{"product_id":"9781460753101_the-cloud-leopards-daughter","title":"The Cloud Leopard's Daughter","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eA story of love, family, adventure and intrigue, set against backdrops of the gold rushes in Australia and New Zealand and the Opium Wars in China. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Kitty and Rian Farrell sail their schooner Katipo III into Dunedin Harbour in 1863, they are on tenterhooks. The new Otago goldfields have attracted all-comers, including their friend Wong Fu from Ballarat, who has sent a message for their help.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo their surprise, Wong Fu reveals he is more than a mere fortune seeker - he is in fact a Cloud Leopard tong master and his daughter, Bao, has been kidnapped and taken to opium-ridden China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKitty and Rian agree to retrieve the missing Bao, but as they sail closer to their quarry the stakes jump dramatically. And little do they know that the deadliest threat lies in their midst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Cloud's Leopard's Daughter takes us through dangerous and unpredictable shoals of love, lust, greed and opium, in search of not one, but two, fiery yet vulnerable women - puppets in other people's calculated games.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Deborah Challinor:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Seamlessly fuses historical fact and engrossing fiction' \u003cem\u003eQueensland Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Immensely enjoyable' \u003cem\u003eAustralian Women's Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Challinor is a good storyteller; her characters have depth and her historical backdrops are well researched, seamlessly joining fact and fiction and creating a convincing, atmospheric yarn.' \u003cem\u003eBookseller and Publisher\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Challinor has been dubbed Australia's answer to Philippa Gregory' \u003cem\u003eBrisbane Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deborah Challinor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46896686432405,"sku":"9781460753101","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781460753101_d827fb9e-9ef7-4d28-8b10-5c1599978153.jpg?v=1776888374","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781460753101_the-cloud-leopards-daughter","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}