The Gamekeeper
A gamekeeper must keep himself apart from the family he serves. Tom
Pendower knows that, but he makes the mistake of allowing Virginia,
Brigadier Trethurgy’s flighty daughter, to seduce him. His regrets
are manifest even before he meets the pure and attractive
eighteen-year-old Lizzie Carthew.
A seaman’s mission in nineteenth century Plymouth is no place for a
girl alone, but Lizzie is determined to atone for her troubled past
by dedicating her life to serving others. How else can she persuade
her cold-hearted clergyman father that she is worthy of his
admiration? Maybe she would have succeeded … if only she had not
come up against that handsome young gamekeeper from across the river
at Derrystone Grange!
To complicate matters, the great engineer, Isambard Brunel, is raising a
railway bridge across the River Tamar. Thousands of itinerant navvies
move into the area causing widespread disorder. Faced with violence,
Lizzie is glad to be rescued by Tom Pendower. Her feelings for him
deepen, but can she drag him away from the machinations of Virginia
Trethurgy? Dare she take the ultimate step to ensure his affection? Dare
she lose her purity?
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