A lost little girl. A painting from the past. "Colours of Gold by Kaye Dobbie is a captivating tale combining mystery, romance, history and a touch of 'other’." - Shelleyrae at Book'd Out. In 1867, Alice is rescued from the river by a paddle boat captain. Soon it is discovered she has a gift—she can see from the auras of those around her who will live and who will die. Cast out of her new family, she joins forces with Rosey and they run off to the goldfields to make their fortune. And vanish into the mists of time. Present Day. Annie restores paintings and when she makes a discovery in an abandoned hotel, she is captivated by the faces of two long ago girls. Who were they? Annie sets out on a journey of her own, to uncover the truth about Alice and Rosey, and in the process discovers something of herself. Mystery, adventure, a ghost, love and loss. The past entwines with the present in a way that will change the lives of all it touches.
In 1998 Kate O'Hara rents an old cottage on the banks of a river in Tasmanian. But the place is haunted by Devlin, a boatman from convict times. Ghostly footsteps, the splash of oars on the river, and a rip in the fabric of time.
Kaye Dobbie returns with a captivating new family saga. An interrupted phone call and a mysterious disappearance bring a family's secret past crashing into the present... 1969: Small–town girl Faith Taylor leaves her family home in Willow Tree Bend and lands a job at the Angel–Melbourne's most infamous nightclub. While Faith relishes her new–found freedom, she can't help noticing that some things about the club don't add up. So when a policeman reveals that a former waitress was murdered, Faith realises she must help to bring down the shadowy owner behind the club's activities. More than thirty years later, what happened at the Angel remains a closely held secret. When Faith disappears, her sister Hope–now a famous movie star–is left with an intriguing, though frustrating, piece of the puzzle. But with a tell–all documentary film crew constantly by her side, how can she find where Faith is–and what she's hiding–while making sure her own secrets stay hidden? Faith's daughter, Sam, is also concerned by her mother's uncharacteristic behaviour. When she overhears a clue to Faith's past, she's determined to unearth the truth. What is the connection between the Angel and Willow Tree Bend? What does Faith's disappearance mean? And what will happen when the final secret is revealed?
Can respectable Cleo find love with black sheep Jacob? 1858. Alone in Nugget Gully, a goldrush town in Australia, Cleo sets up business as a milliner. Independent and respectable Cleo is determined to be successful but finds herself in financial difficulty. Also in Nugget Gully is disreputable black sheep Jacob Raines. He comes to Cleo’s aid when she needs him, and grateful as she is, if her association with Jacob was known her reputation would be ruined. And yet, despite everything, Cleo and Jacob cannot stay away from each other. Scandal follows, but will they have a happy ending? This is a reissue of a book previously written by Kaye Dobbie under her penname Deborah Miles
A love so strong it will bind them together forever… or tear them apart. 1835. It begins with a wish made on Midsummer’s Eve, Richmond Bridge, Van Diemen’s Land. Orphaned Rachel, daughter of a bushranger, doesn’t know that the man she falls in love with isn’t the hero she believes him to be. After they marry, their happiness is torn asunder when Will’s terrible secret is revealed. With Will gone, Rachel travels to the Port Phillip District to make a life there. As the years pass, their lives separate and intersect, but always there is the bond. Like an unbreakable thread, it stretches between them, holding the promise of a happiness that seems just out of reach. In her loneliness, Rachel turns to another man, while Will returns to his origins, hunting down criminals and bringing them to justice. Eventually fate brings them together again. Rachel, once more by Will’s side, longs to regain the love she once lost. But Will may never be able to put aside his hurt and forgive her, no matter how much he wants to. Can they resolve their differences at last? Can the wish Rachel made on that long ago evening finally weave its magic?
