Women Of Iron

For sale: One child six months old Lissie. The seller: Grace Beighton watched the baby's mother die. Only she knows who the father is. The buyer: Luther Dearne has made a fortune with the iron masters of Yorkshire's South Riding. He has everything he could possibly want - except children. Now he can buy one of those too. Hated by her adopted mother adored and spoilt by her new father Lissie will grow into a beautiful and independent woman. The child bought in a dark and dirty tavern will prove to be Luther Dearne's greatest joy deepest heartache and finally his undoing.