The winter rose / Rita Bradshaw.
By: Bradshaw, Rita.
Publisher: Leicester : Thorpe, Magna, 2022Description: 468 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780750549448.Subject(s): Widows -- Fiction | Mothers and daughters -- Fiction | Life change events -- Fiction | Survival -- Fiction | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction | England, Northern -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- Edward VII, 1901-1910 -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: December 1902. Rose O'Leary is looking forward to her baby daughter Betsy's first Christmas. But then tragedy strikes: when her husband David is caught in an accident at the shipyard, his false friend Nathaniel Alridge deliberately lets him die rather than be rescued. For Nathaniel is determined to have Rose - whether she wants him or not. After he attempts to force himself upon her, Rose flees with Betsy, soon finding that the world is a cruel place for a beautiful woman with no protection. However, although bruised and broken, Rose is a fighter. When she least expects it, love enters her life again - but she cannot escape her past, which threatens not only her happiness but her very life. Will she ever find a safe haven?| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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December 1902. Rose O'Leary is looking forward to her baby daughter Betsy's first Christmas. But then tragedy strikes: when her husband David is caught in an accident at the shipyard, his false friend Nathaniel Alridge deliberately lets him die rather than be rescued. For Nathaniel is determined to have Rose - whether she wants him or not. After he attempts to force himself upon her, Rose flees with Betsy, soon finding that the world is a cruel place for a beautiful woman with no protection. However, although bruised and broken, Rose is a fighter. When she least expects it, love enters her life again - but she cannot escape her past, which threatens not only her happiness but her very life. Will she ever find a safe haven?
Adult.