A sweeping tale of passion and survival from the Victorian goldfields to the dark heart of Sydney Town. Winter 1852. Adam has just returned from the Californian goldfields and is heading for Bendigo in Victoria, the new El Dorado. He comes across Ella, injured, penniless and with only the clothes she is wearing. Adam is the son of a convict with the determination and intelligence to 'better' himself. Despite her current circumstances, it is obvious to him that Ella is a lady, and although Adam might believe himself as good as any man, the class divide remains. When Ella wakes beside an isolated lagoon, all she can remember are frightening and tantalizing pieces of a dream. Even her name isn't her own, but one given to her by Adam, who has agreed to her travelling with him while she struggles to discover the truth. As the days go by, and their journey northwards continues, Ella learns to adjust to the harsh realities of her new life and grows to like and admire her unlikely companion. Ella and Adam must find their way through old dangers and newfound love, to confront the shocking truth. A truth that will change their future forever.
A lonely windswept lighthouse island in Bass Strait hides a dangerous secret hundreds of years in the making ... Secrets and sabotage keep readers guessing in the new novel from Australian author Kaye Dobbie. 1882 Laura Webster and her father are the stalwart keepers of Benevolence Island Lighthouse, a desolate place stranded in the turbulent Bass Strait. When a raging storm wrecks a schooner just offshore, the few survivors take shelter with the Websters, awaiting rescue from the mainland. But some of the passengers have secrets that lead to dreadful consequences, the ripples of which echo far into the future ... 2020 Nina and her team of volunteers arrive on Benevolence to work on repairs, with plans to open up the island to tourists. Also on the expedition, for reasons of his own, is Jude Rawlins, a man Nina once loved. A man who once destroyed her. But the idyllic location soon turns into a nightmare as random acts of sabotage leave them with no communication to the mainland and the sense of someone on the island who shouldn't be there. The fingers of those secrets from the passengers lost long ago are reaching into the present, and Nina will never be the same again ... PRAISE FOR KAYE DOBBIE: 'If you love dual timeline historical novels featuring strong, feisty heroines, then you'll enjoy The Keepers of the Lighthouse. It's a haunting read that has stayed with me days after the final page.' - Better Reading 'Keepers of the Lighthouse is a fabulous tale full of mystery and intrigue ... With rich and vivid descriptions, characters to cheer and characters to curse, this is a tale that truly captivated me.' - Great Reads and Tea Leaves 'Dobbie's trademark style of rich Australian history, intrigue, romance and fully realised settings makes this latest release a fabulous read.' - Mrs B's Book Reviews 'A wonderfully immersive read' - The Daily Telegraph
In 1928 Evie Woodward is running from a past she barely understands. A widow with a young son she agrees to become partners with Daniel Roxburgh in a Psychic Detective Agency. But their bogus investigations soon take on a very real turn. Daniel lives his life in the shadows of Melbourne’s gangster world. He’s a dangerous man but he’d do anything for Evie. Just as happiness is in their grasp, an investigation in a house called Blue Waters goes very wrong. Evie’s past is catching up with her and Daniel may not be able to save her.
1931, Belle's mystery inheritance brings her to Sweet Wattle Creek, where she hopes to unlock the secret of her birth. Instead she finds a boy she had forgotten and begins to build a new life. Michael, a scarred WW1 pilot, longs to fly again. He knows some of the answers to Belle's questions but he has secrets of his own. Together they provide a home for two young girls, 'travellers' escaping from the city during the Great Depression. But can they find happiness in a town that is turning against them? 1986, Sophie, a recently arrived reporter on the local newspaper, is given an old wedding dress. Who did it belong to? With the help of a researcher, Ian, she attempts to solve the mystery. When the centennial celebrations get under way visitors flock to Sweet Wattle Creek and Sophie is worried someone will recognise her. She knows she cannot give herself away because her past is dangerous, and her son's life depends on her being invisible. And then things go very wrong. Sweet Wattle Creek gives up its secrets in this tale of strong women separated by time. Set in Victoria, Sweet Wattle Creek covers three generations of women, Martha and Belle, and Sophie.
