Aurora's Pride

1898 Yorkshire--Aurora Pettigrew has it all a loving family a nice home a comfortable life. Shes waiting for the right man to offer her marriage and the man for her is Reid Sinclair heir to the Sinclair fortune and the love of her life. But Reids mother Julia is against the match and her ruthlessness unearths a family secret that will tear Auroras world apart. Unwilling to bring shame on her family and needing answers to the allegations brought to light by Reids mother Aurora begins a long journey away from home. She leaves behind all that is familiar and safe to enter a world of mean streets and poor working class. Living in the tenements of York surrounded by people of a class shed never mixed with before Aurora struggles to come to terms with the way her life has changed. By chance she reconnects with a man from her past and before he leaves with the army to war in South Africa he offers her security through marriage. Aurora knows she should be happy but the memory of her love for Reid threatens her future. When tragedy strikes can Aurora find the strength to accept her life and forget the past?