{"product_id":"far-from-the-whispering-sheoaks-sara-powter-9781923097315","title":"Far From the Whispering Sheoaks","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFar from the Whispering Sheoaks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Australian Historical Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Stolen Life. A public auction. A love that defies the law.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Trigger Warning - contains some scenes of domestic violence.)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSet in Australia in 1817 - 1823\u003cbr\u003e****\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn England, \u003cb\u003eFanny Little\u003c\/b\u003e lost her freedom because of one little mistake. She is banished to the harsh shores of New South Wales. But the colony offers no mercy. Assigned and now married to the brutal ex-soldier \u003cb\u003eGordon McKenzie, \u003c\/b\u003e Fanny is treated as mere property-until she is forced onto the auction block in a humiliating public sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhil Bentley\u003c\/b\u003e is a man with his own secrets, hiding from a treacherous family member half a world away. In a secluded farm, he finds the peace he craves-until he sees Fanny. Saving her means stepping out of the shadows and risking everything to protect her from McKenzie's inexplicable malice. His faith gives him the strength to save her, but will she listen to him?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe birth of their child changes everything. They must face a society that views their union as a scandal. At his Baptism, things change.\u003cbr\u003eIn a land of whispering sheoaks and dark secrets, can they truly outrun the shadows of the past? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuy your copy of \u003cb\u003e\"Far from the Whispering Sheoaks\" \u003c\/b\u003enow to unravel the tendrils that have woven their way through too many lives.\u003cp\u003e****\u003cbr\u003eAnother book in the Hunter to Macquarie Collection of Australian Historical novels. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e(While illegal, Wife Selling (poor man's divorce) in the Victorian Era did occur until the mid 1800s. This story is inspired by wife-selling cases that occurred in Tasmania and Windsor, NSW.)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTropes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDomestic violence.\u003cbr\u003eSurvival against all odds.\u003cbr\u003eUnfair Convict assignments.\u003cbr\u003eSecond chance at love.\u003cbr\u003eUnexpected ending.\u003cbr\u003eSoldier gone wrong.\u003cbr\u003ePublic Wife Selling.\u003cbr\u003eNot who she claims to be.\u003cbr\u003eHappily ever after.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sara Powter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1923097318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781923097315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thorpe Bowker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.51d","brand":"Sara Powter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173976613119,"sku":"9781923097315","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fcdfc31c-6d9b-4604-af50-003ac9f9d923.jpg?v=1788957229","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/far-from-the-whispering-sheoaks-sara-powter-9781923097315","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}