| When Katie O Donovan leaves her home inCounty Donegal after the sudden death ofher father, it is not by choice--called head-strong and independent by her family,Katie does not welcome her new life in thecotton mills of Lancashire. Finding the bleak, rain-filled skiesoppressive and the long hours in the millnot challenging enough for her lively spirit,Katie applies for a.job as a servant girl at theweahhy Carslake estate. There, her willing-hess to work hard and her ability to speakup for herselt assure her success--until sherealizes she has fallen in love with JeffreyCarslake, the young master. Unable to rec-oncile her feelings for Jeffrey with her desireto be loved as an equal, Katie marries LiamClancy, an Irishman from a backgroundsimilar to her ownAlmost immediately,England is plunged intothe First WorldWar, and Katie must remain at home, aloneand with child, struggling to preserve herhusband s business so that his fightingefforts will not be in vain. But through her lonely marriage Katiehas never forgotten tile tlandsome strangerwho tantalized her once from thedark hillsnear Carslake, and now her full woman-hood is only just beginning. The strengthand independence she finds in the world ofcommerce allow her to spread her wings, atlast accepting her ambitions -and her passion-with pride. |
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