A Great Act of Love: A Novel

“A sensuous, captivating story of love and adventure.” —Lucy Steeds, bestselling author of The Artist and the Feast A young woman with a mysterious past searches for her father—who has committed an unspeakable crime—in an exquisitely lush and “enticing” (The New York Times) historical novel set among the champagne vines of 19th-century Australia. Van Diemen’s Land, 1839. A young woman of means and secrets arrives in Hobart, Australia, with a boy in her care. Leasing an old cottage next to an abandoned vineyard, Caroline Douglas must navigate an insular colony of exiles and opportunists and invent a new life on this island of extreme seasons and wild beauty. A Great Act of Love is a spellbinding story that soars from the French Revolution to London and New York on an epic voyage to Tasmania. Here is a story of a family with champagne in their blood, and an enterprising woman determined to rewrite their legacy. The lives of Caroline, her father, and the residents of the island will collide in devastating and profound ways. Inspired by true family events, A Great Act of Love is “a beautifully written account of a woman’s attempts to reinvent herself and rescue those she loves” (The Sunday Times, London).