De auteur put uit haar jeugd in de Australische bush, waar het uitgestrekte landschap en de liefde voor verhalen haar vormden. Haar vertelstijl is diep geworteld in het Australische landschap dat haar inspireerde tot schrijven. Ervaringen uit haar reizen en haar carrière als advocaat wereldwijd hebben haar perspectief verrijkt, maar het heimwee naar huis en de herinneringen aan de Australische hemel blijven cruciaal. Dit sterke thuisgevoel en de wens om haar verhalen te delen, weerspiegelen zich in haar werk.
Jack Keller's violent past is very much with him these days, despite his efforts to leave it behind. His intervention on behalf of a bullied refugee girl and her family draws him into a confrontation with people from that family's own dark past, including a trio of vicious and sadistic female assassins.
Until now Kate Dowd has led a sheltered life on her family's sprawling sheep station but, with her father's health in decline, the management of the farm is increasingly falling to her.
Civil War veteran L.D. Cade arrives in 1870s San Francisco, seeking his fortune and a place to end his restless wandering. A job as bodyguard to a flashy real estate speculator seems like just the opportunity he's been looking for. But beneath the glitter and glamour of Gilded Age San Francisco lie festering greed, corruption, and intolerance. It's a dangerous place for an honest man, even one who's as good with a gun as Cade. As he makes his way between the decadent chaos of the notorious Barbary Coast, the luxurious mansions of Russian Hill, and the secretive societies of Chinatown, Cade will face vicious and sadistic enemies, find allies in unexpected places, and encounter a pair of enigmatic women who will change his life forever.