Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Beneath Southern Stars
Beneath Southern Stars
Beneath Southern Stars
Ebook348 pages5 hours

Beneath Southern Stars

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

If only she’d known that falling in love would have changed her life in such a turbulent and unexpected way . . .

It is 1799 and six ships make ready to sail from the southern English town of Portsmouth to the newly founded penal colony of New South Wales. Aboard His Majesty’s ship, Osprey is Marine, John Radford. At the age of eighteen, John an accomplished artist, is broken-hearted at having been rejected by his intended when she learns of his new posting.

Also, on the ship is Sarah Lock, a seventeen-year-old, who having been falsely convicted of prostitution, is to be transported. Her only crime had been a friendship with her landlord’s youngest son, Peter. He, in turn, is forced to join the navy to prevent him from searching Sarah out.

Unbeknown to all concerned, due to a series of cruel twists of fate, all their lives will be turned upside down . . .

PUBLISHER NOTE: Historical Romance. 89,000 words.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJan 26, 2021
ISBN9781005504663
Beneath Southern Stars
Author

Louise Roberts

Louise Roberts grew up and was educated in London, England and has always held a passion for history and English Literature. She has been writing since her teenage years, but only began writing fiction in the 1990s having been inspired by her mother, Viviane Elisabeth Borg, who is a published author. Although Louise had immigrated to Sydney, Australia in 1988, she relocated to Europe in 2016 and today resides at the coastal town of Golfe-Juan in the south of France. Louise retains membership of Romance Writers of Australia; Australian Romance Readers Association; and Australian Society of Authors.

Read more from Louise Roberts

Related to Beneath Southern Stars

Related ebooks

Historical Romance For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Beneath Southern Stars

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Beneath Southern Stars - Louise Roberts