In 1901 Colonsay belongs to wily politician Cosmo Cunningham, and his beautiful young wife Ambrosine. These were turbulent times, and Cosmo is at the forefront of the push to create the Australian Federation. Important guests come and go, but there are undercurrents in the household. Alice, a young servant, can sense an approaching tragedy and tries to avert it. In 1999 Rosamund Cunningham reluctantly returns to her family home, Colonsay. Her personal life is a mess, her politically ambitious husband is planning to divorce her, and the last thing she wants to do is delve into the past. But Colonsay has secrets and soon odd things start happening. Bumps in the night, the scent of long ago flowers, and the ghost of a young servant girl. As Rosamund learns the truth about the past, her own life starts to unravel.
An interrupted phone call and a mysterious disappearance bring a family's secret past crashing into the present ... 1969: Small-town girl Faith Taylor leaves her family home in Willow Tree Bend and lands a job at the Angel-Melbourne's most infamous nightclub. While Faith relishes her new-found freedom, she can't help noticing that some things about the club don't add up. So when a policeman reveals that a former waitress was murdered, Faith realises she must help to bring down the shadowy owner behind the club's activities. More than thirty years later, what happened at the Angel remains a closely held secret. When Faith disappears, her sister Hope-now a famous movie star-is left with an intriguing, though frustrating, pieceof the puzzle. But with a tell-all documentary film crew constantly by her side, how can she find where Faith is-and what she's hiding-while making sure her own secrets stay hidden?Faith's daughter, Sam, is also concerned by her mother's uncharacteristic behaviour. When she overhears a clue to Faith's past, she's determined to unearth the truth. What is the connection between the Angel and Willow Tree Bend? What does Faith's disappearance mean? And what will happen when the final secret is revealed?
A passion for photography draws two stories together across time to Mackenzie Crossing. Neville 'Pom' Darling, is on the hunt for the perfect photograph. Skye Stewart, is searching for her long lost grandfather. It's 1939, and Neville, escaping an unhappy marriage and his memories of the Great War, finds himself in Mackenzie Crossing on the day of the terrible Black Friday bushfires. He meets the beautiful Georgie Mackenzie and in an instant knows that she is the subject he has been looking for. As the heat intensifies, Georgie and Pom begin to wonder if they have a future together; but first, they must survive the blaze. Almost sixty years later, Sky Stewart returns to the area in search of her grandfather. Did he survive the Black Friday bushfires? Who is the exotic woman in the photograph she found? But when she arrives in Elysian, the closest town to where Mackenzie Crossing used to be, she finds more of her hidden past than she bargained for. A more recent past which she would prefer stayed forgotten...
A passion for photography draws two stories together across time to Mackenzie Crossing. Neville 'Pom' Darling, is on the hunt for the perfect photograph. Skye Stewart, is searching for her long lost grandfather. It's 1939, and Neville, escaping an unhappy marriage and his memories of the Great War, finds himself in Mackenzie Crossing on the day of the terrible Black Friday bushfires. He meets the beautiful Georgie Mackenzie and in an instant knows that she is the subject he has been looking for. As the heat intensifies, Georgie and Pom begin to wonder if they have a future together; but first, they must survive the blaze. Almost sixty years later, Sky Stewart returns to the area in search of her grandfather. Did he survive the Black Friday bushfires? Who is the exotic woman in the photograph she found? But when she arrives in Elysian, the closest town to where Mackenzie Crossing used to be, she finds more of her hidden past than she bargained for. A more recent past which she would prefer stayed forgotten...
1832. Mary Anne has spent most of her life lying and stealing to survive—and pretending to be the lady she is not. On her way to Hobart and involved in yet another scheme, her ship founders and she finds herself alone in a settlement on the isolated west coast of Van Diemen’s Land. Lieutenant Luke Rowe is a disgraced officer sent to the wilds to keep the convicts in order. The settlers don’t like him, and neither does Mary Anne, or so she tells herself. But Luke saved her from drowning and in his eyes that means she belongs to him. But is Luke really the man he seems, and is Mary Anne making a grave mistake in trusting him with her heart?
1838 Sydney is a rough and dangerous place. Bregetta, alone after her mother’s death, falls in love with the serious and charismatic Sergeant Alistair Duncan. He seems to be just in love with her, but outside parties meddle, and they part acrimoniously. A year later and Bregretta has made a new life on the Hawkesbury River. Until Alistair arrives to take up a post there. In the dangerous world of settlers and convicts, who is friend and who is foe? As she and Alistair are drawn together once more, they must decide whether it is worth taking a second chance on happiness.
