Alena wants nothing more than to spend the rest of her life with her childhood friend, Rob. However, Rob's wealthy father tries to force them apart and they run away together. When they are discovered life becomes even harder—Rob is sent away to school and Alena has to start work in a bobbin mill.
Born in Lancashire, Freda Lightfoot lived for a number of years in the Lake District where she ran a bookshop. She then tried her hand at the 'good life', kept sheep and hens, various orphaned cats and dogs, built drystone walls, planted a small wood and even learned how to make jam. She has now given up her thermals to build a house in an olive grove in Spain, where she produces her own olive oil. She has published over 30 novels including many bestselling family sagas and historical novels.
