<p>This novel is set in the mid 1840s in the Lakes District of Cumbria England. Sixteen-year-old Emmeline has lost her Mama and Papa and is now a wealthy young heiress. With this comes the responsibility of her father&rsquo;s collieries and the battle to keep them from her uncle&rsquo;s grasp.</p><p>Emmeline is a dreamer. She has her life planned based on her second cousin Isabella Curwen&rsquo;s life who at the same age was in this very position. On her Papa&rsquo;s death bed he had whispered for her to find &lsquo;Thomas&rsquo;. Who was &lsquo;Thomas&rsquo; and where would she find him?</p><p>Amid all her wealth Emmeline never forgot her roots and looked after her miners and their families. Sadly life was not as her dreams led her to believe. This is a story of personal grief.</p>