Tea Cooper
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A young prodigy in need of family.
A painting that shatters a woman's peace.
And, a decades-old mystery demanding to be solved.
Australia, 1906
Orphan Jane Piper is nine years old when philanthropist siblings Michael and Elizabeth Quinn take her into their home to further her schooling. The Quinns are no strangers to hardship. Having arrived in Australia as penniless immigrants, they now care for others as lost as they once were. Despite Jane's...
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From a bestselling Australian author comes a tale of double-dealing, adventure and the dark underbelly of 1920s Sydney...
In the aftermath of World War I, Sydney is no place for the fainthearted. Sly grog shops thrive, the cocaine trade flourishes and brothels abound. Into this big dark city comes fresh-faced country girl, Dolly Bowman, ready to risk everything in pursuit of her dreams. After all it's the 1920s - time to turn her back on her terrible...
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An unconventional woman clashes with colonial society in this spicy and sweet Australian—set historical romance.
His carefree bachelor days over, Christopher Matcham returns to Sydney to take responsibility for his mother, two stepsisters, and the family property. Fortune smiles on him when he is introduced to Matilda Sweet, a woman in need of work. Though unusual, Christopher senses that her fresh ideals and positive outlook can only benefit his...
4) Lily's Leap
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From Escape Publishing's Queen of historical Australian romance comes a new story about a privileged member of Australian's colonial squattocracy, a bushranger, and a very special horse.
Born into the rough, but still privileged society of the Australian colonial landowners, Lilibeth Dungarven finds herself married, widowed, and, much to her distress, back under her father's thumb, all before her twenty—first birthday. Determined not to forgo her...
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Crimson Romance
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2013.
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1 online resource
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"When darling photographer of the Sydney fashion scene Xander Fitzgerald takes a shot of Jeanie Baker, his ISO settings hit red alert and no one's life is ever the same again. Jeanie believes she is content - a small town girl happy running the Cafe Cinematique with her grandmother-but with Xander's arrival her life takes an unexpected turn and she finds herself unwillingly thrown into the limelight. For a girl with few ambitions Jeanie's new life...
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A gripping historical mystery for fans of Kate Morton and Natasha Lester's The Paris Seamstress, The Cartographer's Secret follows a young woman's quest to heal a family rift as she becomes entangled in one of Australia's greatest historical puzzles.
The Hunter Valley, 1880
Evie Ludgrove loves to map the landscape around her home-hardly surprising since she grew up in the shadow of her father's obsession with the great Australian explorer Dr. Ludwig...
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Buried secrets. An ancient fossil. And one woman's determination to unravel a nineteenth century mystery.
Australia, 1847. The last thing Mellie Vale remembers before the fever takes her is sprinting through the bush, a monster at her heels - but no one believes her. In a bid to curb Mellie's overactive imagination, her benefactors send her to visit a family friend, Anthea Winstanley. Anthea is an amateur paleontologist convinced she will one day...