Publisher's Synopsis
Sophie dreams of an exciting life away from her strict education in a workhouse. Through an agency she applies for a position as a Governess in New South Wales in Australia. She is chaperoned, with other young women, to a new life, beyond the social barriers in England. But Sophie finds that the agency is a sham when she's abandoned on the quayside in Sydney. However, a different world opens up to her when she meets Mr Matthias Wells...