The gentle wind's caress
By: Anne Whitfield
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Ulverscroft
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9781847821034
Subjects: Social conditions; Fiction; History
Description: After the deaths of her mother and sister, Isabelle Gibson and her brother are left to fend for themselves in a workhouse. However, when the matron's son attempts to rape her, Isabelle escapes him by marrying Farrell, a moorland farmer. But he's a drunkard and in a constant feud with his landlord, Ethan Harrington. When Farrell bungles a robbery and deserts her, Isabelle and Ethan are thrown together, but both are married and must hide their growing love. Meanwhile, when races from the past return to haunt her, a tragedy is set to strike that will change their lives forever.
Notes: Originally published: London: Robert Hale, 2007.