Vicky Adin — New Zealand Historical Fiction Author
If you love stories of strong women, family secrets and lives lived against the odds — these stories are for you. The women history overlooked, set against immigrant families, hidden secrets and enduring love in colonial New Zealand and Victorian Britain — and the descendants who uncover the truth generations later.
My memoir — Where Stories Lie Buried — is available to pre-order now. Launching September 2026. The story of a genealogist turned author. Find out more →
Sarah’s Destiny, Book One in The Ancestors series…. a B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree. One woman’s fight for love and survival in 19th century Bristol.
Will her wishes come true, or is she destined to be another unfortunate in the sea of many? READ MORE
5-star review …The author has done an absolutely fabulous job at creating a story that you truly want to read, and absolutely don’t want to put down. In Sarah, a worthy heroine and protagonist is created, and she feels so real, it makes the highs of the novel even more joyful, and the lows even more heartbreaking. This is a novel that makes you feel, and one that I will absolutely be reading again and again. At times, I almost felt like I was reading a Catherine Cookson novel, the story so compelling and almost timeless. This is certainly an author I will be looking for more books by. (see full review)
The Art of Secrets series:
Dual-timeline family sagas about finding your roots — and the secrets someone buried along the way.
The Art of Secrets: Book 1. Emma wants to forget; Charlotte never can. Together they remember. Elinor: The Matriarch – Book 2. A distraught friend, a mysterious stalker, and generations of secrets. Lucy: The Suffragist – a moral dilemma puts her future at risk.
Lucy the suffragist fought for justice and the right to vote in 19th century New Zealand.
(The Art of Secrets: Dual-timeline family sagas about finding your roots)
Book 1: The Art of Secrets Book 2: Elinor Book 3: Lucy
The New Zealand Immigrant Collection.
Six family sagas following the women who crossed oceans for a better life — and the descendants who uncover their secrets generations later.
Brigid The Girl from County Clare. Like making lace – she pieces together a new life from a single thread of hope
Gwenna The Welsh Confectioner. Against overwhelming odds, can she save her legacy? Followed by the sequel The Costumier’s Gift: Why does a stranger hold the key to untangling Katie’s family
I’m delighted that all three books have been recognised as B.R.A.G. Medallion Honorees along with Elinor, Portrait of Man, and Sarah’s Destiny
Two more stories from The New Zealand Immigrant Collection
The Cornish Knot: A saga of old mysteries and modern conflicts. Can one woman’s secrets change the life of another a century later? Portrait of a Man: the sequel – A gripping multi-generational tale of lies, lost chances, and misplaced love. Will the secrets of the past destroy an artist’s legacy? READ MORE
The Disenchanted Soldier: a heartbreaking dual-timeline family saga the first story in The New Zealand Immigrant Collection
Inspired by the true story of a colonial pioneer
In 1863, young Daniel Adin, a trained soldier, embarks on an adventure of a lifetime. In pursuit of a new life and land to farm, he travels to New Zealand to fight an unknown enemy… READ MORE
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