Book description
When Georgiana Gregory and her maid, Kitty, make the long sea journey
from their native Hull for New York, they are expecting to begin a new
life in the heady freedom of the newly-formed United States of
America. Georgiana wants to escape from the confines of English life,
and to savour a land of emancipation and opportunity. But in New York,
she encounters a man passing himself off as her brother-in-law Edward
Newmarch, a local mill-owner's son who has abandoned Georgiana's
sister and fled to America. Georgiana recognises the man standing
before her as Edward Newmarch's valet Robert Allen - Edward himself
appears to have vanished.
But Edward, having escaped from a disastrous marriage in England, is
now in further trouble with women, having agreed to marry the
difficult daughter of a powerful landowner and businessman, while
pursuing his beautiful wife Sofia. As Georgiana and Kitty pursue the
adventures of the frontier, and Edward tries to flee his enemies, the
dangers of this new country seem too much to cope with.
Valerie Wood was born in Yorkshire, where she still lives. Her
first novel, The Hungry Tide, was the first winner of the Catherine
Cookson Prize for Fiction. Her twelve novels are all available in
Corgi paperback.
Find out more about Valerie Wood's novels by visiting her website on
www. valeriewood. co. uk
