Book description
Catherine O'Connor has a wild streak in her, as vivid and colourful
as the red hair that cascades about her shoulders. Courageously she
has flouted convention to become the mistress of the man she loves,
Boyo Hopkins, thereby making a dangerous enemy of the woman he has married.
Bethan Hopkins is an older woman, a woman of breeding whose wealth
and power have made her a merciless adversary. Bent on vengeful
destruction she begins to take apart Honey's Farm, Catherine's
birthplace, selling it off in small parcels of land so that it can
never be reclaimed.
As she fails to destroy her husband's love for Catherine, Bethan
becomes more and more embittered. She retreats into a world inhabited
by the ghosts of her forebears and becomes like a spider, putting out
her deadly trap in order to ensnare the woman she hates.
Iris Gower was born in Swansea, where she still lives. The mother of
four grown-up children, she has written over twenty bestselling novels.
She received an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Wales Swansea
in 1999 and has been awarded an MA in Creative Writing from the
University of Cardiff.
