Nicolas Virtue, AnneMarie Brear
Nicolas Virtue, AnneMarie Brear
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Nicola's Virtue

Author: AnneMarie Brear

Narrator: Colleen Prendergast

Unabridged: 9 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/01/2019


Synopsis

1867: Nicola Douglas attends a lecture given by Miss Maria Rye, the founder of the Female Middle Class Emigration Society, which inspires her to change her life. With no family, but a good education, she boards a ship to Australia with high hopes of a fresh start in a new country as a governess. Sydney is full of young women with similar ambitions and equally poor prospects – but when a wealthy benefactor appears, she finds a foothold. What she never anticipated was the attention of two suitors: Nathaniel, a privileged and attractive English gentleman; and Hilton, a beguiling American. Nicola reaches a crisis – the prospects of finding love, and being married, show how empty her life has been since her parents' death. However, her career at the Governess Home is vital to her. Can she have both? Or would her career alone ever be enough to sustain her?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cindy

Nicola’s Virtue is an enthralling story of powerful love, determination, self-fulfilment and accomplishment. It also offers a unique message in that sometimes certain ties of family must be broken to move forward. Our lead character, Nicola, emigrates from England to Australia in 1867 in hopes of fi......more

Goodreads review by Tess

One must recognize that the genre lends itself to serendipitous coincidences and good fortune, and to happy endings, so this book is no surprise in itself. At about 80%, I had convinced myself I knew what form the plot twist would take, so I was pleasantly surprised it was slightly different. Still,......more

Something Different Didn’t think I’d enjoy this story as much as I did but I found Nicola’s Virtue to be an accurate portrayal of how life was beginning a new life as a single woman in Australia. Story was well paced and the characters were well written. I had an enjoyable day reading this fine novel......more

Captivating story! Excellent writer! I have enjoyed reading all of her books. They captivate and hold the attention. Her descriptive writing takes the reader to New Zealand to follow the character down on her luck in a page turning journey .......more

Another compelling and beautiful book by this superb author,a wonderfully good read as usual.Now to move on to my next Anne Marie Brear story. Which I know will be as warm,historically correct and intriguing as all the previous books that I have read by this author.......more