Emily's Cowboy — Donna Gallagher

League of Love:

They may be rugged gladiators of the modern world, playing the sometimes brutal sport of Rugby League, but-just like the gladiators of old-they are loyal and noble men. They are the stars of the Jets Rugby League team, loyal men who lead by their actions, not just words. Men who show love and respect, standing together as one to protect those they care about. And for the women they love, no desire is left unfilled. The men and women of the Jets live and love with passion and pride.

Emily's Cowboy by Donna Gallagher

Book five in the League of Love Series.

When love is not enough to heal the scars, both physical and mental, of the one you thought you would spend your life with…what else is there?

It's such a cliché -- country boy moves to the big city to follow his dreams, leaving his girl and everything he loves behind -- but that's exactly what Gareth Andrews has done. Playing rugby league is Gareth's dream, and he's signed with one of the best teams in the competition, the Sydney Jets.

Of course, that has meant a move to the big city and leaving Emily Mackenzie and everything he loves behind. Not that Gareth hasn't begged her to join him in the city -- he has, on bended knee -- but Emily needs to stay in Gunnedah and help her father on the family farm until her brother's stint in the armed forces is over. But Gareth knows it's more than that. Emily is hiding away, embarrassed by the scars that mar her body in a constant reminder of the bushfire that nearly took her life.

Can love give Emily the courage to face strangers again when her father is badly injured and Gareth shows up at the hospital to support her? Or will she let her fear and shame get the better of her, and break her one true love's heart for a second time?


Donna Gallagher

About the Author:

Sydney-born Donna Gallagher decided at an early age that life needed be tackled head on. Leaving home at fifteen, she supported herself through her teen years. In her twenties she married a professional sportsman, her love of sport -- especially rugby league -- probably overriding her good sense.

The seven -- year marriage was an adventure. There were the emotional ups and downs of having a husband with a public profile in a sometimes glamorous but always high -- pressure field. There were always interesting characters to meet and observe, and even the opportunity to live for a time in the UK.