The Milliner of Bendigo

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  • Darry
  • Fraser's
  • compelling
  • new
  • novel
  • The
  • Night
  • on
  • the
  • Darling
  • River
  • is
  • out
  • now!Trouble
  • with
  • the
  • law,
  • a
  • missing
  • sister,
  • and
  • a
  • growing
  • attachment
  • to
  • the
  • wrong
  • man
  • -
  • Evie
  • Emerson
  • has
  • a
  • dangerous
  • path
  • ahead
  • of
  • her...
  • an
  • exciting
  • and
  • twisty
  • historical
  • mystery
  • and
  • adventure
  • from
  • a
  • bestselling
  • Australian
  • author.1898:
  • Bendigo,
  • VictoriaEvie
  • Emerson
  • has
  • worked
  • hard
  • to
  • build
  • a
  • fashionable
  • clientele
  • for
  • her
  • hats.
  • But
  • when
  • an
  • ex-paramour
  • employs
  • underhanded
  • tactics
  • after
  • his
  • attempt
  • to
  • coerce
  • an
  • engagement
  • fails,
  • Evie's
  • reputation
  • is
  • in
  • tatters.
  • On
  • the
  • heels
  • of
  • having
  • to
  • put
  • a
  • case
  • together
  • to
  • defend
  • herself
  • in
  • court,
  • Evie's
  • life
  • is
  • thrown
  • into
  • further
  • turmoil
  • when
  • the
  • disappearance
  • of
  • her
  • sister
  • takes
  • her
  • to
  • Cobram.Roving
  • reporter
  • Fitzmorgan
  • O'Shea
  • has
  • troubles
  • of
  • his
  • own:
  • his
  • involvement
  • in
  • uncovering
  • police
  • corruption
  • has
  • placed
  • a
  • target
  • on
  • his
  • back.
  • And
  • while
  • Fitz
  • is
  • hunting
  • a
  • new
  • story
  • in
  • Cobram
  • his
  • problems
  • collide
  • with
  • Evie's
  • when
  • his
  • research
  • exposes
  • malicious
  • intimidation
  • and
  • threats
  • designed
  • to
  • make
  • local
  • landholders
  • give
  • up
  • their
  • properties.For
  • Raffety
  • Dolan,
  • he
  • accepted
  • long
  • ago
  • it's
  • Fitz
  • Evie
  • loves
  • -
  • and
  • his
  • feelings
  • will
  • remain
  • unrequited.
  • But
  • when
  • a
  • disgraced
  • ex-policeman
  • comes
  • searching
  • for
  • revenge,
  • Raff
  • is
  • ready
  • to
  • go
  • save
  • his
  • friends.There,
  • on
  • the
  • banks
  • of
  • the
  • mighty
  • Murray,
  • with
  • so
  • much
  • misunderstood
  • history
  • and
  • secrets
  • between
  • the
  • three
  • friends
  • -
  • plus
  • the
  • legitimate
  • threat
  • of
  • being
  • shot
  • at
  • -
  • will
  • they
  • survive
  • long
  • enough
  • to
  • discover
  • the
  • truth?PRAISE
  • FOR
  • DARRY
  • FRASER:'Fraser
  • has
  • established
  • herself
  • as
  • one
  • of
  • Australia's
  • most
  • loved
  • historical
  • fiction
  • authors.'
  • -
  • The
  • Herald
  • Sun'Fraser's
  • excellent
  • research
  • makes
  • the
  • reader
  • feel
  • like
  • they
  • are
  • actually
  • back
  • in
  • 1898
  • with
  • her
  • richly
  • detailed
  • settings:
  • bustling
  • train
  • stations
  • and
  • port
  • docks,
  • flies
  • and
  • dust...'
  • -
  • GLAM
  • Adelaide'A
  • fabulous
  • storyteller
  • who
  • underlies
  • this
  • compelling
  • plot
  • with
  • strong
  • female
  • characters
  • who
  • challenge
  • the
  • status
  • quo
  • ...
  • an
  • authentic,
  • seamless
  • and
  • riveting
  • tale.'
  • -
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