The Runaway Governess #2 Runaway Ladies of Sydney A Gripping Colonial Mystery of Love, Scandal and Betrayal

Sydney, 1869. When her twin vanishes from London and the family insists she simply eloped, Marianne Penrose refuses to believe it—Juliet would never have gone without a word. So the Hatton Garden goldsmith's daughter does the unthinkable: she takes a false name, becomes plain Mary Penn, governess, and sails to the far side of the world to find the truth herself.

A post in a Sydney merchant's household gives her the cover to search. What it cannot give her is safety—for the deeper she digs, the clearer it grows that the glittering colonial world around her is hiding something, and that someone would rather a runaway governess stopped asking questions.

Her one ally is Rupert Bellamy, a self-made lawyer who climbed from nothing and has only his good name to lose—never dreaming the trail he helps her follow could cost him everything he's built. Drawn together against their better judgement, each guards a secret that makes the other dangerous to love. And the one person each of them should keep at arm's length is the one they can't do without.

A gripping colonial mystery of love, scandal, and betrayal.

Perfect for readers of Kate Morton, Christine Wells, Tea Cooper, and Belinda Alexandra.