Her Father's Daughter

<h2><strong>A young girl's tragic loss will shape her dreams and her future...</strong></h2><p><strong style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>1930 - Douro Valley Portugal</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Twelve-year-old Catherine is watching the Rabalo race in Porto when the sound of a shot being fired changes her life forever.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Her beloved mother mistress for some years to Walter Shellard a Bristol based wine and port merchant has received distressing news that her lover Walter has married a wealthy heiress. In her anguish she takes her own life leaving poor Catherine alone and heartbroken.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Angry and grieving Catherine is sent to live under the guardianship of her eccentric Aunt Lopa in a small farmhouse high above the rich vineyards of the Douro valley. Here she learns to adapt to her new life and her strange aunt but still blames her father a man she barely knows for her mother's tragic death.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Coming of age beautiful Catherine is summoned to Bristol by her estranged father who presumes she'll be as malleable as most other women.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>But Catherine is her father's daughter as strong as he is and still thirsting for revenge.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>A compelling family saga of loss and love perfect for fans of Fiona Valpy and Dinah Jefferies</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Previously published as 'House in the Hills' by Erica Brown</span></p>