A woman of courage / Rita Bradshaw.
By: Bradshaw, Rita.
Publisher: London : Macmillan, 2023Description: 496 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781035000319 (hbk.) :; 1035000318 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Saga | Historical romance | Generational sagasSummary: It's 1890, and Josie Gray is an innocent and beautiful fifteen-year old when Adam McGuigan, the youngest son of a dangerous and influential crime family spots her singing in a Sunderland public house. Adam is handsome and charismatic, sweeping Josie off her feet with his beguiling lies and promises. He charms her into marrying him on her sixteenth birthday, but on her wedding night the fairy tale ends. Josie finds herself trapped in a living nightmare and there's no one to help her. Events spiral out of control, and when her life is put in danger she escapes with her baby son. Fleeing to a different country, Josie fights to make a good life for her child and then love beckons again. But the McGuigan family's power is far reaching. When the day of reckoning comes, can Josie survive it?| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Haydock Library Novels | Issued | 09/05/2024 | 38055400024389 | |||
| Adult book | Newton-le-Willows Library Novels | Available | 38055400024390 | ||||
| Adult book | St Helens Library Novels | In transit from Chester Lane Library to St Helens Library since 09/02/2024 | 38055400024391 |
It's 1890, and Josie Gray is an innocent and beautiful fifteen-year old when Adam McGuigan, the youngest son of a dangerous and influential crime family spots her singing in a Sunderland public house. Adam is handsome and charismatic, sweeping Josie off her feet with his beguiling lies and promises. He charms her into marrying him on her sixteenth birthday, but on her wedding night the fairy tale ends. Josie finds herself trapped in a living nightmare and there's no one to help her. Events spiral out of control, and when her life is put in danger she escapes with her baby son. Fleeing to a different country, Josie fights to make a good life for her child and then love beckons again. But the McGuigan family's power is far reaching. When the day of reckoning comes, can Josie survive it?