The Convict

Life as a convict in colonial New South Wales has been hard for Jesse Morgan. Accused of a crime he didn't commit and betrayed by people he thought were his friends, the life of ease he knew came to an abrupt end.
After more than seven years of hard labour in the colony of New South Wales, Jesse is sent to work at Hillcrest, the home of Major George McKenna and his daughter Isabelle.
With less than three months left of his sentence, he is determined to keep out of trouble. But that is before he lays eyes on Isabelle McKenna.
The attraction is mutual and their friendship grows into love, each knowing that they should not be pursuing this doomed romance but unable to help themselves.
Jesse knows that as a penniless ex-convict he would never be allowed to marry Isabelle.
As the time looms for Jesse to leave, ghosts from the past threaten to complicate matters further. Isabelle's only chance is to try to convince her father to let her marry Jesse or she knows she will never see him again.