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    Amber

    By Deborah Challinor

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    She was Maori, aged anywhere between three and five years old. Her dirty, matted hair hung past her shoulders, and her sweet, heart-shaped little face was filthy.
    When Kitty Farrell is offered a trinket by a street urchin, her impulsive response will change both of their lives forever, and place an unexpected strain on her marriage. For the past four years, she has sailed the high seas on the trading vessel Katipo with Rian, her wild Irish adventurer, but when they return to the Bay of Islands in 1845, they find themselves in the midst of a bloody affray. their loyalties and their love are sorely tested, and Kitty's past comes back to haunt her when she encounters the bewitching child she names Amber. As the action swirls around them, Kitty and Rian must battle to be reunited as they fight for their lives and watch friends and enemies alike succumb to the madness of war and the fatal seduction of hatred.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Australia
    Release dateFeb 1, 2010
    ISBN9780730401025
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    Deborah Challinor

    Deborah Challinor has a PhD in history and is the author of numerous bestselling novels, including the Children of War series, the Convict Girls series, the Smuggler's Wife series and the Restless Years series. She has also written one young adult novel and two non-fiction books. In 2018, Deborah was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature and historical research. She lives in New Zealand with her husband.

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    • 4/5
      Second in the Kitty Series. Kitty and her husband Rian, along with his crew aboard the trading vessel 'Katipo' return to the Bay of Islands in 1845 where they become caught up in events at the beginning of the New Zealand Wars. Hone Heke's just chopped down the flagpole and Rian wants to assist Maori however he can. He and the crew take off into the bush leaving Kitty in Auckland. While there, Kitty discovers abandoned street urchin Amber who is part Maori (Amber did not arrive on the scene until about two thirds of the way into the book). Missing Rian, Kitty and Amber travel to where Kitty thinks he might be. However, Kitty and Amber are captured by hostile Maori. Another great read. I haven't read the first in this series but I intend to.