**They must prove the strength of their love or die in a plot of deception and revenge.** Rebecca Turrington is desperate to have some control over her life. As the daughter of an English Lord in 1774, she's supposed to be an obedient daughter awaiting a suitable husband. She's most definitely not
Across the River
β Scribed by Taylor, Alice
- Book ID
- 108071262
- Publisher
- The O'Brien Press
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 119 KB
- Series
- Mossgrove 2
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781847177605
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Alice Taylor's gripping sequel to The Woman of the House.
At Mossgrove, the Phelan family farm, long-time hired hand Jack plays peacemaker as widow Martha Phelan battles her young son, Peter, who wants to modernize the farm. Tensions on the home front are bitter enough, but at the Conway farm across the river, more trouble is brewing. Slovenly Matt Conway feels trapped and abuses his wife, Biddy. Spurred on by a misguided belief that the Phelans got the best of him in a loan to buy land, he keeps vigil at a fence post plotting revenge ...
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