Holly Ford grew up in a farming community in the Hokonui Hills in the South Island of New Zealand. Having lived and worked on three continents, she returned to her own patch of land in rural New Zealand, which she now shares with her family, an ever-increasing population of magpies and hares, and the occasional vacationing dairy cow. Her bestselling novels, packed with gutsy women who aren't afraid to take what they want and men who are worth their trouble, celebrate life and love in some of the world's most rugged country: the vast, spectacular mountain farms that form the backbone of New Zealand.