Bushfires, Bastards and LoveAustralia has always been dangerous...Ben Ashman is a man trapped in a small coastal town with only the three F's for distraction - fishing, firefighting and fucking. Yet he faces two problems - his thug of a father and half-brothers, and the fact that he sleeps with men. He keeps his head down, and tries to stay out of trouble. Most of the year, that is.Then Christmas rolls around and the sweltering summer brings blokes on their break and bushfires to battle. Into town comes Adrian King - rich, confident and good-looking - Adrian seems a great catch, and he's luring for Ben's attention. Yet the path to happiness is rough - a time of trials by fire. The choices they make in love and their lives may soon become a matter of survival...