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	Pioneers of Burra (Copper Road, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jacob's Mob: Bushrangers (Colonial Family Trilogy #1) 3.97 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Margaret (The Margaret Chambers Duo #1) 4.05 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Currency Girl (Colonial Family Trilogy #2) 4.25 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At the Edge of the World (Colonial Family Trilogy #3) 4.30 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For The Love of Family (Copper Road, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burnt Bridge (The Margaret Chambers Duo #2) 4.32 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plover Bay (Colonial Family Trilogy #4) 4.01 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pioneers of Burra and For the Love of Family (Copper Road #1-2) 3.88 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Library of Tayos (Inquillas del Tayos #1) 3.81 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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My latest novel - Jacob's Mob, is due for release on March 25. The Ebook is available to preorder from Amazon.
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It’s 1825 on the Hunter River in a small place called Wallis Plains. Large parcels of land have been granted to the wealthy and retired, who have been assigned convicts to work that land. Vicars Jacob is one s Read more of this blog post »

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Colonial Family Trilogy (4 books)
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Inquillas del Tayos (2 books)
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The Silversmith (The Selvaren, #1)

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