A sweeping tale of passion and survival from the Victorian goldfields to the dark heart of Sydney Town. Winter 1852. Adam has just returned from the Californian goldfields and is heading for Bendigo in Victoria, the new El Dorado. He comes across Ella, injured, penniless and with only the clothes she is wearing. Adam is the son of a convict with the determination and intelligence to 'better' himself. Despite her current circumstances, it is obvious to him that Ella is a lady, and although Adam might believe himself as good as any man, the class divide remains. When Ella wakes beside an isolated lagoon, all she can remember are frightening and tantalizing pieces of a dream. Even her name isn't her own, but one given to her by Adam, who has agreed to her travelling with him while she struggles to discover the truth. As the days go by, and their journey northwards continues, Ella learns to adjust to the harsh realities of her new life and grows to like and admire her unlikely companion. Ella and Adam must find their way through old dangers and newfound love, to confront the shocking truth. A truth that will change their future forever.
A lost little girl. A painting from the past. "Colours of Gold by Kaye Dobbie is a captivating tale combining mystery, romance, history and a touch of 'other’." - Shelleyrae at Book'd Out. In 1867, Alice is rescued from the river by a paddle boat captain. Soon it is discovered she has a gift—she can see from the auras of those around her who will live and who will die. Cast out of her new family, she joins forces with Rosey and they run off to the goldfields to make their fortune. And vanish into the mists of time. Present Day. Annie restores paintings and when she makes a discovery in an abandoned hotel, she is captivated by the faces of two long ago girls. Who were they? Annie sets out on a journey of her own, to uncover the truth about Alice and Rosey, and in the process discovers something of herself. Mystery, adventure, a ghost, love and loss. The past entwines with the present in a way that will change the lives of all it touches.
M. M. Kaye, author of The Far Pavilions, sweeps her readers back to the vast, glittering, sunbaked continent of India. Shadow of the Moon is the story of Winter de Ballesteros, a beautiful English heiress who has come to India to be married. It is also the tale of Captain Alex Randall, her escort and protector, who knows that Winter's husband to be has become a debauched wreck of a man. When India bursts into flaming hatreds and bitter bloodshed during the dark days of the Mutiny, Alex and Winter are thrown unwillingly together in the brutal and urgent struggle for survival.
Emilia wants her husband back…But are the dead best left undisturbed? 1919, London. WW1 has ended. Eighteen months ago Emilia’s journalist husband, Owen Flett, who was on assignment on the Western Front, was reported missing presumed dead. When she is drawn into attending a seance by medium Anna Ward, Emilia meets the mysterious Dr McIvor. He claims he can bring Owen back to her. Although Emilia does not accept such a thing is possible, she wants so desperately to believe it that she agrees. And then Owen returns. Surely the timing was a coincidence, and there must be a logical explanation. At first just having him back is enough, but as her joy recedes Emilia grows more and more puzzled by Owen’s behaviour. Why is he so different from the man she knew before? Could the changes be explained by his experiences during the war, or is it something more sinister? Something she can barely bring herself to believe.
Written by celebrated author M. M. Kaye, Death in the Andamans is a wonderfully evocative mystery... When a violent storm lashes the tiny Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal, Copper Randal barely manages a safe return to Government House. She does get back in one piece with her hostess, Valerie Masson, Val's fiance, and handsome naval officer Nick Tarrent, but one of the islanders is unaccounted for when the boats return to harbor. Cut off from the mainland and confined to the shadowy, haunted guest quarters, Copper and the other visitors conclude that one of their number is a murderer. The killer must be found before the storm destroys all trace of any possible clues. In Death in the Andamans M.M. Kaye has created the perfect blend of exotic setting and expertly crafted whodunit that mark her as one of our greatest literary talents.
