Kaye Dobbie
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Kaye Dobbie returns with a captivating new family saga.
An interrupted phone call and a mysterious disappearance bring a family's secret past crashing into the present…
1969: Small–town girl Faith Taylor leaves her family home in Willow Tree Bend and lands a job at the Angel–Melbourne's most infamous nightclub. While Faith relishes her new–found freedom, she can't help noticing that some things about the club don't add up. So when a policeman...
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A passion for photography draws two stories together across time to Mackenzie Crossing.
Neville 'Pom' Darling, is on the hunt for the perfect photograph.
Skye Stewart, is searching for her long lost grandfather.
It's 1939, and Neville, escaping an unhappy marriage and his memories of the Great War, finds himself in Mackenzie Crossing on the day of the terrible Black Friday bushfires. He meets the beautiful Georgie Mackenzie and in an instant knows...
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In 1928, Evie Woodward is running from a past she barely understands. A widow with a young son she agrees to become partners with Daniel Roxburgh in a Psychic Detective Agency. But, their bogus investigations soon take on a very real turn.
Daniel lives his life in the shadows of Melbourne's gangster world. He's a dangerous man but he'd do anything for Evie. Just as happiness is in their grasp, an investigation in a house called Blue Waters goes very...
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In 1901, Colonsay belongs to wily politician Cosmo Cunningham, and his beautiful young wife Ambrosine. These were turbulent times, and Cosmo is at the forefront of the push to create the Australian Federation. Important guests come and go, but there are undercurrents in the household. Alice, a young servant, can sense an approaching tragedy and tries to avert it.
In 1999, Rosamund Cunningham reluctantly returns to her family home, Colonsay. Her personal...
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1874, Ironbark. Aurora Scott is caught up in a robbery when the Cobb & Co coach, driven by American, Jackson Fletcher, arrives with gold aboard. The passengers are taken hostage and Aurora and Jackson work toward saving the others, and themselves. As the hours pass, secrets long buried come to the surface. Will Aurora be able to escape this increasingly desperate situation? 2017, Ironbark. Journalist Melody Lawson comes home after a personal tragedy....
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Can respectable Cleo find love with black sheep Jacob?
Alone in Nugget Gully, a goldrush town in Australia, Cleo sets up business as a milliner. Independent and respectable Cleo is determined to be successful but finds herself in financial difficulty.
Also in Nugget Gully is disreputable black sheep Jacob Raines. He comes to Cleo's aid when she needs him, and grateful as she is, if her association with Jacob was known her reputation would be ruined....
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A sweeping tale of passion and survival from the Victorian goldfields to the dark heart of Sydney Town.
Winter 1852. Adam has just returned from the Californian goldfields and is heading for Bendigo in Victoria, the new El Dorado. He comes across Ella, injured, penniless and with only the clothes she is wearing. Adam is the son of a convict with the determination and intelligence to 'better' himself. Despite her current circumstances, it is obvious...
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Sweet Wattle Creek gives up its secrets in this tale of strong women separated by time. 1931, Belle's mystery inheritance brings her to Sweet Wattle Creek, where she hopes to unlock the secret of her birth.Instead she finds a boy she had forgotten and begins to build a new life. Michael, a scarred WW1 pilot, longs to fly again. He knows some of the answers to Belle's questions but he has secrets of his own. Together they provide a home for two young...
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In 1998, Kate O'Hara rents an old cottage on the banks of a river in Tasmania. She wants peace and quiet, to come to terms with her husband's death and the end of her unhappy marriage.
But, her cottage is haunted by the ghost of Devlin, a boatman from convict days. Captivated by Devlin's story, and his mysterious disappearance, Kate falls deeper under the spell of the past.
And then, Kate steps back in time and meets Devlin in person.
10) Colours of Gold
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A lost little girl. A painting from the past. "Colours of Gold by Kaye Dobbie is a captivating tale combining mystery, romance, history and a touch of 'other'." - Shelleyrae at Book'd Out."Colours of Gold was an absolute pleasure to read and one that will stay in my thoughts for a long time to come!" - Brenda, Goodreads reviewer In 1867, Alice is rescued from the river by a paddle boat captain. Soon it is discovered she has a gift-she can see from...
11) The Bond
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A love so strong it will bind them together forever...
or tear them apart.
1835. It begins with a wish made on Midsummer's Eve, Richmond Bridge, Van Diemen's Land.
Orphaned Rachel, daughter of a bushranger, doesn't know that the man she falls in love with isn't the hero she believes him to be. After they marry, their happiness is torn asunder, when Will's terrible secret is revealed.
With Will gone, Rachel travels to the Port Phillip District to...
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Emilia wants her husband back…But are the dead best left undisturbed? 1919.Emilia's journalist husband, Owen Flett, is missing presumed dead during World War I. When she is drawn into a séance she meets Dr McIvor, who says he can bring Owen back. Although she does not accept such a thing is possible, she wants so desperately to believe it that she agrees. And then Owen returns. Surely the timing was a coincidence, and there must be an logical explanation?...