Inspired by the life and family of Catherine Cookson.
'I read the three books in this trilogy and was enthralled by all of them and could not wait to get on to the next! I was disappointed to finish. The story telling was excellent and I actually felt as if I was there!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
One night. A shameful secret. A family she cannot escape.
Kate cannot wait to escape her abusive step-father, so when the opportunity arises for her to work as a live-in maid at the beautiful Ravensworth Estate, she jumps at the chance.
She loves her new life, and can't believe her luck when she attracts the attention of the charming Alexander, a guest at the house and cousin of the Earl. Daring to dream that they can share a future, she spends a stolen night of passion with him, only for those dreams to be shattered when she finds herself pregnant.
A bleak life awaits and she must return home with her shameful secret, to face the wrath of her step-father.
All seems lost but Kate never loses hope.
Will Alexander ever return to claim her and their child, or has that one night cost her everything?
*Originally published as A Child of Jarrow, book two of the Jarrow trilogy*
Readers CANNOT get enough of The Country Maid!
'This book is every bit as good as the first one in this trilogy . . . tells the story exactly as it was at that time and she describes her characters so clearly that you feel at one with them . . . I cannot wait to read the final part of the trilogy!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'This one was one of the best!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I read this trilogy in very quick succession. I could not put my kindle down with this book and could not wait to move on to the next one!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Found it difficult to put down. A great book that grips your imagination, brings the hardships that the people went through to life. A fantastic book!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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Janet MacLeod Trotter is the author of numerous bestselling and acclaimed novels, including The Hungry Hills, which was nominated for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, The Tea Planter's Daughter, which was nominated for the Romantic Novelists' Association Novel of the Year Award and In the Far Pashmina Mountains, which was shortlisted for the RNA Historical Romance of the Year Award. Her novels have been translated into nine different languages.
Much informed by her own experiences, MacLeod Trotter was raised in the north-east of England by Scottish parents and travelled in India as a young woman. Fascinated by family links between Scotland and India, she discovered diaries and letters belonging to her grandparents, who married in Lahore and lived and worked in northern India for nearly thirty years, which served as her inspiration for the India Tea Series.
Find out more about the author and her novels at:
www.janetmacleodtrotter.com