Lady Bird & The Fox

No conviction no reward. Its 1868 and the gold rush is spreading across the wild west of New South Wales bringing with it a new breed of colonial rogue - bushrangers. A world far removed from hardworking farm girl Annie Bird and her sleepy village on the outskirts of Sydney. But when a cruel stroke of fortune sees Annie orphaned and outcast she is forced to head for the goldfields in search of her grandfather a legendary tracker. Determined and dangerously naive she sets off with little but a swag full of hope - and is promptly robbed of it on the road. Her cries for help attract another sort of rogue: Jem Fox the waster son of a wealthy silversmith whos already in trouble with the law - up to his neatly trimmed eyebrows in gambling debts. And now he does something much worse. He borrows a horse and rides after the thieves throwing Annie over the saddle as he goes. What follows is a breakneck gallop through the Australian bush a tale of mistaken identity and blind bigotry of two headstrong opposites tossed together by fate their lives entwined by a quest to get back home - and the irresistible forces of love. Kim Kelly seems to understand the sounds and scents of the country - The West Australian colourful evocative and energetic - Sydney Morning Herald impressive research - Daily Telegraph Why cant more people write like this? - The Age