Living with him, teaching him how to love in return and, more importantly, how to love himself, was not.īut Travis knew all along it’d be worth it. Yet somehow, falling in love with Charlie was the easiest thing in the world. The man was stubborn, and riddled with crippling self-doubt. Until he met Sutton Station’s owner, Charlie. Something in his bones told him to go, though he had no clue as to why. Though it wasn’t really a decision at all. Moving from a Texas ranch to an Australian Outback station was a life changing decision for Travis Craig. It’s a story of love, family, holding on, letting go and coming home. He can deal with it all, as long as he has Travis.īut what happens when he doesn’t? Red Dirt Heart 3 is the story of Charlie Sutton finally realising he can be the man Travis Craig deserves, even if he doesn’t have Travis. He can even deal with an unexpected visitor and some shattering news. He can run a multimillion-dollar cattle business, finish his degree, try and further the local beef industry, deal with staff issues, Ma’s failing health, and an attention-demanding wombat. With Travis now a permanent fixture of Sutton Station, a permanent fixture at Charlie’s side, Charlie’s convinced he couldn’t do anything on his ever-growing to-do list without him. Life for Charlie Sutton has never been better, or busier.

When it all boils down to whether Travis should stay or go, maybe the decision won’t be theirs to make. And even as they both struggle to communicate, struggle to make sense of need versus want, Charlie can see that he’s pushing Travis away – yet seems helpless to stop it. But living and working together, twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, for six months straight starts to take its toll.Ĭharlie is a stubborn, stubborn man, who tends to have more conversations in his head than what comes out his mouth, whereas Travis has no problem saying what’s on his mind.

Six months on, winter has settled over the desert, and Charlie has the life he never dreamed possible. He had surrounded himself with isolation a couple million acres of red dirt, scorching sun and loneliness. Up until Travis arrived on his doorstep, Charlie had lived a very solitary life. But it’s not the barren, brutal and totally beautiful landscapes that capture him so completely. Determined to keep his head down and his heart in check, Charlie swears the red dirt that surrounds him – isolates him – runs through his veins.Īmerican agronomy student Travis Craig arrives at Sutton Station to see how farmers make a living from one of the harshest environments on earth. The Red Dirt Heart Series Collection Welcome to Sutton Station: One of the world’s largest working farms in the middle of Australia – where if the animals and heat don’t kill you first, your heart just might.Ĭharlie Sutton runs Sutton Station the only way he knows how the way his father did before him.

Red Dirt Heart by N.R. Walker