The Runaway Lady #1 A gripping Victorian mystery of love, scandal and betrayal

A runaway heiress with everything to lose.

A brooding grazier with secrets of his own.

Sydney, 1869. Flora Augusta O’Reilly has crossed the world to escape a dangerous suitor and the scandal he threatens to unleash. But the safety she hopes to find in the colonies vanishes when she stumbles upon a suppressed birth record, a mysterious painting, and a parcel of disputed land that powerful men will kill to control.

Drawn reluctantly into the mystery, Flora finds an unlikely ally in Heath Ransome, a taciturn grazier whose blunt honesty hides deeper loyalties. Their uneasy partnership soon leads them into peril—because someone in Sydney’s glittering society is desperate to bury the truth, and Flora is getting far too close.

From artist salons to harbour mansions and the shadowed lanes of the colonial city, Flora must decide who to trust and how far she will go to reclaim her freedom.

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