Alison Stuart
Reviewed by Helen
Alison Stuart is such a fabulous story teller, this time she has taken us back to 1873 to a town called Maiden’s Creek Victoria were gold is the be all and end all and there are some people who will do anything to make sure they have as much as they can. This is a follow on from The Postmistress and a fabulous one, one I could barely put down, a must read.
Eliza Penrose arrives from England to meet up with her brother William, they have planned to make a new life here running the Shenandoah gold mine close to Maiden’s Creek where William used to run a mine for his uncle Charles Cowper, but sadly the news she arrives to has her changing all of her plans, she is forced to go and stay with her uncle but things don’t appear to be how they should and when she digs deeper there is a mystery that she needs to uncover and there seems to be a lot of betrayal going on and she is determined to get to the bottom of it all.
Alec McLeod is overseeing the Maiden’s Creek mine for Charles Cowper he is a good man who cares about the safety of the workers but when it appears that corners are being ant and his orders overturned he becomes suspicious, he was friends with William Penrose and has now met his sister Eliza a woman determined to get answers, they become friends and allies in the search for the truth and even though after losing one love in the past and is sure he will not love again he can feel his heart opening up to Eliza.
This is a fast paced story that has everything a reader would want, when danger threatens lives Alec and Eliza get closer to protect each other and getting to the truth is not easy, this story is filled with wonderful characters that add so much to the story and of course Alec a hero to die for and Eliza beautiful inside and outside, strong and determined. I loved this one from start to finish it is so well written I felt like I was in Maiden’s Creek. Thank you MS Stuart for another awesome story this is one that I highly recommend, don’t miss this one.
Eliza Penrose arrives from England to meet up with her brother William, they have planned to make a new life here running the Shenandoah gold mine close to Maiden’s Creek where William used to run a mine for his uncle Charles Cowper, but sadly the news she arrives to has her changing all of her plans, she is forced to go and stay with her uncle but things don’t appear to be how they should and when she digs deeper there is a mystery that she needs to uncover and there seems to be a lot of betrayal going on and she is determined to get to the bottom of it all.
Alec McLeod is overseeing the Maiden’s Creek mine for Charles Cowper he is a good man who cares about the safety of the workers but when it appears that corners are being ant and his orders overturned he becomes suspicious, he was friends with William Penrose and has now met his sister Eliza a woman determined to get answers, they become friends and allies in the search for the truth and even though after losing one love in the past and is sure he will not love again he can feel his heart opening up to Eliza.
This is a fast paced story that has everything a reader would want, when danger threatens lives Alec and Eliza get closer to protect each other and getting to the truth is not easy, this story is filled with wonderful characters that add so much to the story and of course Alec a hero to die for and Eliza beautiful inside and outside, strong and determined. I loved this one from start to finish it is so well written I felt like I was in Maiden’s Creek. Thank you MS Stuart for another awesome story this is one that I highly recommend, don’t miss this one.
5 stars
Published June 22nd 2020 by HarperCollins Publishers Australia
