A friendship formed through happenstance, or was it always love pulling them closer together? Alex and Hettie shared a classroom and a pastime of breaking the rules set out for them by society and their parents. They both came from privileged families, but they wanted more than anything to break free from expectations and embrace …
Summer 1888 Brandon, Queensland, Australia Will absence make the heart grow fonder…or forgetful? Andrew McPherson had been searching for a way to leave Fuller’s Enterprise since his father’s death, but to no avail. He was beginning to give up all hope until a business associate of his father, Stephen Anderson, asked him to risk everything …
Two lovers are torn from each other by their feuding families. When Duncan Buchanan and Isobel Porter met at a masquerade ball, they thought they’d found someone to change their distaste for matrimony. When their mothers tore them out of each other’s arms, they found themselves trapped between two feuding families, each matriarch willing to …
Elina went quiet, watching Fin’s attention return to the papers on the desk. She knew now wasn’t the best time to bring up her own concerns. Still, he needed to know. “My father told me we leave for Australia as soon as he has our affairs in order.” Fin looked up at Elina. “He told …
“What are you doing here, Amalie?” he asked, his hands on his hips, looking every bit the commanding figure he was rumoured to be. She knew he would ask, but she didn’t think for it to be now. “I’m not a fool,” he continued. “I haven’t heard from you nor seen you in almost a …
“What would you have me do? Pretend that this man chasing my sister is genuine and not some money-grabbing monster?” “You don’t know him,” she tried again. “Neither does she,” he said, his voice raised. “And neither do you.” She went to walk past him, following Hannah’s direction out the back of the house. He …
Caitlyn just stared at Darien. She knew he must be confused at seeing her escaping the brothel under the disguise of night and dressed as a man. No explanation would satisfy him. She certainly couldn’t tell him she had gone to see the women who worked for him and give them their weekly supply of …
Patrick walked toward the waterhole, the sound of his father’s departing carriage drifting off in the distance behind him. He had come here to swim several times over the years, finding it a welcomed solace from the heat in this country. Was that why Hannah had invited him here? He could think of no other …
He walked up behind her, his arms going around her waist and down to the apex of her thighs, his fingers gathering up her skirts searching for the bare flesh beneath. She struggled against him, finally pulling away freeing herself. His stare was dark and confused. “Is my touch no longer welcomed?” “I am not …
Experience lust, sample indulgence, suffer Avarice, feel apathy, conquer wrath, dispel envy, and fall victim to vanity. Seven book series exploring a passionate journey through the seven deadly sins and virtues in rural Queensland, Australia. Content warning: contains sex scenes, strong language, and some violence. Available now at 4th Avenue Press
