"A heartbreakingly touching and turbulent tale of love and sacrifice in 1840s Yorkshire. "
Amber Ainsley has more than her fair share of difficult decisions to make in Rosie Goodwin’s latest compelling saga. The laundry maid is in love with wealthy employer, Barnaby Greenwood, but hopes of a happy ending are quickly dashed when she discovers she’s pregnant and must leave Whitby to deliver her illegitimate baby in secret. Barnaby promises to find the baby a loving home, but it’s not long before Amber suspects her daughter is closer than she could ever have hoped. This is family drama on an epic scale! The emotional tension rises and falls as Amber and Barnaby face the heartache of illness, sacrifice and death alongside the joy of love and parenthood. The class divide adds a level of intricacy not found in your typical will-they-won’t-they love story, and Goodwin’s beautifully drawn side characters ensure the storyline never dips in pace or interest. Uncle Jeremiah is an absolute favourite, adding unexpected warmth in the bleakest of moments, the brutish Bertie Preston doing an equally stellar job of injecting drama in the novel’s final chapters. A Season for Hope is another triumph from one of Britain’s most-admired writers – be prepared to be drawn in, swept away and gorgeously entertained.
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The brand new novel from Britain's best-loved saga author.
Whitby, 1845 Amber Ainsley works for the wealthy Greenwoods. But when Amber falls pregnant with Mr Barnaby Greenwood's illegitimate child, he casts her out, leaving her homeless and without an income.
Amber flees to Whitby where she stays with her uncle until her child is born. Upon discovering this, Barnaby offers to find a family to raise Amber's daughter, to save her going to the workhouse.
Broken-hearted but wanting the best for her child, Amber hands her daughter over. Meanwhile, Louisa Greenwood is desperate to give her husband Barnaby an heir. The couple are overjoyed when she gives birth to twins, but the babies are weak and the Greenwoods are worried they won't survive.
Poverty-stricken, Amber has no choice but to return to work for the Greenwoods. There, the baby girl is flourishing but her twin is not. When Amber notices a familiar birth mark on the infant girl's leg, her world is turned upside-down. Will Amber ever be able to have the family life she hopes for?
A Season for Hope features in the following genres: Books of the Month, Health & Fitness, Historical romance, Fiction, Recommendations, Romance / Relationship Stories, Festive Fiction, Sagas
A Season for Hope is available in Paperback, Hardback
A Season for Hope was written by Rosie Goodwin and published by Zaffre
A Season for Hope has 464 pages
£8.99
