After a poverty-stricken childhood, Dorcas Grey went into service in Hereford and developed a taste for a softer way of living. Her promise of great beauty fulfilled, she became engaged to Daniel Hitchman, a local grocer's assistant. Then she met brusque, unconventional, attractive Stephen Lawrence, heir to the Ashton Cross estate. Their secret affair burned brightly and died down in acrimony. Dorcas became Mrs Hitchman, respectable grocer's wife. But Stephen would not be forgotten. And one day she would seek him out again...
Genre: Historical
Genre: Historical
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