Libby’s return to the Glass as its mistress and Dominic’s wife is not quite the triumph she thought it would be.She wants to be an equal partner in their marriage, but Dominic cannot let go of the past and he cannot trust her.People from her life before try to bring her down and she must fight them, even if it means causing Dominic’s ire.When the Glass House, the place she loves, is threatened by debt, Libby must decide whether to stay meekly in the background, as D...

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 to him that Ella is a lady, and al...

Libby Sharsell’s childhood is spent running wild, spying on those who live in the Glass House and longing to be one of them. When her grandmother dies, Libby’s wish comes true, but the brutal reality of life in the Glass House is very different from her dreams.Gabriel Allen, a convict brought to work at the Glass House, has ambitions to make his mark in the world. He and Libby find much in common, but their love is frowned upon.Dominic Glass, the master of the Glass House, ...

Previously published under the pennames Deborah Miles and Sara Bennett1834. Lizzie Banister and her sister Jane are on a sailing ship to Sydney Town when Jane catches the eye of Zek Gray. Thinking to save her sister from a man she believes is a rake, Lizzie finds herself in Zek’s arms. One thing leads to another, and soon Lizzie is travelling west with Zek to take up a position as his housekeeper.Zek has never been in love. He can’t quite believe that a prim an...

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. Her family have a long hi...

Libby has remade her life after the disastrous falling out with Gabriel.A legacy gives her the chance to make her mark in Sydney society.Catching the eye of Captain Peters, she starts to believe marriage to him might bring her the respectability she craves.Until Dominic Glass comes to find her.Libby’s love for him is undiminished, but when she is caught in the middle of a tragic situation she believes all is lost.The Glass House is a series o...

1939, the eve of the Black Friday bushfires. Neville travels the lonely bush taking photographs, struggling with his memories of the Great War and searching for the perfect image. At Mackenzie Crossing he finds Georgie Mackenzie and hope fills him. But one of the worst fires in Victoria’s history is about to sweep over them and who knows whether they will survive.1997, Skye has come seeking her lost grandfather Neville. He was last seen in 1939 in Mackenzie Crossing, before bushfir...

A love so strong it will bind them together forever…or tear them apart.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...

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.

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 wrong.Evie’s past is catchi...

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 life is a mess, her politically...

Emilia wants her husband back…But are the dead best left undisturbed?Emilia’s journalist husband, Owen Flett, is missing presumed dead during World War I.When she is drawn into a seance 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...