{"id":99,"date":"2011-01-02T15:55:48","date_gmt":"2011-01-02T15:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnhocking.net\/wordpressdemo\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2011-01-02T15:55:48","modified_gmt":"2011-01-02T15:55:48","slug":"the-farmer-needs-a-wife","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/johnhocking.net\/jg2025demo1\/977-2\/the-farmer-needs-a-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"The Farmer Needs a Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-511\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" title=\"The Farmer Needs a Wife published by Little Black Dress\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/TFNaW_200x302w.png\" alt=\"The Farmer Needs a Wife published by Little Black Dress\" \/>Helen Woodley, editor of Australia&#8217;s top magazine, had no idea how successful her new column would be. Who knew that if the country&#8217;s lovelorn farmers were profiled each week, readers would queue up to date them?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get ready to meet:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Artistic Farmer: <\/strong>Greg, who&#8217;d rather be doing something creative with his time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Confused Farmer: <\/strong>Peter, expecting a nanny for his twins, not a pretty girl wanting romance!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Unsuspecting Farmer: <\/strong>Matt, who has no idea his photo&#8217;s been published&#8230; yet.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, Leigh, the beautiful wine grower, who deserves a new chance at romance&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not all haystacks and pitchforks, girls &#8211; get ready for a scorching outback read!<\/p>\n<h3>Book Bonus<\/h3>\n<p>These pages offer some background to the story:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"?page_id=118\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">The making of The Farmer Needs A Wife<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"?page_id=122\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">A short story that formed the seed of one of the romances<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"?page_id=124\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Photos of some of the locations in the novel, and from Janet&#8217;s research.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"?page_id=127\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Find the farms and towns from the novel on a map of Australia <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Reviews<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;I absolutely loved it, and for the first time I really grasped the hugeness of the distances in Australia. Very much looking forward to the next one&#8230;&#8221; <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katiefforde.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Katie Fforde<\/a><\/cite><\/p>\n<p>Blue Ribbon Rating: 4.5 &#8211; &#8220;It is a debut novel that is sure to procure Ms. Gover a hefty list of devoted fans. &#8221; <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/romancejunkiesreviews.com\/artman\/publish\/contemporary\/The_Farmer_Needs_a_Wife.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pamela Denise, RomanceJunkiesReviews.com<\/a><\/cite><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;very intersting and diverse character portrayals.&#8221; <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thechronicle.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Chronicle<\/a><\/cite><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;lovely stuff &#8211; seriously &#8211; go buy a copy, you won&#8217;t be sorry.&#8221; <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/nelldixonrw.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/waiting-for-snow.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nell Dixon<\/a><\/cite><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;fantastic contemporary romance bursting with pathos, emotion, humour and heart&#8230; the delightful debut novel by a smashing new voice&#8221;<cite><a href=\"http:\/\/singletitles.com\/?p=1783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Julie Bonello, SingleTitles.com<\/a><\/cite><br \/>\n<!-- Buy the book --><\/p>\n<h4>Order <cite>The Farmer Needs a Wife<\/cite> in from:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B002TXZRHC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-471 alignleft\" style=\"border: 0px none; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"www.amazon.co.uk\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/JG14-amazon-uk.png\" alt=\"www.amazon.co.uk\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B002TXZRHC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-470\" style=\"border: 0px none; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"www.amazon.com\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/JG14-amazon-us.png\" alt=\"www.amazon.com\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/waterstonesweb\/simpleSearch.do?simpleSearchString=Janet+Gover+Farmer+Wife&amp;typeAheadFormSubmit.x=0&amp;typeAheadFormSubmit.y=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-477 alignleft\" style=\"border: 0px none; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"www.waterstones.com\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/JG14-waterstones.png\" alt=\"www.waterstones.com\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/artist\/janet-gover\/id419345985?mt=11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"purchase_link alignleft wp-image-5498 size-full\" style=\"border: 0px none; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/JG14-iBooks.png\" alt=\"Janet Gover on iBooks\" width=\"155\" height=\"34\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com.au\/dp\/B002TXZRHC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"purchase_link alignleft wp-image-4282 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/JG14-amazon-au.png\" alt=\"www.amazon.com.au\" width=\"155\" height=\"34\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/store.kobobooks.com\/en-US\/ebook\/the-farmer-needs-a-wife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"purchase_link alignleft wp-image-5764 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/JG14-Kobo.png\" alt=\"Kobo\" width=\"155\" height=\"34\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"\/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-510\" style=\"border: 0px none; margin-top:-80px;\" title=\"Large Print Edition\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/TFNaW_LP_200x295w.png\" alt=\"Large print edition of The Farmer Needs a Wife\" width=\"100\" \/>A large print edition is available for libraries in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<h2>Non-English language editions<\/h2>\n<p>My debut novel has been translated into German, Norwegian and Russian editions. 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