Gold

Orphaned on the Victorian goldfields and robbed of her parents by greed, Jane Mutta refuses to become another victim of fortune and fate.

Armed with her dentistry skills, fierce ambition, and a Queen's sovereign pressed into her palm, Jane sets out to claim a future in the Australian colonies. But gold attracts more than opportunity. Bushrangers haunt the roads. Police patrol the tracks. And Jane rides hard across hostile country with stolen gold hidden beneath a black Chantilly lace crinoline, determined to outwit them all.

Explorer Douglas Fife was not part of her plans.

Nor was the ill-fated steamship Admella.

When ambition, betrayal, and survival collide on land and sea, Jane must decide what she values most: gold, independence, or the dangerous promise of love.

Inspired by the true wreck of the SS Admella, this sweeping colonial adventure weaves together goldfields intrigue, bushranger pursuit, and one of Australia's most tragic maritime disasters.