ABANDONED. a thief is arrested in england and sent to australia for penal servitude and meets a woman who sets up a whisky still think it may be part of a series of books

[Mick]

book is about a thief in England who is caught and sent for penal servitude in australia there is a woman he meets who has a whisky still and they become successful think is part of a series
dont know much more about it i was shown the cover of this and a friend said it was a good read but now cant remember author or title any help ??
thanks

[Tab]

How many years ago did you hear about this book?

[Ann aka Iftcan]

Do you remember if it was a book written in the U.S., U.K. or Australia?

[Dee]

there is the potato factory series which starts in the UK, and then ends up in Australia - but a woman is the person that is sent, but she doesn't start some kind of distillery eventually

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Mick, are you still looking for this or did you find it?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Mick, are you still looking for this or did you find it?"

No response in 3 years. Moving to Abandoned.