Railwayman Tom Swales with his wife and five daughters take the end cottage. With no room to spare in the loving Swales household, eldest daughter Mary accepts a position as housemaid to the nearby Stationmaster. There, she battles the daily grime from the passing trains - and the Stationmaster's brutal, lustful nature. In the end, it's a fight she cannot win. In shame and despair, Mary flees to York. But the pious couple who take her in know nothing of true Christian charity. They work Mary like a slave - despite her heavy pregnancy. While she finds sanctuary with the York Quakers, Mary's spirit is nearly broken. Can she find the strength to return home to her family? Will they accept her? And what of her first love, farmer's son Nathaniel? Mary hopes with all her heart that he will still be waiting...
- ISBN10 0263856968
- ISBN13 9780263856965
- Publish Date 1 April 2007
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 November 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint Mills & Boon
- Format Paperback
- Pages 416
- Language English
- URL https://millsandboon.co.uk