Ashes on the Moor

Ashes on the Moor

by Sarah M. Eden
Ashes on the Moor

Ashes on the Moor

by Sarah M. Eden

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Overview

The life of an impoverished schoolteacher is not one Evangeline Blake would have chosen for herself. Torn from her home and her beloved sister and sent to work in the gritty factory town of Smeatley, Evangeline must prove herself to her grandfather, a man who values self-reliance above all else, before he will grant her access to her inheritance. Raised to be a lady of refinement, she hasn’t any of the skills necessary to manage on her own nor does she have the first idea how to be a teacher. Yet, failure means never being with her sister again.

Alone and overwhelmed, she turns to the one person in town who seems to know how she feels—Dermot McCormick, an Irish brick mason who is as far from home and as out of place as she is. Despite the difference in their classes and backgrounds, Evangeline and Dermot’s tentative friendship deepens and grows. Her determination and compassion slowly earn her the faith and confidence of the skeptical residents of Smeatley, who become like the family she has lost.

But when a secret from her past comes to light, Evangeline faces an impossible choice: seize the opportunity to reclaim her former life and rejoin her sister or fight for the new life she has struggled to build for herself—a life that includes Dermot.

Ashes on the Moor is the inspiring love story of one Victorian woman’s courage to fight against all odds, and the man whose quiet strength gives her the confidence to keep trying.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781629724027
Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publishing
Publication date: 03/06/2018
Series: Proper Romance Victorian series
Pages: 384
Sales rank: 445,718
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Sarah M. Eden is the author of several critically acclaimed historical romances, including Seeking Persephone, Courting Miss Lancaster, and award-winning Proper Romance series novels Longing for Home, Hope Springs, and The Sheriffs of Savage Wells. Combining her passion for history and an affinity for gentle love stories, Sarah loves crafting witty characters and heartfelt romances. She happily spends hours perusing the reference shelves of her local library and dreams of one day traveling to all the places she reads about.

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Aunt Barton interrupted Evangeline. "We have judged it best if you don't bandy about the fact that you're related to your grandfather or your uncle and me. In fact, we insist that you do not."

"But we are family."

"The people of Smeatley did not take kindly to your uncle being placed in charge of the mill; some accused him of being given the position only because he was a relation of the owner." Aunt Barton tugged at her gloves, straightening the wrinkled fabric. "They will never give you a moment's opportunity to prove yourself if they know your connection to your grandfather."

"He feels this way as well?" Evangeline asked.

Aunt Barton's expression turned icy. "He and I have spoken at length about you, and we see eye-to-eye on these matters. You would do well to accept that your uncle and I speak for him in these matters."

Evangeline's heart dropped to her toes. As dismal as she had felt about coming to Smeatley, the prospect had only grown more bleak. She was being forced to take a job she'd not looked for nor knew how to properly perform. She and Lucy would be required not to acknowledge the only family they had left and would be disregarded, essentially disowned, in return. She could not imagine how Lucy's presence in the Bartons' home would be explained if she was not to be acknowledged as family.

"How will-" She stopped herself from asking about the requirement to hide their connection. She did not wish to emphasize that within Lucy's hearing. "How long will I be working as a teacher?"

"Until your grandfather is convinced you can be trusted with access to your inheritance."

Evangeline had been told only the smallest bit about the legacy left to her by her parents. Her grandfather controlled it entirely. It seemed, however, that he might be convinced to allow her enough of it to live a life more aligned with the one she and Lucy had known.

She pulled her sister to her side, keeping her arm tucked around her. This one night they would be apart, but Evangeline would spend that night making some semblance of a home for Lucy. She would throw herself into her unexpected responsibilities and prove to her grandfather that she was hardworking and capable. She would gain access to her inheritance, and they could live wherever they chose, perhaps Petersmarch.

They could return home. Together.

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