A sweeping traditional historical romance set in the southern mountains, Chandler's Run is the story of a passionate wife who follows her consumptive husband to colonial New Zealand, expecting to join his wealthy uncle on a well established sheep run, where the pure mountain air will help him recover. Instead they arrive to a burnt out shell of a house with no sign of the uncle, his stock or station hands. the family barely survive, becoming totally reliant on Black Ruby, a surly widow on the neighbouring property. Into their shattered lives rides James McKenzie, an itinerant Scottish master drover, and his black and white bitch, Friday. A passionate romance featuring the mysterious historical figure of James MacKenzie, and the stunning landscape of the Southern Alps, by an exciting new writer. Will appeal to lovers of historical romance who enjoyed Deborah Challinor's Children of War series - tamar, White Feathers and Blue Smoke.