Miss Debenham's Secret

<p>A novella linked to The Husband Hunters Club series but can also be read as a Stand Alone.<br> <br>Clarissa Debenham is a young teacher living in Lyme Regis when she meets Alistair McKay a naval officer who is on shore leave while his ship is undergoing repairs. They fall in love but Clarissa's father is against the match and indeed it seems ill-fated when Alistair must go to war against Napoleon Bonaparte. They both know he may never return and even if he does can they find the happiness they dream of?</p><p>Many years later Clarissa has a fashionable school for young ladies. She is successful and respected; she tells herself she is happy.</p><p>And then suddenly shockingly Alistair returns to her life.</p><p> </p>