Country Girl

A must-read sweeping saga, full of intrigue, romance and page-turning drama ... Marigold Bingham, though promised to Algie Stokes, the lock-keeper's son, reconsiders her dreams of marriage when she wrongly believes he has been two-timing her. With the sudden death of his father, as well as the loss of Marigold, Algie is consoled by Aurelia Sampson, the charming and beguiling wife of his employer, Benjamin. Yet Aurelia merely muddies the waters, adding to Algie's worries which weigh heavily on his shoulders as head of his increasingly troubled family. Marigold Bingham is unaware of Algie's spiralling burdens, yet she is in for a whole series of life-changing surprises. So too is Algie, the man she once called her own ...

All seems well in the Black Country, Aurelia having sacrificed her own happiness for her newly found half-sister's future after returning from a separation to her husband's bleak and unhappy house. That is until Benjamin discovers that Aurelia had an affair, and serves her with divorce, demanding custody of his son. Aurelia, once a woman with the world at her feet, suddenly finds herself a fallen woman. As the rumors of her disgrace are discussed in shops and street corners, Aurelia finds herself destitute. But despite her circumstances Aurelia knows she must survive and she'll do anything it takes to get her son back...