When Lucy Dean – eighteen, with no money – marries James Buchanan – a man of thirty-four with a great fortune -it is anything but a happy match. For James is hopelessly in love with his wife while Lucy – too young, too serious and too determined to sacrifice happiness to duty – doesn’t know what love means. Then the Great War comes, and Lucy’s heart wakens, with truly shattering results for them both.
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'Among the dross that constitutes the Liverpool saga market for women, Howard's enjoyable 19th-century historical romance of crossed love shines out.
Her thousands of fans recognise the artistry of a ture storyteller
Poignant and well-plotted, this is the book to curl up with to shut out troubles.'