Book description
Ismay Deagan has one wish in the world - to leave Ireland and join her
brother, Bram, in Australia. However, her father has other ideas and
orders her to marry their vicious neighbour Rory Flynn, even though she
loathes him. But after Rory brutally attacks her Ismay realises she has
to escape. So, disguising herself as an impoverished young widow, she
sets sail for Australia, hoping to be reunited with her brother. When
she meets Adam Treagar on the ship, she finally starts to believe her
dreams of future happiness may come true. But before they even reach
their destination they are flung into adventures in Suez, Ceylon and
Singapore... Can Ismay tell Adam the truth about who she really is? What
secrets is Adam himself hiding? And will Ismay's past catch up with her
and threaten her new life in Australia, before it has even begun?
'This story has something happening on every page...great characters
and the ensemble of secondary characters flow easily with some quite
complicated plots flowing well around the central story.'
Anna Jacobs grew up in Lancashire and emigrated to Australia, but
still visits the UK regularly to see her family and do research,
something she loves. She is addicted to writing and figures she'll have
to live to be 120 at least to tell all the stories that keep popping up
in her imagination and nagging her to write them down. She's also
addicted to her own hero, to whom she's been happily married for many
years. Anna Jacobs' novel
Pride of Lancashire
won the Australian Romantic Book of the Year Award in 2006.
