The Trader's Dream

Bram Deagan dreams of bringing his family from Ireland to join him in Australia, where he has built a successful trading business. After a typhus epidemic devastates their family and scatters loved ones worldwide, Maura Deagan takes on the responsibility of caring for her orphaned nieces and nephew and plans a voyage to join Bram via the Suez Canal. During the journey, Maura encounters fellow passenger Hugh Beaufort, sparking the possibility of a new chapter in her life, though unforeseen complications from Hugh's past threaten her hopes.