Read an excerpt: Nightshades and Paperwhites
The new book by Sophie Rogers is set in 19th century Alexandra, New Zealand. The Gold Rush has been and gone. Alexandra is fast becoming a town of dwindling opportunities, especially for Ginny Doyle, an intelligent, young Irish woman with dreams of painting her way through Europe. New life is breathed into the town as Chinese miners arrive to rework the old claims. Curiosity draws Ginny down to the Chinese camp by the river, where she meets translator and miner Deming Yang. Ginny spends her days painting, lost in endless conversation with Deming as he mines. But there is more than just gold waiting to be unearthed; a murder, a mystery illness, a fire at the Chinese boarding house, a shared kiss and a dark family secret with the power to destroy everything Ginny thought she knew…
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Ginny tugged on the ribbon bookmark in her Bible. Against her better judgement, she had slipped it under her coat while Mrs Perry still had h....
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