The Shallow Seas
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In Vol.2 of The Straits Quartet, Charlotte Macleod is nineteen, pregnant, and alone in 1842. She is fleeing a scandalous liaison with her married Chinese lover, a liaison which would bring ruin on him, herself, and her brother, Robert, the police chief of Singapore. When Tigran Manouk, forty, and the richest merchant in Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies, asks for her hand in marriage, the choice is no choice. Through loss and pain, Charlotte will find a way to make a life with a man she does not love in a town she does not understand. Until she returns to Singapore, to the town where the man she loves waits for her, to face the hardest decision of her life.
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Dawn Farnham is the author ofĀ The Red Thread,Ā The Shallow Seas,Ā The Hills of SingaporeĀ andĀ The English ConcubineĀ (which comprise The Straits Quartet, a bestselling series of historical romance set in 19th-century Singapore),Ā A Crowd of Twisted Things, a novel set in 1950 Singapore, as well as numerous short stories, plays and childrenās books. A former longterm resident of Singapore, Dawn now calls Perth, Australia, home. Learn more about Dawn atĀ www.dawnfarnham.com.
Description
- Description
- About the Author
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In Vol.2 of The Straits Quartet, Charlotte Macleod is nineteen, pregnant, and alone in 1842. She is fleeing a scandalous liaison with her married Chinese lover, a liaison which would bring ruin on him, herself, and her brother, Robert, the police chief of Singapore. When Tigran Manouk, forty, and the richest merchant in Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies, asks for her hand in marriage, the choice is no choice. Through loss and pain, Charlotte will find a way to make a life with a man she does not love in a town she does not understand. Until she returns to Singapore, to the town where the man she loves waits for her, to face the hardest decision of her life.
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Dawn Farnham is the author ofĀ The Red Thread,Ā The Shallow Seas,Ā The Hills of SingaporeĀ andĀ The English ConcubineĀ (which comprise The Straits Quartet, a bestselling series of historical romance set in 19th-century Singapore),Ā A Crowd of Twisted Things, a novel set in 1950 Singapore, as well as numerous short stories, plays and childrenās books. A former longterm resident of Singapore, Dawn now calls Perth, Australia, home. Learn more about Dawn atĀ www.dawnfarnham.com.
