Band of Gold

Kitty Farrell, headstrong and passionate as ever, is heartbroken over the apparent death by drowning of her husband Rian. Alone and grieving on the goldfields of Ballarat, she turns to Rian’s long-time shipmate Daniel, who has loved her from afar for many years.The consequences will be disastrous and challenge every character in this brilliant third instalment in Deborah Challinor’s extraordinary Smuggler’s Wife series.Vividly drawn, meticulously researched, and driven by a powerful page-turning narrative, Band of Gold will resonate in the hearts of readers for a long time.

'Challinor is extraordinarily talented.' -- New Zealand Books

Deborah Challinor has a PhD in history and is the bestselling author of 18 novels, including the Children of War series, the Convict Girls series and the titles in the Smuggler's Wife series. She has also written one young adult novel and two non-fiction books. In 2018, Challinor was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature and historical research.Challinor is currently working on a new trilogy about a young woman Tatty Crowe who becomes an undertaker in 1860s-70s Sydney. Book 2 in this series, Black Silk and Buried Secrets, is due out in 2025. Challinor lives in New Zealand with her husband. Louise Crawford is a drama graduate from Queensland University of Technology with a major in acting. Louise has a successful career on stage, film and television in Australia. She appeared in the film The Hard Word, and on television in Natalie Wood, Farscape, Beastmaster and All Saints. She hosted Scream Test and was a series regular on Breakers and Echo Point. Her theatre appearances include The Vagina Monologues, The Importance of Being Earnest, Uncle Vanya, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Caucasian Chalk Circle. Louise has also been a scriptwriter on Home and Away and Breakers.

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