    cbook_preview_excerpt.html}ْGݯܗ1z]458AsР`|Jv..<7 }Df!Н/Ǐ;_z_xwߛ?ݿ>}5J~8t Smvxyۺ:qw !/qfLw*TݼݻwܽⱭ @R7o~*67o0.#գ?Ϸ~?~q4No15}7owxw>[;3Q?" 7³#ĸ)D uca.B)tv)Vwٟ M1NNWOʞgW6BlT?V/Poە0ؙ](LpsǐSUaxlOHV5r{l۽tR{N?27RNS@{w 17 bJtgw0!<yjamN4]K'a|ӈ808J 8V>匦qQ<oD%냩lN'8sE8g}pϰPIa:AtRe󈍠մFcIӈ=|Qk!ˀ,Z_+Μ&\Y+F,N*I(9:0&l>786?`qcD iT'<:-Z43rg6BxucJS<0]67hǃ['g˻UQ7t> p300ZRՋS*k0[JpψjeQiy&|2ϋ^X6OmtaaYmN8\qMuC=،OXa X, d*4UΡAM.G 6%N$:Cs)nn2ѩx|;B|\)MK c'/[8w%0?%߫1 -"dߵy;@摎з\4_v:k,Boq>0V>[ g J-ނIT:Fzϙkc4ɝ>yc!oI0ŋ w`0PDl״8׋d󜥝 ˶cѴ ȇ hRZm|i%u0_8oTzg3RT@$؃Zց'HQkBi~ZQϟcL"LX1ᾍ#٢C#3D~).2I= z4Ys&5( =K}ILoBKui`N0+R;;Y6MakT{")>?|CC0ܥ2G tF5;Lr$5qx_9a?&qm!+c 3_Όl X(0Kyutҝ c~`Śn,"dVaJ w=mdt=Mxd?{1amܺP|tǰvT!-}!e(4 'Fɮ7 -"&zbYO,ihQtZƉ’!ͽy9!<J^v((LtwY`ALg1I'1hRkdm%.uMaNreP i[PB m"MMwo"ŠIGaYP$4 t0&,vv Dv7lFq`hu\.n w ˁ"f-S5лmj( .7ߩ,+Wd0=L'%&vv%8~-3qS}\1axqYybv3gh ,DEX=TbbbK!ˡD-0)8ޅ ᡪxm)/zӸc>qh@6b`Tu8e>h#H;=tYB Rzi={y!Vc,q!m{~=5SUCL&3ǙLޙ 6Ygkx)x@K@Ü_9űeXPY(&yIl|Z>\}3#c━F*#Z!SlBi/.5@I!ˀ]ȉr7[HbMڈha?Go@N/ bbc BquYl5b;[9m091:?L /ᮙHq OiOD0ҕ StS̹ 3 !8MJpTQ I -XTgbsL=U;ı%7]6ާkq}_#?;$6lCtNu"NN[3-o9Z?r'BG8 Z&ZMuDM: z7;N2:2H(nu:{cobρ#83 $mԌ{%n1FCϠSk CiDF*][ "%BtKfHxF|b@&T-Msf1 ?J$=+NE ;yTV"Q7D GS#pV;!~2{㩅qQ"E~Faʌ7Ow ƎX9+!r:Q:$8t"l!"?AQF|@`D(E_^|9Nx,V+ZHk3 _'аdVf},Qp  [ge6' !rR2{(*}8ie:*$h%_)}AowYk¼EtTBb <ˑ Ae6$Sv`~Qe lT^unDUP5!?ӰVAӄtX4%ؖ|Nt@Iւ{T5t8DWR}EXzǷ.53wImr :&: [-tu|谝)h,'nIc# So4K 2&gHgY"7,l3'2ٙMrf/jI!Ru$z897 d)=$(ӓ+/b\aд.iQ 9[W~ ѹie/PZ8qh|B2x8$zMI3J_|2M=6]eN59D;EH9+ Õ񚤢}" Y:ɚ,|42' 2]ͦU]oΕQ>~'XFʤ+߬n'LaHw4tjqrO^ cf2`Y)Lj(6F|/V OҪ96‘C6>z%-NJ8wdDvVMgbX0qn"ŢsC3绽ԎvIwt:}glFao+`&ΧӦ{Q8;ubJD\* at,]qOdcIR9+maѕ1mŏxKp&-/m:EJ'L:&iOdaCa`jc|&'yR%ͫE+MwI8swp)"= ^$upAF2K0A]HZ~&w.WIkLKU xj{J9X'v4yn$8zq,)HyCHq۹h(O~24z0t~g2-,6xoM%MIVٜkz{NfJ~s2?u91(g.`d|,xr-FܝJeU dbT/#ŦɊEW+J`<gLÜF_56kA kLva0=K1ɎE8YV-(Ѯ%ퟭacyHܝfA-ظk#f=0P=ζC;hJx0ű;B\Y D` +zXec)Y:V%^f?&$!mڠ:ve`Sr JĥV|8 h) +U{늴N'Z]G-Y<6卵WEӗ7񁠸FdHHL.%42D!܍#<ɿ:2Ē@6OMip-:nFQa%5UR"/*Q4N5* m|p@I:ߕ)Y<.{S&S1>G%5/U fÆ\lQ{jZ !$,iVZ{XLfApe8ra6. ]d Iy\^H)duP/;8f| bKNݐk>Ʊq 9H,TËٶ $H'&]{ißFKh:][hK }=Ko%!]@5ZZ~U~Պ=sj{~N)~ziXqUSV/-c;'pŧu1B F0+ڸWF>攜N2Syq]̲dua򊛀jYbT]%B o涀~`etW,w&ּhm8, wAHS}wQэZkn,^ 'b0ms$SZ*蔔#8$ cwJ.ςm+.ڼʻ{Xq4y8ׇXԬ{(z-c'jĘp>2`-#p9Sɧq!߲V| 44mt[c{5'3:WRB"OX֞DtL܏'t>" 5m2H22.8G ̳Fv'Dă.j;T3b?Z"˙ci/ي-TYRe5 ϰy9";7wAFf/,;(.n<9 = >-$a'<s\-`}ϭ V)8)ay-9Ou-YjSL1,8{ <O:)ڂtR2UU`E7; ngyU Iڠ]x6^NubYsoN6ǰ#[K#@I jKjNOOO%^tf+w=vEji~:c\2uq8'ǥ^F/޻2^@Yս2*,.d."…_sELVfN#UO16E#O$FwԫͰ slKrhNmVlG&X\*U4o|xW-2֝ɾ~'%qVtF5+<"MIEXč xR Mk *J=}d53GuggiUhBr;d)$W*׳RaoLKTYH}Hvtf8ҔKE)nYt`/ Ư,ѵؽb:51IWiRA\)6 9pGlԚƑ^*GKWb+V,gϕusj\<[`x]A‹)` 3e<(ZBqKaRkZccw9 Ʌ㥙⋚^FBx͞Jo12 ?Mk {'|Xgʄ3|4xܹ22y>w7UF AE:yn:\`CmEo5\ZT]U1 @}4 e1%2Uj7ٗJ )'ކ~kuKTǖ@b S^ 4S&|$a%\ݨ*Xj+_fΝg?8o7S͵{>?SmY@siq e2NS]1̻!a1V>lJmOpJ@i=7gpV RUmfW-b TXj .ݰcifJRԖ]af7pnw.dE}ވXIooY烽}ҕ_%[*9xUxίz[=_rM͝naV,wwEP*hK!&'V!s V1H79J<0\Jcg-P-JojYR_]eߚ3d/w:=Yt_rEvs>9tpO7!թ?!SpJe!ttWk|*U{`8'XX%`pմZ}'WߌʽXBRT<߹^5i6vt)^oqU-mmsf!WXâb1^[nK6ԩtu5[6D`?e=֭H+|7*rmFxGKԺIY {?ciVzzG+zzh=RQ}*s=)Vru/+#YLsnjlzjYOGs..~]Jt3ŹJXuJ&baL qZj*=ɢ՗f #r#^^㿗KeY'Nj|ڲX,q9x]t:bYDڧQ(1ݱʳ+o춄%JKI}:*aO?Es4:M*-̨ 8w 7m^g $w!edla#mM|鼎6]1( C1UU\Z"L@EHyJ[ӽO6ϒ6aښqmݦArR,u)-Ok֎CEa Omx%h9Xr~2~^ JJ߽+š+}V&"wHWdXΣ,b whocoS!>( lPI} nXU&ᏗbcF)BTK-N_ZsVL f M;ۥǚ탨I/nor`KS{]J(GYY[+6]ث)IX$'n;k*{گALg72"] jp#eImUڑ.T6Րxd:qo- @iegUnHXetP_PF_-ٷDjin9`ӳSȁ䞨p8@Y tt_vsZ% S ͺ֜9tfFqc%%1mЈn8ǡQ9zJvS'}NGhh bB? ]6_&yizFse=##IMupjz2DĺE_uDN1^7n-rW)tەpdo``o>$ 5ҳL#CN~"UHD?n𛁶_aB-ܫЯ/$umcԯ$F5'HέAe)W ]!55U\ e$6r*tY'麲ElL* m-s* <ϫ^=n=R>:zh襦95ά"dAiP]`-[ZWQUpe>E2Y(}12z?B^],T$3
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1