This historical fiction novel by Anna Jacobs, the bestselling author of Beyond The Sunset and Destiny's Path, takes a beguiling look at Singapore and Western Australia in the 1860s.
As The Trader’s Wife begins, Isabella Saunders is a penniless Englishwoman, who’s living alone in Singapore after her mother’s death and her cousin’s disappearance. Things start to improve when she accepts an offer from a local businessman, Mr Lee, to teach him English.
Two years later, Mr Lee arranges a marriage for Isabella to Bram Deagan, an Irish trader, and they move to Western Australia’s Swan River Colony to open a shop. Will their business be successful? And can Isabella grow to love Bram?