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Book Synopsis''A deeply touching, delicious, slow burn of a love affair. A really excellent book and Jenny Ashcroft''s best yet.'' Dinah Jeffries
''The perfect way to lose myself, escaping from the every day to travel around the world.'' Louise Douglas
What if all you needed to do to find home, was leave?
Wanted: companion to escort a young, orphaned child home to Australia.
All expenses as well as passage covered.
Interested parties to apply without delay to 32 Williams Street, Belgravia.
Rose Hamilton is in desperate need of a fresh start. There are so many reasons she should ignore the advertisement: the war, those treacherous seas, her family, her fiancé... but she cannot help herself. Within weeks, she is boarding an enormous convoy, already too attached to five-year-old Walter Lucknow.
But rural Queensland, and the cattle station home of Walter''s parents, is not as either of them were t
Trade Review
Moving and beautifully written, this enchanting story of love and loss touched my heart. -- Dinah Jefferies * on Meet Me in Bombay *
Beautifully written and impressively researched, Island in the East is a stunner. Emotional, evocative and enthralling. -- Kate Furnivall * on Island in the East *
A moving, stirring love story, and so richly atmospheric. I could practically feel the sweat prickling on my skin -- Rachel Rhys * on Island in the East *
An evocative, absorbing story... A rich and satisfying read. -- Gill Paul * on Island in the East *
My heart! This book was sumptuous and hooked me from the first page... The location was beautifully exotic and the storyline just compelling. I loved it. -- Lorna Cook * on Meet Me in Bombay *
One of those rare and wonderful books that truly draws you into another place and time, word perfect, pitch perfect, detail perfect... Anyone who truly loves historical fiction should run to buy a copy of Meet Me in Bombay today. -- Lauren Willig * on Meet Me in Bombay *
Historical fiction at its atmospheric best -- Sarra Manning * Red Magazine on Island in the East *
Impossible to put down. -- Kate Riordan * on Island in the East *
I loved Island in the East. A fabulous book. -- Tracy Rees * on Island in the East *
With vivid descriptions of this vast country, and lovingly drawn characters, this book is a holiday must * Woman's Own *
An emotional, romantic read * My Weekly *
