___Far from the Whispering Sheoaks___An Australian Historical Fiction.

A Stolen Life. A public auction. A love that defies the law.

(Trigger Warning - contains some scenes of domestic violence.)

Set in Australia in 1817 - 1823
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In England, Fanny Little lost her freedom because of one little mistake. She is banished to the harsh shores of New South Wales. But the colony offers no mercy. Assigned and now married to the brutal ex-soldier Gordon McKenzie, Fanny is treated as mere property-until she is forced onto the auction block in a humiliating public sale.

Phil Bentley is a man with his own secrets, hiding from a treacherous family member half a world away. In a secluded farm, he finds the peace he craves-until he sees Fanny. Saving her means stepping out of the shadows and risking everything to protect her from McKenzie's inexplicable malice. His faith gives him the strength to save her, but will she listen to him?

The birth of their child changes everything. They must face a society that views their union as a scandal. At his Baptism, things change.
In a land of whispering sheoaks and dark secrets, can they truly outrun the shadows of the past?

Buy your copy of "Far from the Whispering Sheoaks" now to unravel the tendrils that have woven their way through too many lives.

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Another book in the Hunter to Macquarie Collection of Australian Historical novels.

(While illegal, Wife Selling (poor man's divorce) in the Victorian Era did occur until the mid 1800s. This story is inspired by wife-selling cases that occurred in Tasmania and Windsor, NSW.)

Tropes
Domestic violence.
Survival against all odds.
Unfair Convict assignments.
Second chance at love.
Unexpected ending.
Soldier gone wrong.
Public Wife Selling.
Not who she claims to be.
Happily ever after.