A Contrary Wind

Set in 1870s Yorkshire it is the story of a young widow and her young stepsonWhen she is widowed, Caroline Flynn is forced to move to Stoops End,the worst slum in the Yorkshire, West Riding town ofFesley. She gets work as a general help in Adam Cochrane'spub where she, and her stepson Danny, encounter the intense hatredof Lillian Roth, Adam's intended. Her plots and schemes are aimed atbringing ruin and disgrace to the Flynns, and they both must struggle tokeep their good reputation. Lillian Roth blames Danny for stealing old Mrs Cochrane's jewelryand causes such fear in him that he runs away and ends up in a remote farmhouse as aprisoner of the murderous Noah Grisedale. Danny is present when Noah kills his wife in a fit ofrage, and he decides he must somehow escape. But can he find his way back to Fesley? WillCaroline be able to prove her and Danny's innocence?Throughout all these trials Caroline's landlord Ethan Barnes is a loyal friend and it is in StoopsEnd where she discovers that she has learned to love the one man who stood by her.

• | Author: Mollie Lyons
• | Publisher: Booktrail Publishing
• | Publication Date: January 30, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 352 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1637670095
• | ISBN-13: 9781637670095