Orphaned and homeless, Rebecca Lawson returns to London to work with her aunt and uncle at their pub in the East End. When the charming Ian Beresford walks into her bar, Rebecca—longing for security and a home—falls in love. But Ian soon disappears and Rebecca discovers that she is pregnant. Frantic with worry, she travels to Ian’s family home in search of him, only to find news of an appalling tragedy. Now Rebecca must struggle to pick up the pieces of her life and raise her newborn child.
Born and educated in the Potteries in Staffordshire, Margaret Kaine now lives in Leicester. Her short stories have been published widely in women's magazines in the UK, and also in Australia, Norway, South Africa and Ireland. Ring of Clay, her debut novel, won both the RNA's New Writer's Award in 2002 and the Society of Authors' Sagittarius Prize in 2003. She has now published six romantic sagas about life in the Potteries between the 50's and 70's; her latest novel, Ribbon of Moonlight is also set partly in Paris. Translations include German and French and all details of her books can be found on her website - www.margaretkaine.com
