Orchids and Camellias | Sophie Rogers

Nelson, New Zealand, 1869. Ginny Yang is on the run from her murderous, Chinese hating Father. Newly widowed and with child, Ginny has to fight to have any sort of future for herself and her unborn child.

New Zealand is changing, there is talk of banning the demon drink and giving women the vote. But what never seems to change, is the discrimination towards the Chinese, and anyone associated with them.

In search of safety, Ginny moves around the country; Christchurch, Nelson, Dunedin. But the shadows of her past follow them where ever they go; a haunted hotel, a woman’s welfare home, the muddy streets of Dunedin, a robbery, an art gallery and a old friend in agold rush town. Ginny can never be sure who is watching ...