate’s debut novel. From its highly relatable characters to its pitch-perfect dialogue, Love and Other Mistakes is a delightful, romantic read filled with just the right amount of sass. I lost count of the number of times I laughed out loud as I watched Natalie and Jem navigate their relationships, careers, and faith. Definitely one of the most enjoyable books I’ve read lately, and I can’t wait to see what’s next from Jessica Kate!”
—Melissa Tagg, Carol Award–winning author of Now and Then and Always and the Walker Family series
“Love and Other Mistakes wraps a poignant and warm look at relationships within a smart, sly, and knowing comedic voice. Readers of Sally Thorne and Bethany Turner will be immediately at home with Natalie: an all-too-real heroine who balances whip-smart agency with an endearing vulnerability and whose intersection with long-lost Jeremy helps her forge a path to confidence and discover the woman she was always meant to be. Kate’s unputdownable debut recognizes that all human relationships—familial, friendship, romantic—are worth the keen eye and clever insight of her talented pen.”
—Rachel McMillan, author of the Van Buren and DeLuca Mysteries
“If you’re looking for a story with sass on top of style, or a fresh voice pumped full of fun, you need to read Love and Other Mistakes. Then after you’ve enjoyed this—and I’m confident you will—make a date with whatever this exciting new author writes next!”
—David Rawlings, author of The Baggage Handler
Also by Jessica Kate
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Copyright
A Girl’s Guide to the Outback
© 2020 Jessica Kate Everingham
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or other—except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson. Thomas Nelson is a registered trademark of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc.
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Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation. © 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Publisher’s Note: This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. All characters are fictional, and any similarity to people living or dead is purely coincidental.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kate, Jessica, author.
Title: A girl’s guide to the Outback : a novel / Jessica Kate.
Description: Nashville, Tennessee : Thomas Nelson, [2020] | Summary: "Romance author Jessica Kate explores the hilariously thin line between love and hate in her heartwarming new novel"-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019032265 (print) | LCCN 2019032266 (ebook) | ISBN 9780785229612 (trade paper) | ISBN 9780785229629 (ebook) | ISBN 9780785229636 (audio download)
Subjects: GSAFD: Christian fiction. | Love stories.
Classification: LCC PR9619.4.K366 G57 2020 (print) | LCC PR9619.4.K366 (ebook) | DDC 823/.92--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019032265
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019032266
Printed in the United States of America
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