This story is about 3 lives; a young boy raised in the outback, the son of a property owner and a young son of a rodeo woman. Each of their lives combines both in romance and destiny. It tells of their fight to survive the harsh conditions of the Australian outback and how they fight the elements to find a life for themselves.Jack was born in the outback to a stockman on a large property in Queensland’s Channel Country. As the drought takes effect, his father is put off and they struggle to live as jobs are scarce in Windorah where they decide to live. Jack’s father is killed in a terrible accident and Jack is forced to leave his mother and head towards the city looking for work. He finds temporary work as a fruit picker and a new lifestyle but also finds a wife and starts his own family. But he is a country boy at heart and eventually he convinces his wife to return to the property where he grew up.David is the son of the property owner. He feels the isolation of a vast property and needs to leave to find his own life and a partner to share that life. He travels to the USA and to Palm Springs to see a rodeo and finds Josephine; a rodeo rider and falls in love. She has a son only 3 years his junior and she is 14 years his elder, but they become constant companions and David manages to talk Joe into going to Australia for the Christmas period with him; but she won’t go without Joey her son and his boyfriend Harry, so David agrees.Joey was 15 years old when David came into his life as a prospective father. He liked David but more because he made his mother feel good and happy. They travel the circuit together for a couple of months before agreeing to head to Australia for the Christmas period; a time of inactivity for the rodeo circuit. Harry returns to America after a few weeks but Joey enjoys the lifestyle of a fence rider and meets the man of his dreams.There is some gay content in this story; but what story these days does not include some gay content. It is a novel of 3 romances and how each romance depends on the other for support and guidance.