THE GOLDMINER'S SISTER

<p><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1); background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1)>'There are people in this town with the gleam of gold in their eyes and cold steel in their hearts.'</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(8 8 9 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Drawn by her brother's promise of a fresh start in Australia Eliza Penrose journeys from England to the gold-mining town of Maiden's Creek only to arrive in the shadow of tragedy.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(8 8 9 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(8 8 9 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Finding herself alone and friendless in a town where answers about her brother's fate remain frustratingly elusive Eliza seizes an unexpected chance to establish herself as the settlement's schoolteacher.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(8 8 9 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(8 8 9 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Among the townspeople she encounters is Alec McLeod the mine's engineer and her brother's friend who still carries the memory and guilt of his wife's death. Though he's rebuffed the attention of every eligible woman in town Alec finds himself unexpectedly drawn to Eliza-an attraction complicated by a promise he made to her brother.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(8 8 9 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(8 8 9 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>While Alec struggles between his growing feelings for Eliza and his obligations to the mine and its men Eliza delves into the mystery surrounding her brother's death. As secrets lies and betrayals circle around them both Alec and Eliza are drawn deeper into the town's web of secrets.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(8 8 9 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(8 8 9 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>When disaster strikes the mine the truths begins to surface. The revelations come at a heavy price and Eliza and Alec risk losing everything they have fought for including their lives.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(8 8 9 1)> </span></p><p>With time running out and stakes rising will their newfound bond be enough to overcome the forces threatening to tear them apart?</p><p> </p><p><em style=color: rgba(77 73 77 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Meticulously researched Alison imbues this tale with a sense of era and place. I was transported to late nineteenth century rural Victoria... Alison Stuart has struck gold with The Goldminer's Sister. History mystery and romance. She really has hit her stride as a fabulous storyteller and historical novelist.</em><span style=color: rgba(77 73 77 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> (Better Reading)</span></p><p> </p>