{"product_id":"under-kakadu-skies-9781925827651","title":"Under Kakadu Skies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCompelling new Australian romantic suspense from the rugged heart of Kakadu, by the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eCurrawong Creek\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a painful betrayal, Sydney wildlife biologist Jo Reid takes a job in Kakadu National Park, hoping distance will help her escape the rawness of her shattered life. She expects difficult fieldwork, punishing heat and long days among the floodplains. What she doesn't expect is to be so deeply changed by the ancient escarpments, forests and crocodile-haunted waterways of the Top End - a landscape as beautiful as it is unforgiving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking in remote country soon brings Jo into the orbit of Kai Walker, a solitary park ranger whose quiet strength and deep knowledge of the land unsettle her in ways she isn't ready to examine. Kai is wary of outsiders, especially city scientists with notebooks and theories, yet he recognises Jo's courage, intelligence and fierce commitment to the creatures she has come north to protect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs their guarded partnership begins to shift into something more complicated, Jo senses that all is not well in the wild country around them. Small signs gather like storm clouds: disturbed habitats, missing wildlife, uneasy silences, and the feeling that someone is watching from the shadows. The deeper Jo is drawn into Kai's world, the harder it becomes to separate the danger closing in from the truths she has been running from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen events take a terrifying turn, Jo must summon every scrap of courage she possesses - not only to survive, but to decide who she can trust with her future. And Kai, haunted by losses of his own, must face what it means to let someone close again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet beneath the vast skies and ancient escarpments of the Northern Territory, \u003cem\u003eUnder Kakadu Skies\u003c\/em\u003e is a moving and suspenseful Australian romance about betrayal, courage, wild places and the fragile, hard-won beauty of learning to trust again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pilyara Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781925827651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d","brand":"Jennifer Scoullar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53024858013877,"sku":"9781925827651","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781925827651.jpg?v=1787668047","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/under-kakadu-skies-9781925827651","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}