The Touch

Let international bestselling author Colleen McCullough sweep you away with this enthralling, evocative and emotional saga of one woman's quest to come to terms with a new life. If you like Victoria Hislop, Lucinda Riley and Fiona Valpy, you'll love this. 'Fast-moving and immensely readable. Back to the open spaces, merciless climate and sheer pioneering stance of the magical THE THORN BIRDS, this book is a page turner from start to finish' - Maeve Binchy. 'A compelling, passionate and gritty saga that was well worth the wait' - She. 'A powerful saga' - Mirror. 'Absorbing' - Sunday Telegraph. 'I could put this book down. I was consumed with it' - Reader review. 'This book is utterly compelling and quite simply, I loved it. I wanted to finish it, but, didn't want it to end. Beautifully written, descriptive passages. A truly Master author. Thank you' - Reader review. 'One of the best reads I've had in years' - Reader review. 'Thoroughly loved this book, I was hooked from the first page. ' - Reader review. Alexander Kinross. is remembered in his native Scotland. only as a shiftless boilermaker's apprentice. But when he writes from Australia. to summon his bride, his relatives realize he is now a man to be reckoned with. Arriving in Sydney. after a difficult voyage, sixteen-year-old Elizabeth Drummond. meets her husband-to-be and discovers that he frightens and repels her. Isolated in Alexander's great house, Elizabeth finds that marriage does not prompt her husband to enlighten her about his past life - nor his present one, in which his mistress, the sensuous, tough, outspoken Ruby Costevan. , still plays a part. Will she be able to forge a happy new life in this new world.