In 1901 Colonsay belongs to wily politician Cosmo Cunningham, and his beautiful young wife Ambrosine. These were turbulent times, and Cosmo is at the forefront of the push to create the Australian Federation. Important guests come and go, but there are undercurrents in the household. Alice, a young servant, can sense an approaching tragedy and tries to avert it. In 1999 Rosamund Cunningham reluctantly returns to her family home, Colonsay. Her personal life is a mess, her politically ambitious husband is planning to divorce her, and the last thing she wants to do is delve into the past. But Colonsay has secrets and soon odd things start happening. Bumps in the night, the scent of long ago flowers, and the ghost of a young servant girl. As Rosamund learns the truth about the past, her own life starts to unravel.
In 1928 Evie Woodward is running from a past she barely understands. A widow with a young son she agrees to become partners with Daniel Roxburgh in a Psychic Detective Agency. But their bogus investigations soon take on a very real turn. Daniel lives his life in the shadows of Melbourne’s gangster world. He’s a dangerous man but he’d do anything for Evie. Just as happiness is in their grasp, an investigation in a house called Blue Waters goes very wrong. Evie’s past is catching up with her and Daniel may not be able to save her.
Can respectable Cleo find love with black sheep Jacob? 1858. Alone in Nugget Gully, a goldrush town in Australia, Cleo sets up business as a milliner. Independent and respectable Cleo is determined to be successful but finds herself in financial difficulty. Also in Nugget Gully is disreputable black sheep Jacob Raines. He comes to Cleo’s aid when she needs him, and grateful as she is, if her association with Jacob was known her reputation would be ruined. And yet, despite everything, Cleo and Jacob cannot stay away from each other. Scandal follows, but will they have a happy ending? This is a reissue of a book previously written by Kaye Dobbie under her penname Deborah Miles
A love so strong it will bind them together forever… or tear them apart. 1835. It begins with a wish made on Midsummer’s Eve, Richmond Bridge, Van Diemen’s Land. Orphaned Rachel, daughter of a bushranger, doesn’t know that the man she falls in love with isn’t the hero she believes him to be. After they marry, their happiness is torn asunder when Will’s terrible secret is revealed. With Will gone, Rachel travels to the Port Phillip District to make a life there. As the years pass, their lives separate and intersect, but always there is the bond. Like an unbreakable thread, it stretches between them, holding the promise of a happiness that seems just out of reach. In her loneliness, Rachel turns to another man, while Will returns to his origins, hunting down criminals and bringing them to justice. Eventually fate brings them together again. Rachel, once more by Will’s side, longs to regain the love she once lost. But Will may never be able to put aside his hurt and forgive her, no matter how much he wants to. Can they resolve their differences at last? Can the wish Rachel made on that long ago evening finally weave its magic?
In 1998 Kate O'Hara rents an old cottage on the banks of a river in Tasmania. She wants peace and quiet, to come to terms with her husband's death and the end of her unhappy marriage. But her cottage is haunted by the ghost of Devlin, a boatman from convict days. Captivated by Devlin's story, and his mysterious disappearance, Kate falls deeper under the spell of the past. And then Kate steps back in time and meets Devlin in person.
1832. Mary Anne has spent most of her life lying and stealing to survive—and pretending to be the lady she is not. On her way to Hobart and involved in yet another scheme, her ship founders and she finds herself alone in a settlement on the isolated west coast of Van Diemen’s Land. Lieutenant Luke Rowe is a disgraced officer sent to the wilds to keep the convicts in order. The settlers don’t like him, and neither does Mary Anne, or so she tells herself. But Luke saved her from drowning and in his eyes that means she belongs to him. But is Luke really the man he seems, and is Mary Anne making a grave mistake in trusting him with her heart?
1838 Sydney is a rough and dangerous place. Bregetta, alone after her mother’s death, falls in love with the serious and charismatic Sergeant Alistair Duncan. He seems to be just in love with her, but outside parties meddle, and they part acrimoniously. A year later and Bregretta has made a new life on the Hawkesbury River. Until Alistair arrives to take up a post there. In the dangerous world of settlers and convicts, who is friend and who is foe? As she and Alistair are drawn together once more, they must decide whether it is worth taking a second chance on happiness.
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