The Cautious Heart — Judith Worthy

Having driven hundreds of miles across the great red-dust outback of Western Australia, the least Sister Nerys Kent expects is a warm welcome when she finally arrived at the tiny hospital of Kolbardi. But the reception given her by the senior partner, Dr Hallam Vale, is even less friendly than the inhospitable landscape. And for a while Nerys is in danger of mistaking his cautious heart for downright hostility...