When Anaesthetist, Doctor Darren Westfield first met the cool and reserved new Head of Theatre Four, Sister Joyce Kennedy, he was left breathless. He soon learned that the tall, golden eyed beauty was not to be trifled with and her cold prickly reserve was no act as her cool glances chilled him to the bone. But then again, luck was on his side when he quickly discovered her amazing side line, when she eventually asks him to help her. The year is 1969 . the place was Vietnam, aboard the Hospital ship USS Sanctuary sitting in the middle of the South China Sea.
Set in the year 1845 Marcus Rutherford, applied for and won land grants in the New Colonies, in the newly appointed state of Queensland, Australia.
All he needed now was a wife!
But how does a man go about finishing with one sister, Miss Emily Puddleton and then asks for her older sister, Harriot Puddleton's hand in marriage?
When Emily discovers the truth, she is hell bent for Bedlam and soon follows.
Country and Western Singer Rigg Donavan has an unexpected visit from his brother Sam, requesting he return home to Alaska. When Rigg refuses to go all hell breaks loose.
With his thirtieth birthday fast approaching, Rigg is no longer the boy he once was and Sam leaves very disgruntled. That same afternoon a letter arrived in the post for Rigg containing nothing more than an old newspaper clipping and a outdated, boarding pass for a one way plane ticket to Australia, dated Eleven years ago in the name of Daisy MacDonald.
The contents of that one satchel was about to change everyones life, completely.
Lord Hobart Lonsdale, also known as Hobson, watched the woman deal the cards. He knew she was cheating but was yet to figure out how? He was about to call it a night when he caught sight of the lad, in one small bevel of the large mirror that hung at the back of the bar. When he found the same lad, badly beaten at the rear of the hotel, he discovered the truth; he, was really a she, and she was about to be sold to the highest bidder. Incensed, Hobson rescues her and they disappear. At the other end of town, a large shipping vessel slides against the pier of Boston Harbour. Aboard that ship is the reigning King of Scotland, along with his two younger brothers. They have travelled halfway across the world in search of a man called Mouse, whom they believe had something to do with the kidnapping of the heir to the Scottish throne. There is no love loss between the English, Hobson and the Scottish King, or his brothers, for they can barely tolerate the other. So when Hobson warns the King to watch his back, the Royal leader is furious.
Set in 1845, nothing prepared Lady Jacqueline, Duchess of Norgate for the pain of Raven Wing's poisonous arrow as it ripped through her flesh and pinned her to a tree.She had fled England, leaving behind the cruelty of Edward Washbourne and his maniacal plan to claim her inheritance, only to be struck down when she was so close to safety.She has less than a day's ride to go and she would have arrived at Edgewater, home of the current Duke of Forkworth, and brother to her dearest friend Millicent. Behind her White Storm lay low over his painted pinto, as he galloped towards the woman and the large grey horse that refused to budge from her side.
Pike is a Bounty Hunter and a cold-blooded killer, but when Pike rescued Lady Jacqueline, Duchess of Norgate, from being raped and murdered by marauding bandits. little did she realise, only months later she would accompany her back to England.
It was there Pike met Lord Henry Jacobson, a fop who wears a powdered wig and face paint.
When a warrant is issued for Pikes arrest for murder, it is Henry who invited the bounty hunter on a small boat ride, down the English Channel.
It is on that small voyage, Pike discovered Henry was more than his pretends, with frilly cuffs and silk stockings.
Then matters take a turn for the worse, when Henry follows Pike, back to America.
