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Jewel in the North (Flinders Ranges Series #3)

Tricia Stringer

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Apr 24, 2017 Brenda rated it it was amazing

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Joseph Baker’s wife Millie had given him three more children to add to the four with his first wife Clara and his happiness knew no bounds. Living at Wildu Creek with his father Thomas and the whole family meant the homestead was bursting at the seams. When Joseph’s eldest son William left to take over the running of Smith’s Ridge, William was proud his father had faith in his ability to manage the property.

William had had his eye on Georgina Prosser to be his wife since he was a young man. It s Joseph Baker’s wife Millie had given him three more children to add to the four with his first wife Clara and his happiness knew no bounds. Living at Wildu Creek with his father Thomas and the whole family meant the homestead was bursting at the seams. When Joseph’s eldest son William left to take over the running of Smith’s Ridge, William was proud his father had faith in his ability to manage the property.

William had had his eye on Georgina Prosser to be his wife since he was a young man. It seemed Georgina was also keen, but her father and Joseph Baker were sworn enemies. Charles Wiltshire, Henry’s son was younger than Georgina but was determined to ask her to be his wife as soon as he turned eighteen. The division between the Wiltshire family; the Prosser family and the Baker family was well known. The feud had been simmering for years…

With a harsh drought once again gripping the Flinders Ranges and surrounding countryside, the farmers were all feeling the pinch. So in turn were the business and home owners in the small town of Hawker. Henry Wiltshire and his son Charles were determined to keep attracting the elite and well to do in town to their shop; they were also determined to have nothing to do with the natives in the area. And it seemed Charles was cut from the same cloth as Henry – a cruel and vindictive man, Charles wouldn’t be thwarted in anything he’d set his mind to.

Who would be the survivors in the struggle to retain what was theirs? Would there ever be happiness for the families on the land they loved?

Jewel in the North is the third and final episode in the Flinders Ranges series by Aussie author Tricia Stringer, and it was a wonderful, indepth and breathtaking conclusion. Moving from the late 1800s through the turn of the century, Federation and beyond, this novel is filled with love, loss and grief plus it also shows what happens in a long-standing feud between several generations of families. A masterful historical fiction novel, Jewel in the North is set in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia where rains after a long drought is all that is wished for. I have no hesitation in recommending this novel highly.

With thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my digital copy to read and review.
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Oct 05, 2020 Dzintra aka Ingrid rated it it was amazing

A deeply satisfying final book set in The Flinders Ranges....so much so that I had to stay up until 3am last night to finish it! Thanks Tricia for a wonderful read!

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