The powerful new bestseller from Josephine Cox – one of our foremost storytellers.The powerful new bestseller from Josephine Cox – one of our foremost storytellers.It is 1902. Emily is sixteen years of age and blissfully in love with John, two years her senior. Together they are secretly planning a life, when they are violently driven apart.Denied the man she loves, and dominated by a brutally possessive uncle, Emily is devastated when she is cruelly taken advantage of. When a child is born, her life is in tatters. And she cannot reveal the identity of the father to anyone, or there will be a terrible price to pay.Trapped and ashamed, she seeks solace in her daughter, Cathleen, but there is little consolation. As time passes, and still there is no sign of the man she loved, Emily resigns herself to the fact that he may never return, and her life begins to take another direction. However, John is never far from her mind. Is her love still waiting for her?But when history threatens to repeat itself and the father of her child once again preys on her, she must put all thoughts of John aside and find a way to safeguard her daughter.Praise for Josephine Cox:'Cox's talent as a storyteller never lets you escape the spell' Daily Mail'Impossible to resist' Woman's Realm'Driven and passionate' Sunday Times'Irresistible storytelling' Books magazineJosephine Cox was born in Blackburn, one of ten children. At the age of sixteen, Josephine met and married her husband Ken, and had two sons. When the boys started school, she decided to go to college and eventually gained a place at Cambridge University. She was unable to take this up as it would have meant living away from home, but she went into teaching – and started to write her first full-length novel. She won the ‘Superwoman of Great Britain’ Award, for which her family had secretly entered her, at the same time as her novel was accepted for publication.Requires internet connection for purchase, plus iPod or other Audible-compatible player or iTunes software on Mac OS X or Windows• Also available on audio cassette and CD• Already the country’s biggest-selling saga writer, with a hugely impressive track record, our aim is to highlight Jospehine Cox’s appeal to a much wider audience.• Storytelling from the heart – Josephine Cox’s stories are unputdownable with broad appeal.• Already selling over three-quarters of a million new books a year, she is ready for the next big sales leap into the superleague.• Packaged in a stunning new style to match the HB and PB editions, which has had a fabulous reception across the trade.• Carole Boyd has established herself as the voice of Josephine Cox.Competition: Catherine Cookson, Lesley Pearse
Pubblicato da: HarperCollins Publishers