The Clothier's Daughter: 1 (The Hartdale Brides)

From International award-winning author Bronwyn Parry comes a gripping historical novel of love and suspense.In the unusually wet summer of 1816 Emma Braithwaite struggles to keep her familys traditional wool cloth manufacturing company afloat. Her father has died her brother is missing and the new cotton factories are spreading rendering the fine worsted fabrics the Braithwaites have made for generations expensive and unfashionable. Being a woman in a mans world of trade is challenging enough but when her warehouse catches fire it brings her only a step away from financial ruin and debtors prison. After eight years of war Major Adam Caldwell is returning for the first time to his family home Rengarth Castle when he stops to assist at a warehouse fire ... and comes face-to-face with the woman he once loved and lost. Despite all his efforts to forget her in truth shes never been far from his thoughts. He was unworthy of her then and even more so now. But as the threats against Emma escalate they discover that someone wants control of Emmas family company and is prepared to murder anyone in the way of getting it - including Emma.