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  • Published: 23 November 2009
  • ISBN: 9780143202431
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $24.99
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The Hunter's Wife




‘Out of Africa meets White Mischief… a bittersweet, entertaining mix of Hollywood, obsessive love and the unbearable longing for what is not possible.’ Australian Women’s Weekly Book of the Month

From the internationally bestselling author of Make Me an Idol, The Rain Queen and The Stone Angel.
Mara, a young Australian, marries a big-game hunter who lives on the spectacular grasslands of East Africa. Three years later, their safari lodge is in trouble - and so, too, is their marriage.

When a Hollywood movie crew descends to film on location, Mara knows this could be the lodge's salvation. She thrives on her sudden responsibility and independence, but she also finds herself dangerously attracted to the film's leading man.

From an internationally bestselling author comes this poignant love story set against the breathtaking backdrop of Tanzania. The Hunter's Wife is a powerful and moving story of a young woman's heartfelt struggle to reconcile duty and desire.

'Captures the very essence of East Africa... one of Australia's most respected women's fiction authors.' The Courier-Mail

'Beautifully written and a crowd-pleaser.' The Herald Sun

'A moving tale of love, duty and desire.' Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin

'This book has just about everything . . . A deeply moving love story . . . In a word, unputdownable.' Weekly Times

  • Published: 23 November 2009
  • ISBN: 9780143202431
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $24.99
Categories:

About the author

Katherine Scholes

Katherine Scholes is the author of international bestsellers including The Rain Queen, Make Me An Idol, The Stone Angel, The Hunter’s Wife, The Lioness, The Perfect Wife and Congo Dawn. She is particularly popular in Europe, where she has sold over two million books.

Her novel The Blue Chameleon won a New South Wales Premier's Literary Award and The Stone Angel was longlisted in the International Dublin Literary Awards. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages, and includes children’s titles as well as novels for adults. She has also worked as a documentary filmmaker.

Katherine was born in Tanzania, the daughter of a doctor and an artist. Parts of her childhood were spent camping in remote areas where her father operated a clinic from his Land Rover and her mother painted. When she was ten, the family left Africa, going briefly to England, then migrating to Australia. She now lives in Tasmania with her husband and two sons, but makes regular trips back to her homeland, where many of her novels are set.

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Awards & recognition

Romantic Book of the Year Award

Shortlisted  •  2010  •  Romantic Elements