Bücher der Reihe Pioneers of Grace

In true Olwyn Harris style, this first book in the 'Pioneers of Grace' series takes us on a journey to the early days of settlement in Australia.Here we meet Abigail, the wife of the most powerful property owner in the district. She is the envy of those on the outside, but fashionable clothes and carefully applied makeup hide a darker secret, and his brutality is not only directed at her. To correct her husband's crimes, Abby is drawn into contact with the disgraced lawyer, Ruben Davey, hiding in the hills with a band of displaced bushrangers. Will Abby be able to address these injustices and find a way to navigate towards a safer future in the meantime?

In true Olwyn Harris style, Journey of Grace explores the trials and risks of being a 'Mail order bride' in the early days of Australia's settlement. In this book, we meet Tabitha, who plans to escape the drudgery of the textile mills by accepting sponsored passage to Australia as a bride. Nothing goes as planned, however, and Tabitha finds herself dumped like garbage and left for dead. Will Tabitha be able to sew together a new life in Australia and will she find the path God has for her in her Journey of Grace?

Historical Australian romance at its finest!Book 4 in the Pioneers of Grace series takes us back to Redwood Park, now a wayside inn, a place for weary gold-diggers to stop on their way to or from the goldfields. When a bedraggled woman arrives on their doorstep, their first instinct is to turn her away, along with whatever trouble is following her. Kindness, however, wins out. As Martha takes a job in the kitchen, she learns to show her true face and, with the help of the cook, drop the mask she has hidden behind for years.

The fifth book in the Pioneers of Grace series by Olwyn Harris takes us to Yellow Creek Station. Here we are introduced to Ruth, the widowed daughter-in-law to Nora. Ruth has followed Nora, also a widow, back to her hometown, where she must find work to sustain them. As a foreigner, Ruth faces suspicion and discrimination at every turn. Will she find a way to persevere, and shape her new life?

In the final book in the Pioneers of Grace series by Olwyn Harris, we meet Rachel and Leah. The younger sister, Rachel, loves living in the country and working with her hands and finds all the socially acceptable niceties tedious. Plain, bespeckled Leah, on the other hand, wishes to escape the country. When a well-connected suiter appears, Leah finds herself overlooked, and Rachel faces the prospect of having to leave the family farm. The girls come up with a plan so they both get what they want, but when the plan seems to backfire on Rachel, will she put her hands and her heart into building a Sculpture of Grace?