Fleeting Hope
About this audiobook
A Historically Australian Romance Novella
A young woman who is pushed into marriage with a man that she doesn't know finds herself on one of the ships that sailed amongst the First Fleet crossing the ocean to a promised land.
When she arrives, she quickly discovers that life in Australia is nothing like what she'd imagined. The land was harsh and unforgiving, very much like the man she'd married.
Joshua Blake was tried and convicted for stealing a fur coat and a loaf of bread. He was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment. He and hundreds of other convicts were later boarded onto a ship and transported to one the New England Colonies. Grateful to survive the harsh journey, he was sold to man as a slave in hopes of one day earning back his freedom.
Can the wife of an abuser save the abused?
The First Fleet initially landed at Botany Bay on the east coast of New South Wales on 18 January 1788. This location was chosen as recommended by Captain James Cook and his botanist Sir Joseph Banks when they first sailed up the coast of Australia eighteen years earlier.
The First Fleet quickly moved from Botany Bay, as Governor Arthur Phillip noted immediately that the conditions there were not suitable for settlement. The fleet then arrived at Port Jackson on 26 January 1788. This is the location that the city of Sydney stands today.
This Historical Romance is Fiction based loosely on timelines.
This is a work of Romance Fiction. No actual persons or events took place.
About the author
Melissa Bell lives in Brisbane, Australia. She has loved to read since the age of twelve when she discovered ‘To Kill A Mocking Bird’, previous to reading this book she hated reading. With a couple of handfuls of years and thousands of books later she wanted to try writing.
She has most recently accomplished making the USA Today Best Sellers List in October 2021. And has now set her sights on reaching the NY Times Best Sellers List.
She enjoys good food and good company when she’s not trying to concentrate on what she’s writing. She loves to laugh as laughter makes the world go round not money. Unfortunately laughter doesn’t pay the bills unless you’re a really well-known stand-up comedian. Which she is not. She is hoping that this is the start of an exciting adventure as a published Author, and that maybe something amazing will come of it. She would like to invite you all to join her on her journey.
