Under the Southern Cross

A lesbian struggling with the problems of coming out. Employed as a tour director in Australia, Alexandra Findlay faces a dilemma when she falls in love with Lee Paynter, the openly lesbian head of a U.S. travel company, whom she has been assigned to escort on outback tours. An earlier affair whose exposure resulted in her lover losing a job has made Alexandra sharply aware of what public knowledge of her sexual identity could cost her, particularly since she works with Steve Monahan, a homophobe who is competing with Alexandra for a promotion [Library Journal].