The Soldier's Daughter

<h2>'Mesmerising from beginning to end.' Lizzie Lane</h2><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Yorkshire 1860</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>With the heat of their beloved India far behind them Evie Davenport and her widowed British Army officer father are starting a new life in England. But Evie is struggling. With her dearest mother gone Yorkshire with its cold damp countryside and strict societal rules makes Evie feel suffocated and alone.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Her friendship with Sophie Bellingham the gently reared daughter of a wealthy rail baron is Evie's only comfort. Until the arrival of local cotton mill owner Alexander Lucas.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Newly returned from America it is expected Alexander will marry and finally make England his home. And Sophie with her family connections and polite manners is the obvious choice.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>But when Alexander meets Evie a simmering passion ignites between them. Evie with her rebellious spirit is like no other woman Alex has ever met but to reject Sophie for Evie would cause a scandal and devastate everyone Evie loves.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Evie knows she must do her duty. But in doing so faces the unbearable future of being without the man she loves.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Praise for AnneMarie Brear:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>'AnneMarie Brear writes gritty compelling sagas that grip from the first page.' Fenella J Miller</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>'Poignant powerful and searingly emotional AnneMarie Brear stands shoulder to shoulder with the finest works by some of the genre's greatest writers such as Catherine Cookson Audrey Howard and Rosamunde Pilcher.' </span></p>