From award-winning author, Laura Garden, comes QUEENSLAND MADONNA, a Sapphic Outback Western like no other. Gay marriage isn’t legal in Australia, but that might be about to change. High in the misty mountains of Far North Queensland lies sheep farm Upsend Downs, nestled between the Outback and the rainforest. Nev Bickerman has always secretly longed for a family as much as her larger-than-life best friend and farmhand, Ron, who she may or may not be sleeping with. But when single mom Ron’s reckless plan to have a second child (with or without her) sets Nev spiraling, Nev wonders if they were better off as friends. Keeping their blossoming relationship a secret is a risky solution, but Nev hopes it will protect her heart if Ron leaves. Soccer coach and AFL player Ronnie Madonna has it all; a ten-year-old daughter, land of her own, a motorbike, a fun job working with a woman she loves, and a trailer. But after her ectopic pregnancy last year, she still feels incomplete. Nev’s drinking problem isn’t helping. When the Dry Season makes the farm a tinderbox and bushfire tears through Upsend Downs, Ronnie is seriously injured fighting the fire. Will almost losing Ron shake Nev out of the rut she has been in? Will Nev risk everything for the chance at motherhood she thought she sacrificed long ago? PRAISE FOR THE QUEENSLANDER SERIES: "Queenslander is so many things: a lyrical ode to Queensland and its people, an exploration of love in all its many forms, a double portrait of two women who only appear to be perfect opposites to one another, but in fact share a bond deeper than blood. Queenslander, like its protagonists Ronnie and Nev, never gives up its secrets easily, but the rewards along the way are well worth the journey. Lush and transportive, tender and fierce, this is a novel that lives on well after the last page." —Hesse Phillips, author of Lightborne "A moving story about queer family, identity, and belonging set on a sheep farm in Australia, Queenslander shows how people can atone for their past mistakes and discover who they're meant to be.” —Milo Todd, nationally bestselling author of The Lilac People