Colonial Bride

"Our union could never work, never in a thousand years."

Emigrating from England to the colony of New Zealand, in the late 1880s, was the best decision Victoria (Vita) Soames had ever made. She leapt at the chance to forge a new life for herself, her young daughter, and her mother. But surviving the uncomfortable three month sea journey across the world did not mean she'd left all of Victorian society's expectations and behaviours behind; she found to her dismay that she was, in some ways, still trapped in the conventions and bad habits of the old country, in this new land.

And when a successful businessman clashes with her passionate goals for social change, she finds her heart conflicted as never before. How long can they both hide their past, and trust enough, in the power of love, to reveal their secrets?