Sadie Raine has a bad reputation...

When she runs off with a Canadian airman, her two young daughters are left behind to pick up the pieces.

But Cath Raine is determined to rise above the local gossips. Only, when she meets the upper-class Jack on the grounds of his father's estate, she is tempted by the thought of an affair. Is she destined to follow in her mother's scandalous footsteps after all...?

(Note: previously published as The Pitman's Brat by Una Horne)

Maggie Hope was born and raised in County Durham. She worked as a nurse for many years , before giving up her career to raise her family.