Journey to New Lands

About this book

A haunted Irishman. A young woman determined to begin again. A new country that may offer them both a second chance.Ireland, 1847.Patrick O'Sullivan has lost everything in the famine. He boards a ship bound for New South Wales to fulfil a promise he made to his dying sister. But Patrick is not travelling alone; a ghost of the past follows him across the ocean, a constant reminder of everything he could not save.On board, he meets Aisling Gallagher, a fiery young woman fleeing a dark past of her own. She is hopeful and determined to make a life for herself, even in a country she does not yet understand. Patrick knows he should keep his distance from her, but he finds himself drawn to her every step of the way.When their paths cross again in colonial New South Wales, Patrick and Aisling are drawn into a slow and tender connection neither of them expected. But the past does not loosen its grip easily. As Patrick struggles beneath the weight of grief and guilt, Aisling must overcome her own past to stand on her own feet.Set against the harsh beauty of colonial Australia, Journey to New Lands is a moving historical novel about grief, faith, love and the courage it takes to begin again.For readers who enjoy emotional historical fiction, slow-burn romance and stories of healing after loss.