Dangerous shores
By: Jessica Blair
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Magna
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 526
ISBN-13: 9780750529181
Subjects: Social life and customs; Cornwall (England : County); Fiction
Description: When Abigail Mitchell is a little girl her father, John, inherits a large estate in Cornwall from his uncle. He chooses to move his family from their comfortable living in Whitby to the rugged Cornish coast, in the hope of securing a more prosperous future in the South. John soon incurs the opposition and wrath of their neighbours, the Gainsfords, a powerful old Cornish family. However, as Abigail blossoms into a young lady she finds herself mixing socially with the younger Gainsfords and attracted to the eldest son, Luke. She agrees to marry him in spite of his rakish reputation and her father's objections to the match. Abigail soon learns she should have heeded her father's warning when she uncovers Luke's secret life ...
Notes: Originally published: London: Piatkus, 2007.