Following a betrayal by an abusive step-father, Ellen is taken, by her grandparents, to the house of a brick manufacturer in the Lancashire town of Horwich, to work as a kitchen maid. Determined for a better future, Ellen takes every opportunity to further herself and is promoted to lady's maid. But the advancement in her status attracts declarations of love from three very different men: John, the master's son; Charlie, a farmer's lad; and Leslie, her mistress's fiancee. Jealousy and betrayal plague her life once more and grasping hold of a better tomorrow is a dream beginning to slip away.
- ISBN10 0719809886
- ISBN13 9780719809880
- Publish Date 28 June 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 1 April 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher The Crowood Press Ltd
- Imprint Robert Hale Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English