by Karen Robards
published 1985
Publisher: Warner Books
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In this “spell-binding romance” (Publisher’s Weekly), falsely accused, Irish-born convict Dominic Gallagher is shipped to the Australian Outback, where he is rescued from being beaten to death by Sarah Markham, the plain, no-nonsense, spinster daughter of a sheep baron. Indentured to Sarah’s father, gorgeous, blue-eyed Dominic must do “Miss Sarah’s” bidding even while the two begin to secretly burn with passion for each other. In an epic clash of wills, neither is prepared to give an inch.
Then Dominic escapes, taking Sarah with him on a run for his life through the dangers of the Australian outback, and that clash of wills escalates into an explosion of heat as “Miss Sarah” and the dangerous, desperate convict find themselves falling in lust—and love.
“I’ve a feeling you’ll soon rue this day…”
These were the fateful words Sarah Markham’s father uttered after she threw herself between the convict lashed to the ship’s mast and the captain’s whip.
Transported to Australia for crimes against the Crown, Dominic Gallagher had been labeled a troublemaker. No humor lightened his handsome face; everything about him looked dark, deliberate, and dangerous. But independent, feisty Sarah couldn’t bear to see any man flogged to death. Instead she insisted her father buy this young Irish rebel and bring him back to their ranch.
Soon a forbidden passion began to blossom between the indentured man and his mistress in this lush, primitive land. A twist of fate swept them together amid betrayal and intrigue as a man faced risking everything for freedom and a woman faced risking everything for love.
A really awesome read. Dominic Gallagher is falsely accused of a crime by his evil step father and sentenced to hard labor in the Australian outback. I read this book in my teens and I could not put it down. It’s a great collectors item for any reader of Historical Romance and it proves that love conquers all.