Finella Mayfield hates two things: liars and thieves. And
she’s determined to marry a man who’s neither. Chasing her
dead father’s dreams, the twenty-year-old English bride
arrives in Australia in 1875 for an arranged marriage.
Anticipating her future as village preacher’s wife, she
records her thoughts in her Everlasting journal.
But instead of her fiancé, Finella is met by Shadrach Jones,
a poor farmer sent to collect her from the busy Melbourne
pier. This is not what her father planned. And it’s only the
beginning of the unraveling of Finella Mayfield ~ the bride
with no groom.
All Shadrach Jones longs for is rows of mustard and chicory.
He’s busy growing a farm near the Phillip Island fishing
village of Cowes, and caring for Molly, his simple sister.
Far from the brutal life they remember with their ex-convict
father, Shadrach’s building something new.
But he’s also made a promise to a dying friend. To collect
and marry the English girl destined to never be a preacher’s
wife. Can Shadrach convince Finella she has a future with a
farmer? Can he convince himself, knowing his family secrets
will haunt their future?
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HOME ~ Book 1 in the Blue Wren Shallows series. An
Australian historical romance set in the pioneering era of
the 1870s, on Victoria’s majestic Phillip
Island.