Year first published: 2000<\/p>\n
First Edition: No<\/p>\n
Condition: Good<\/p>\n
Binding: Paperback<\/p>\n
Pages: 467<\/p>\n
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Jessica Hart’s happy childhood as the daughter of a country blacksmith’s is changed for ever by the sudden death of her mother. Her grief-stricken father leaves her to cope with her loss alone. It is her manipulative new stepmother who tries to force her into marrying an older man. To bright, pretty Jess the idea of a loveless marriage is unthinkable and so she escapes to Birmingham to her aunt Olive – the last remaining connection to her mother. But it soon becomes apparent that in the shadows of Olive’s family there are haunting secrets of which no one will speak. And Jess’s security is threatened when she fall passionately in love. For handsome Ned Green is not only already married, but about to become a father any day…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[33],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3761","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-fiction-m","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"purchasable","12":"product-type-variable"},"yoast_head":"\n