Twist of Fate

Lauren Wood is used to being on her own. She is on the run from a man who has already raped her and has promised to kill her. For two years she has lived and scratched a living of sorts on her middle of nowhere wilderness property, laying low and living quietly. Her property is wild enough she is sure she can make herself disappear should death come knocking on her door. Besides, she has a secret other residence left by prior paranoid owners. A cave in the sandstone escarpment on her...
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Lauren Wood is used to being on her own. She is on the run from a man who has already raped her and has promised to kill her. For two years she has lived and scratched a living of sorts on her middle of nowhere wilderness property, laying low and living quietly. Her property is wild enough she is sure she can make herself disappear should death come knocking on her door. Besides, she has a secret other residence left by prior paranoid owners. A cave in the sandstone escarpment on her property, fitted out with the basics and steel doors that could be bolted from within. A bolt hole ? a panic room fit to weather out any threat. When she falls off her horse Lauren realizes the vulnerability of having to live on her own and in secret. Her injuries leave things looking pretty dire when out of nowhere, a tall dark handsome stranger arrives. She has no choice but to trust him.Matthew Carmichael had a successful career as a surgeon and a wife and family. When a devastating car crash took it all away from him, and he was faced with his dead and dying loved ones in the very emergency department where he worked. Devastated, Matt returned to his family's property in Tasmania, taking over the reins and making emotionally safe changes to his life and career. Buying his brother out of his share of the family holdings he buried himself in the quiet that is rural Tasmania, trying to forget. Until one day he stumbles across an injured woman out on the trail in the middle of nowhere while he's out riding. Matthew finds he cannot leave Lauren helpless or defenseless in spite of their short acquaintance. He rapidly falls for this strong independent woman in his care. As both their relationship and the threat to Lauren grows; can he keep Lauren safe from the trouble that seeks to hunt her down, long enough to make her his new wife?