Melissa Lawrence swims ashore in Australia. She has no idea what to expect after escaping her captors. Since becoming Mel Lawrence, she finds her interests are expanding beyond just the “woman of means” role she had been raised to accept. After finding someone to teach her about becoming a grazer, she herds a flock of sheep into the Australian outback. She never imagined she would find a mate, a land that challenges her, and a life she felt she was bred for.
Genre: FICTION / LesbianWell selling series
Mel had come ashore wearing only the bedraggled clothes on her back. Sleeping, hidden on the rocks, she had to dry herself from the ocean water in the harbor before making her way into Sydney in the morning. She passed the pismire—the poor area—and many chain gangs, and she realized she better find clothing soon before they mistook her for an escaped convict instead of an escaped sailor. Shanghaied or not, she had deserted her ship. Finding a public outhouse, she gingerly pulled her pants down. She was afraid, not for herself but for what she had stored between her legs. The rolls of gold coins were disgusting from being bathed in her bodily fluids, including the blood she’d had to hide for those many months. The men had been too concerned about her pockets when they had rolled her, drugged her, and shanghaied her. They hadn’t touched between her legs, or they would have found the fortune she carried there. On ship, she had rarely found time to change the coins’ coverings, as she was forced to hastily use a bucket to poop and pee in when she found time alone. She knew her life would be in danger if they discovered her two secrets: the fortune and the fact that she was a woman. Her size and appearance had intimidated most men into believing she was a hard-working man. She extracted just one gold coin as she squatted over the hole and did her duty. There wasn’t much to expel as she hadn’t eaten in two days. She put the coin in her battered trousers, knowing she would be suspect if she held gold in her hand in any store. She headed away from the pismire, which was full of sharpsters, prostitutes, and people looking to take advantage of the unwary.
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Translated by Sandra Martínez
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