The Finding of Eden
The second book in the Lady Amelia Saga is now out in Paperback, Kindle and Kindle Unlimited on Amazon here mybook.to/TheFindingOfEden.
It follows ‘The Duchess of Sydney’ which you can read about here
My intention with the Lady Amelia Saga was to tell several stories of people who were connected in some way to the fictitious convict transport ship, the Lady Amelia. I based my ship very loosely based on real transport vessels, the Lady Penrhyn and the Lady Juliana.
The Lady Penrhyn left Portsmouth on 13 May 1787, arrived at Port Jackson on 26 January 1788. She carried 101 female convicts, three officers and 41 other ranks of the New South Wales Marine Corps as well as her crew. She was part of a convoy of eleven ships, the First Fleet, which brought over 1000 convicts, marines, and seamen to establish European settlement in New South Wales. (More information can be found here)
The Lady Juliana left England in 1789 with 222 female convicts and was the first ship to arrive after the First Fleet, some consider her part of the infamous Second Fleet. (More information can be found here)
‘The Finding of Eden’ tells the story of a girl who begins life in London in the late 1700s.
1782 – the final year of the Bonner family’s good fortune. Eva, the eldest child of a respectable London watchmaker becomes guardian to her sister, Keziah, and brother, Henry. Barely more than a child herself, she tries to steer a course through a darker side of London she hadn’t known existed. But her attempts are not enough to keep the family together and she is wrongfully accused of a crime she didn’t commit and transported to the penal colony of Sydney, New South Wales on the Lady Amelia.
Treated as a virtual slave, she loses hope. Little wonder that when she meets Adam Trevelyan, a fellow convict, she refuses to believe they can find love.
Previously published as a My Weekly Pocket Novel and a large print paperback by Ulverscroft Ltd under title Finding Eden.
Cover designer Paul Burridge of PublishingBuddy designed a super new cover for the book and the manuscript was edited by Wendy Ogilvie of Wendy Ogilvie Editorial.
The Duchess of Sydney – https://mybook.to/TheDuchessOfSydney
The Finding of Eden – https://mybook.to/TheFindingOfEden
The Other Place – https://mybook.to/TheOtherPlace
The Dolphin’s Kiss – https://mybook.to/TheDolphinsKiss
The Pearl of Aphrodite – https://mybook.to/ThePearlOfAphrodite
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