Daisy Brindle is a field girl, tramping the roads of Lancashire in a gang of women and children, hired out by a brutal monster for stone picking, harvesting, winter work down the pits. Miles Thornley, heir to a great estate, arrogant and spoilt, changes her life. He teaches Daisy to love, seduces her – and casually casts her aside. He teaches her to hate.Driven onto the streets of Liverpool, Daisy is rescued by a man of honesty and restless energy, sea captain Sam Lassiter.
First as his mistress and then as his wife and business partner, Daisy comes to enjoy the better things in life. But her unrelenting drive for revenge on the dissolute Miles threatens the destruction of everything she has worked for and achieved. Begins finally to threaten her marriage to Sam Lassiter…
First as his mistress and then as his wife and business partner, Daisy comes to enjoy the better things in life. But her unrelenting drive for revenge on the dissolute Miles threatens the destruction of everything she has worked for and achieved. Begins finally to threaten her marriage to Sam Lassiter…
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Reviews
This saga is, like all of Audrey Howard's books, compelling and memorable...a joy to read
Among the dross that constitutes the Liverpool saga market for women, Howard's enjoyable 19th-century historical romance of crossed love shines out.
Poignant and well plotted, this is the book to curl up with to shut out troubles.
Her thousands of fans recognise the artistry of a true storyteller
Life and middle class living in Liverpool in the early 1900's is the colourful backcloth for the latest novel from this master storyteller
Another blockbuster guaranteed to delight fans of widescreen saga story-telling.
A well-rounded coming-of-age story...engrossing, emotionally intense page-turner
A stirring and dramatic romance.