Kirjahaku

"A Woman Transported is a grand sweeping story that takes the reader from the slums of London to the untamed splendor of Australia. I really enjoyed the details and complexities of the story and characters. Definitely a worth while read." Heather Gregson Author of Dog of War "I loved this historical novel set in the early 1800s, and would highly recommend it." Brenda - Goodreads "If you love historical romance novels with strong female leads and steamy sex scenes, you will thoroughly enjoy this book. And, even if you aren't the biggest fan of romance, the story will still keep you intrigued and interested." Heather J Jackson - Goodreads --------------------------------- Isabel is faced with only one choice - fight her way out of the rookery of St Giles with her wit and beauty and somehow follow the ship that sent her mother to the sunburned convict land of Australia, or else die too young after a short life of wretchedness. At the height of the convict transportation to Australia, an unseen boundary separates the poor from the rich. Isabels stunning beauty and strong will attract the attention of a wealthy man, but the upper classes have their own secrets, secrets entwined with hers. Daily, she has learned hard lessons on the mean streets of London, but they can't teach her fast enough about the treachery of the wealthy. She must navigate both the gardens of the upper class and back alleys of the downtrodden in two continents. And she will, or die trying to find her mother.

From the bestselling author of A Woman Transported. Unforgivable is the story of a teenage girl and a young nun caught up in the great religious and social upheaval brought on by Vatican II, and a thriving adoption industry driven by society's fierce disapproval of unmarried mothers. Seventeen-year-old Sylvia, like many unmarried teenage mothers across Australia in 1966, is forced to wait for the birth of her child in one of the homes and hospitals run by the Catholic Church. St Joseph's Hospital, managed by the Sisters of St Anthony, has never had a girl walk out the front gate without first leaving behind her baby. But the sisters had never met Sylvia, defiant and headstrong and determined to keep her child.

From the bestselling author of A Woman Transported comes a story of the House of Guelph (Hanover) when the English throne lingered at a far distance like a dim star. Seventeenth century Germany, France and England, are places where love takes a backseat to power - power over people and places. Beautiful El onore is deeply in love with George William, heir of a German duchy, and he with her. But he hides a secret that makes a legal marriage impossible. George William's younger brother, Ernest, and his own bride are desperate to block George William's marriage. If George William never has any male heirs by a legal marriage, then Ernest's sons will inherit George William's lands and holdings. There are other brothers wanting land too. The brothers' plots against each other are only half of it. King Louis XIV of France has designs on German territory and aims to take it by force. Courtesans, all the fashion in France, now sprout like mushrooms in a German forest. None is more ambitious than Klara, forced to return to her homeland from the Court of King Louis. Her version of love is monetary. The layered schemes of the upper crust make life treacherous for their powerless offspring, especially young Sophia Dorothea, who must smother her heart's yearnings and yield to the cold commands of her elders or suffer serious consequences. Playing with Fire weaves together the threads of greed, lust, honour and brutality at the dawn of the Industrial age.

Politics, treachery and passion intertwine in this tale inspired by true events during the life of Princess Sophia Dorothea - the ancestress of the dynasty that reigns over Great Britain to this day. Princess Sophia Dorothea, beautiful, vivacious, and raised in all manners French by her mother, is the bastard daughter of a powerful German duke. In the late 1600s, she only cares that she can choose a marriage partner, but is trapped by her elders, hungry for more power and greater influence. European nobles of all ages and stature seek her hand in marriage. They all want to secure her father's lands with their castles, villages, and citizens as well as the huge dowry that comes with her. Sophia Dorothea's hated and coarse cousin, the Crown Prince of Hanover, becomes her main suitor. In Hanover's glittering, debauched, and treacherous court, not all wish to see Sophia Dorothea rise higher. She fights against being used as a political pawn, but will she find a soul mate or be whipped and branded as a rebellious outcast? Politics, treachery and passion intertwine in this tale inspired by true events during the life of Princess Sophia Dorothea - the ancestress of the dynasty that reigns over Great Britain to this day - of the Duchy of Celle in old Germany. Princess Sophia Dorothea, beautiful, vivacious, and raised in all manners French by her mother, is the bastard daughter of a powerful German duke. In the late 1600s, she only cares that she can choose a marriage partner, but is trapped by her elders, hungry for more power and greater influence. European nobles of all ages and stature seek her hand in marriage. They all want to secure her father's lands with their castles, villages, and citizens as well as the huge dowry that comes with her. Sophia Dorothea's hated and coarse cousin, the Crown Prince of Hanover, becomes her main suitor. In Hanover's glittering, debauched, and treacherous court, not all wish to see Sophia Dorothea rise higher. She fights against being used as a political pawn, but will she find a soul mate or be whipped and branded as a rebellious outcast?