Charlotte Booth loves her father and the home they share, which is set high up in the limestone escarpments of Crummockdale. But when a new businessman in the form of Joseph Dawson enters their lives, both Charlotte and her father decide he's the man for her and, within six months, Charlotte marries the dashing mill owner from Accrington.
Then a young mill worker is found dead in the swollen River Ribble. With Joseph's business nearly bankrupt, it becomes apparent that all is not as it seems and Joseph is not the man he pretends to be. Heavily pregnant, penniless and heartbroken, Charlotte is forced to face the reality that life may never be the same again . . . The one you marry isn't always the one you should trust . . . Diane Allen was born in Leeds, but raised at her family's farm, deep in the Yorkshire Dales. After working as a glass engraver, raising a family and looking after an ill father, she found her true niche in life, joining a large-print publishing firm in 1990. She now concentrates on her writing full-time and has recently been made Honorary Vice President of the Romantic Novelists' Association. Diane and her husband Ronnie live in Long Preston, in the Yorkshire Dales, and have two children and four beautiful grandchildren. Diane Allen's sweeping series of saga novels follows the tumultuous lives of three generations of the Booth family in the Windfell Manor Trilogy. Beginning with The Mistress of Windfell Manor, these moving novels, all set in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales, depict the harsh realities of 19th century northern England that Charlotte Booth and her descendants face during their time living in the family home of Windfell Manor. If you are a lover of historical sagas and the sweep of the northern hills and their romance then this series is for you. If you are a lover of historical sagas and the sweep of the northern hills and their romance, then this novel is definitely for you A cosy read that feels perfect for the winter months. Set in the Yorkshire Dales, this story is atmospheric and even a little heart-breaking
