Nicolette Mckenzie
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Trader volume 1
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Singapore in the 1860s is exotic and yet terrifying for a penniless Englishwoman, alone and vulnerable after her mother's death. Too pretty to obtain a governess's job, Isabella Saunders accepts an offer from a Singapore merchant to teach him English and live with his family.
10) Suffragette girl
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When Florrie Maltby defies her father by refusing to marry Gervase Richards, she sets off to London and becomes involved with the suffragette movement. She's imprisoned for her militant actions, and goes on hunger strike. With her health deteriorating, there is one person who can save her - Gervase. Originally published: London: Macmillan, 2009
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Trader volume 3
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Bram Deagan dreams of bringing his family from Ireland to join him in Australia, where he now runs a trading business. But when a typhus epidemic strikes Ireland, it leaves the Deagan family decimated. And, with other family members scattered round the world, it's left to Maura Deagan to look after her orphaned nieces and nephew.
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Judith is suddenly all alone in the world. Her husband, Jack, has left her: why, she doesn't know. Her two sons are in Australia, and both her mother and her best friend Naomi have recently died. Embarking on a journey to Exmoor to meet artist Robert Haussman Judith finds herself a prey to all sorts of irrational fears.
19) Kate's progress
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Kate's latest failure on the London dating scene leads her to escape to an idyllic Exmoor, West Country village where she finds her 'Cinderella Project' - a run-down cottage on the edge of the moors. Her attempt to lead a quiet life there is, however, thwarted by a town seething with passion and intrigue. Competition for her affections leads to her