The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran LP Mor

  
This was an easy read that kept my interest high.  It is based on a real-life legal case, but I don't know how closely the story follows the truth.  Henry Oades is a good husband and father working as an accountant in England.  To his wife's dismay he takes a job in New Zealand.  Ever dutiful, Margaret tries to accept the posting as cheerfully as she can, knowing that it is only for a few years.  Then Henry gets a promotion and the post is extended.  Tragedy strikes when the Maori kidnap Margaret and the kids.  Search parties look for the family but they are presumed to be dead.  Not accepting that, Henry continues to search until he is injured.  After a memorial service for his family Henry decides to leave New Zealand.  He can't face Margaret's family back in England so he heads to California.  There he meets Nancy whose husband dies in a fire shortly before she is to give birth.  They marry and are very happy.  Then one day Margaret and her kids show up at the door.  This takes place in the late 1800's and bigamy (as the locals see it) is not popular!  An interesting book.