The Phelans have owned Mossgrove for generations. The small, rural Irish farm has been the pride of them all until Ned's wife, Martha, arrives and begins to undermine generations of hard work and happiness. She resents the deep history of the place and sets about making it her own, shutting out what is left of Ned's family. She is particularly jealous of Ned's sister, Kate, a local nurse and doting aunt to Martha's children.
When Ned dies suddenly, Martha puts Mossgrove up for sale in hopes that it will be bought by the neighbouring Conways, who have long coveted the Phelan farm. What she does not realize are the lengths to which Kate and the hired hand Jack will go to keep the land in the family ...
- ISBN10 031220065X
- ISBN13 9780312200657
- Publish Date 1 March 1999 (first published 4 December 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 August 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St Martin's Press
- Edition Us ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 315
- Language English