The Patriots // The Gallant — V.A. Stuart / Vivian Stuart

Australia - an untamed land of limitless riches and dangerous dreams. A land of daring men and tempestuous women...
Michael Cadogen - for him Australia means imprisonment in Tasmania's cruellest prison and an endless quest for freedom and revenge.
Kitty Cadogen - beautiful and determined, she leaves her native Ireland in search of justice for her brother.
Johhny Broome-a young journalist, he is enchanted from the start by the raven-haired Kitty. Driven by his burning passion, he risks his career and his life to uncover a shocking secret.
Jenny Broome - newly wed to the dashing war-hero Colonel De Lancey, she bravely faces unknown dangers as her husband is called to defend the British Empire in an exotic and mutinous distant land.

Original title: "The Gallant" also published as William Stuart Long.