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From the author of When Hope Is Strong comes a story of enduring love and remarkable courage which captures perfectly the romance and majesty of the era of the river. Early morning was the time Roxy liked most of all. There was a calmness, a stillness about the river, the water stretching away glass-like, bathed in a thin mist. Paddles foamed the surface and with each thrust she imagined herself being drawn closer to the unknown. 

South-east Queensland, 1875. Three pioneering women, one epic struggle - in an unforgiving land where love carries the highest price. Bridie.... Caught between the love she feels for her husband and her hatred for her scheming stepson - she is the keeper of family secrets. Patiently she waits for the day when she can finally reveal the truth. Maddie.... While devoted to her family, she soon discovers that love alone will not protect them from the harsh and hostile land that they have made their home. 

Is it more dangerous to forget...or to remember? Phoebe's life has fallen apart and there's only one place left to go. Alone and adrift after a failed marriage proposal, she flees Sydney to her family's abandoned holiday cottage. On the slow-moving river Phoebe is confronted with the legacy of her older sister's suicide, a year before. Why did Karin leave a note written in flowers and walk into the water?

The Queen of Tancred and her royal retinue are on a mission - to ensure all the citizens of Tancred are happy. But that’s a lot harder than it sounds - especially when the Happiness Tour accidentally stumbles into the neighbouring region of Hamelin. Oops. Soon, Queen Mathilde smells a rat. A whole kingdom of them, in fact...because Hamelin has been overrun with rodents. Why is a rat on the throne? Where are all of Hamelin’s children?

The queen of Tancred and her royal retinue are on a mission - to ensure all the citizens of Tancred are happy. But that’s a lot harder than it sounds - especially when the Happiness Tour accidentally stumbles into the neighbouring region of Hamelin. Oops. Soon, Queen Mathilde smells a rat. A whole kingdom of them, in fact…because Hamelin has been overrun with rodents. Why is a rat on the throne? Where are all of Hamelin’s children?

It's been years since Gemma visited the small country town where she grew up. She probably wouldn't have returned at all if it weren't for her father's passing. Seeing the town's dusty old buildings and her parent's run-down house again reminds her of events in her childhood that she's tried to keep in the past, even though they colour her every decision in the present. Discovering a music score as she cleans through her parent's belongings, she learns about a love story so heartbreakingly beautiful that it changes her mind about love.