TY - BOOK AU - Challinor,Deborah TI - Kitty T2 - The smuggler's wife SN - 9781775549635 U1 - NZ823.3 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Auckland PB - HarperCollins New Zealand KW - New Zealand KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Fiction N2 - "When 18-year-old Kitty Carlisle's father dies in 1838, her suddenly impoverished mother hopes her beautiful daughter might at least find a good husband. But then Kitty is compromised by an unscrupulous adventurer, and she is banished in disgrace to the colonies. In the infamous whaling port of Kororareka - known as the Hell-Hole of the Pacific - Kitty falls in love with Rian Farrell, a mysterious sea captain with secrets of his own. Shocking events force her to flee the Bay of Islands for Sydney, but her independent heart leads her into a web of illicit sexual liaison, betrayal and death"--Publisher information ER -