Wenna Chenoweth’s future is secure, until dashing Devon Courtney’s illicit flirtation gets her dismissed from her job as a lady’s maid. With nowhere to turn, Wenna is forced to accept Devon’s bold proposal: To be his bride. To enter society on the handsome aristocrat’s arm. To give him the heir he requires. It’s a foolproof plan. Except Wenna finds herself falling hard for a man who can never love her for who she is….
Wenna is passionate, mysterious, and ill-suited to the idle life of a society wife. She’s also exactly the kind of woman who could endanger Devon’s hopes to build his own future far from his family’s influence. For the spirited beauty has embarked on an unthinkable plan of her own—one that could lead him to surrender his resolve, and sacrifice everything he believes he holds dear….
Yet amid the wondrous landscape of colonial South Australia, anything is possible. Perhaps even love between two people the boundaries of society would keep apart….
Setting Books in Australia
My place in the world, South Australia, has a rather unusual history. Although most of the states of Australian began as British penal colonies, my state grew through migration from every strata of British society, from the wealthy landed class to the working class poor. The settlement that was created was touted as the Utopia of the South. I decided to showcase my very different part of the world – have you seen our native animals? – in my romantic novels. Plus, of course, if I ever get famous, I can have Chris Hemsworth in the movies of my books.
During the course of my research, I saw how the enterprising immigrants formed our country. These people were the heroes of their time, discovering minerals, starting up industries, and stocking the vast open land. They were the inspiration for my heroes and heroines, indestructible, inventive, and hard working.
In South Australia a woman is as good as she wants to be. And Wenna has a business plan that should net her far more than the lay about remittance man she assumes Devon is. But he is tall and handsome, and a lover she cannot resist.
Wenna Chenoweth’s future is secure, until dashing Devon Courtney’s illicit flirtation gets her dismissed from her job as a lady’s maid. With nowhere to turn, Wenna is forced to accept Devon’s bold proposal: To be his bride. To enter society on the handsome aristocrat’s arm. To give him the heir he requires. It’s a foolproof plan. Except Wenna finds herself falling hard for a man who can never love her for who she is….
Wenna is passionate, mysterious, and ill-suited to the idle life of a society wife. She’s also exactly the kind of woman who could endanger Devon’s hopes to build his own future far from his family’s influence. For the spirited beauty has embarked on an unthinkable plan of her own—one that could lead him to surrender his resolve, and sacrifice everything he believes he holds dear….
Yet amid the wondrous landscape of colonial South Australia, anything is possible. Perhaps even love between two people the boundaries of society would keep apart….
I am lucky enough to have inherited the family paintings of the first settlers arriving on the sandy shore of the new colony, by J D Welsh, and a newer one of a settler’s cottage, by Gary Gaston.
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