Chasing Bullets

Tara Hunter used to be an undercover cop. Now she leads an easy existence in Byron Bay as an extreme sports guide. But her life is turned upside down when David Cooper, her ex-partner, appears at her local pub and their chequered past comes back to haunt her. Two years ago Cooper took a bullet meant for her and the ramifications caused her to leave Sydney. Partners can never be lovers, a truism she knows only too well from her own family saga.

Jaded by his work as an undercover police officer, Cooper joins an anti-terrorist unit who are hunting an extremist cell near Byron Bay. Physically he’s recovered from the bullet wound he received two years ago, but mentally he’s still scarred from Tara’s act of betrayal, leaving without any explanation.

Cooper persuades Tara her team of extreme sports guides are the perfect tool to help find the terrorists hiding in the jungle hinterland. Tara is forced to work closely with Coop and his anti-terrorism unit, and she soon finds the illicit desire they shared two years ago is back, stronger than ever.

When Coop is hurt in an abseiling accident, Tara finally acknowledges she might be falling in love with him all over again. Before she can reveal her feelings to Coop, he’s taken hostage and tortured by the extremists. Desperate, Tara joins the team sent in to rescue him. She finally comes to realise what it means to have the courage to love someone unconditionally, when she dives in front of a terrorist’s speeding bullet to save Cooper.