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.
Panství Windfell Série
Tato série sleduje osudy žen, které čelí nepřízni osudu v drsném prostředí severní Anglie. Děj se odehrává v průmyslové éře, kde se hlavní hrdinky musí vyrovnávat s podvody, ztrátou a zlomeným srdcem. Ponořte se do příběhů o síle, odolnosti a hledání naděje tváří v tvář nepředstavitelným životním zvratům. Jedná se o poutavé vyprávění o přežití a znovuzrození.
Doporučené pořadí čtení
Twenty-one years have passed since Charlotte Booth fought to keep Ferndale Mill and her home at Windfell Manor following her traumatic first marriage. Now happily married to her childhood sweetheart, Archie Atkinson, she seeks only the best for their children, Isabelle and Danny. But Danny's head is turned by a local girl of ill repute... Meanwhile, the beautiful and secretive Isabelle shares all the traits of her biological father, the notorious Joseph Dawson. And when she announces that she is to marry John Sidgwick, her mother quickly warns her against him. An ex-drinking mate of her late father who faces bankruptcy, Charlotte fears his interest in Isabelle is founded more upon self-preservation than any notions of love. What she doesn't realize is how far he's willing to go to protect his future...
Daughter of the Dales
- 400 stránek
- 14 hodin čtení
The moving final book in the historical Windfell saga trilogy by Diane Allen.