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Ulverscroft, Linford Romance
Language
English
Description
Growing up in Sydney in the early 1800s, Abigail Moran knows only the constraints of a privileged life, and that she must hide the birthmark on her left hand at all costs. Yet the mark might prove to be the key that unlocks the secrets of her turbulent start in life aboard a convict ship - and, on a very different boat trip, it could open her eyes to real love...
Author
Publisher
Ulverscroft, Linford Romance
Language
English
Description
As a child, Charlotte Jackson arrived in Australia on the convict ship where her mother died. Now a young woman, she is thriving, a successful dressmaker and a junior partner at Hippesley's Emporium. But she yearns to belong, and dreams of returning to England to discover more about her family. Travelling over the sea to London, she wonders what kind of life she will find there. And what part might the handsome Alexander Melford play in it? Can they...
9) Finding Eden
Author
Publisher
Thorpe, Linford
Language
English
Description
18th-century London. The eldest child of a respectable watchmaker, Eva Bonner has no inkling of the catastrophic downward turn her life is about to take. Exploited, beaten, separated from her family, and wrongfully accused, she is transported to Australia as a virtual slave. Little wonder that when love finds her, she refuses to believe that it can possibly last...
10) The other place
Author
Publisher
Lindford
Language
English
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As children, orphans Keziah Bonner and her younger brother Henry suffered in St Margaret's Parish Workhouse. Hoping for an easier existence, they volunteered to go with Mr. Rigby and work in his cotton mill. But the world of the mill is harsh and dangerous, and years on, Keziah still dreams of a better life. Then Matthew Gregory, Mr. Rigby's charismatic but irresponsible nephew, takes a shine to Keziah... but will he be the ruin of her, or elevate...
Author
Publisher
Linford
Language
English
Description
Convicted of a crime she did not commit, and sentenced to the colonies in Australia, Georgiana had lost all hope... until she met Francis Brooks, Lieutenant on the transport ship and tasked with protecting her. Would she ever unravel all the secrets that kept them apart, and would she ever be free again - free to be herself, and free to love?
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