In the wake of her loss, and a failing marriage, Lucy is drawn into a world of spiritualism and theater-and into the path of dashing young playwright, Will Browning. And while she searches for answers, he will do anything to keep his secrets inside.įor Lucy Earnshaw and her husband Tom, their arrival on the goldfields of Australia is marred by grief.
When Violet disappears, Grace's fragile trust in Alexander is put to the test. Hiding from civilization in an attempt to forget his horrifying past, Alexander struggles to let Grace into his world. Deep in the wilderness, they find a crude hut inhabited by Alexander Dalton, an escaped convict long presumed dead. But as she treads a dangerous line between obedience and power, she learns the role of a factory lass is to remain silent-or face a walk to the gallows.Įnglish settler Grace Ashwell flees an abusive lover in Hobart Town, with six-year-old Violet in tow. Nell is given shelter by Lieutenant Blackwell, a brooding soldier to whom she is inexplicably drawn.
She is put to work at the female factory of Parramatta, where the women's only hope of food and lodgings is to offer their bodies to the settlement's men. In 1806, a fateful decision sends Eleanor Marling from the salons of London to a prison ship bound for New South Wales. Journey through the colonies of 19th-century Australia with three stand-alone novels of love, loss, survival, and redemption.
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