Amber
Written by Deborah Challinor
Narrated by Louise Crawford
4/5
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About this audiobook
When 18-year-old Kitty Carlisle's father dies unexpectedly in Norfolk in 1838, Kitty and her mother are left impoverished. After Kitty is discovered in a compromising position with an unscrupulous adventurer, her reputation is left in shreds. In desperation, her mother banishes Kitty to the colonies in disgrace, under the guardianship of her dour missionary uncle and his long-suffering wife. Against the backdrop of the wild and unruly Bay of Islands in the period leading up to the signing of the treaty of Waitangi, Kitty meets and falls in love with Ryan Farrell, a rude, aloof and atheistic ships captain. When she discovers he is also a gun runner, her loyalties are torn and her tempestuous nature leads to an estrangement. the path to true love is tortuous, involving rampaging Maori war parties, illicit sexual liaisons and incarceration in Sydney's Hyde Park Barracks, forgery, betrayal and death at sea. A tempestuous romance and a lively adventure with a fiery and memorable heroine, Kitty is a stand-alone novel, with potential as an ongoing saga of love and adventure on the high seas in the Pacific of the 1800s, by one of our leading historical novelists.
Deborah Challinor
Deborah Challinor has a PhD in history and is the author of numerous bestselling novels, including the Children of War series, the Convict Girls series, the Smuggler's Wife series and the Restless Years series. She has also written one young adult novel and two non-fiction books. In 2018, Deborah was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature and historical research. She lives in New Zealand with her husband.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Second in the Kitty Series. Kitty and her husband Rian, along with his crew aboard the trading vessel 'Katipo' return to the Bay of Islands in 1845 where they become caught up in events at the beginning of the New Zealand Wars. Hone Heke's just chopped down the flagpole and Rian wants to assist Maori however he can. He and the crew take off into the bush leaving Kitty in Auckland. While there, Kitty discovers abandoned street urchin Amber who is part Maori (Amber did not arrive on the scene until about two thirds of the way into the book). Missing Rian, Kitty and Amber travel to where Kitty thinks he might be. However, Kitty and Amber are captured by hostile Maori. Another great read. I haven't read the first in this series but I intend to.