Lily Thorpe has big dreams—she wants to make her fortune as a dressmaker, get away from the poor fishing community of Carreckwater, and she wants to marry Dick Rawlings, her secret sweethert. But when tragedy strikes and Dick is killed in a boating accident, Lily is forced to come to terms with life without him. She soon finds, however, that fate is not that simple, and she is torn between a desire for revenge and her continuing wish to make a better life for herself.
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.
