Henry, Lord Downham and Marie-Isabel have everything except a son.
With their second child imminent Marie-Isabel takes a final trip alone into the woods she loves. Caught in a snowstorm she goes into labour and must take refuge in Betsy Sweetapple's cottage.
Betsy had been dismissed by Henry for immoral behaviour. She has just given birth to a stillborn daughter and now she watches Marie-Isabel die, giving birth to a strong, healthy son. Seeing a chance to avenge imagined wrongs, she swaps babies.
Julian, the blackthorn child, is eventually rescued from a hellish childhood, but can the estate ever be restored to its rightful owner?
Blackthorn Child is an epic family saga of love, loss and the power of one decision; how one moment of weakness has the power to change the course of generations.
Nora Fountain is a professional novelist and translator. Her short stories have been published in many magazines in the UK and abroad. She writes both contemporary and historical romance, and loves to paint. Nora has served on the committee of the Romantic Novelists Association and is a member of the Society of Authors and the Chartered Institute of Linguists. She lives in Dorset, where she finds Thomas Hardy country and the people who live there, an inspiration.
Genre: Historical Romance
With their second child imminent Marie-Isabel takes a final trip alone into the woods she loves. Caught in a snowstorm she goes into labour and must take refuge in Betsy Sweetapple's cottage.
Betsy had been dismissed by Henry for immoral behaviour. She has just given birth to a stillborn daughter and now she watches Marie-Isabel die, giving birth to a strong, healthy son. Seeing a chance to avenge imagined wrongs, she swaps babies.
Julian, the blackthorn child, is eventually rescued from a hellish childhood, but can the estate ever be restored to its rightful owner?
Blackthorn Child is an epic family saga of love, loss and the power of one decision; how one moment of weakness has the power to change the course of generations.
Nora Fountain is a professional novelist and translator. Her short stories have been published in many magazines in the UK and abroad. She writes both contemporary and historical romance, and loves to paint. Nora has served on the committee of the Romantic Novelists Association and is a member of the Society of Authors and the Chartered Institute of Linguists. She lives in Dorset, where she finds Thomas Hardy country and the people who live there, an inspiration.
Genre: Historical Romance
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