Miss Whitaker Opens Her Heart by Jennifer Moore

I will admit I got choked up a few times in this book. I love the historical aspects and I even love the love stories. Oh how I love Jennifer Moore's historical novels! I love the characters and I love the different setting she chooses. But when Daniel's secret past is revealed, will Sarah be able forgive yet another deception?

What begins as a battle of wits, however, soon becomes a warm friendship and perhaps something more. But when he purchases land with the intention of farming it, he unwittingly arouses the wrath of his new neighbor, Sarah. Now, rather than death, Daniel faces exile in Australia an opportunity to put past mistakes behind him. Sentenced to death for his role in a horse-race scandal, Daniel was granted reprieve thanks to the influence of his wealthy relatives. Hardened by the dishonesty of both her fellow ranchers and the felons in her employ, Sarah has learned one important no one is to be trusted. But now, ten years later, Sarah has defied the odds and become a successful businesswoman much to the chagrin of her male counterparts. Orphaned in a land greatly populated by petty criminals exiled from England, the future seemed grim. But her hopes were shattered when she learned of his death and of her new role as heiress of the largest sheep farm in New Wales.

Australia, 1814 As a young child bound for a strange country, Sarah Whitaker dreamed of life with her father on his sprawling Australian ranch.

Miss Whitaker Opens Her Heart by Jennifer Moore