He promised to love her forever, but will she even live to see another day?
Dorset, 1682.
Catherine Carey was once a vivacious beauty with the world at her feet. One tragic accident was all it took to shatter her dreams, her spirit, her everything.
Now, she only wants to hide her scarred face from the world. But if she thinks sheโs safe at home, she is wrong.
Her scheming brother wants to marry her off to a fortune-hunter, and he wonโt take no for an answer. Out on a lonely walk, Catherine is attacked and left for dead.
Could this be her brotherโs doing?
Catherine wonโt wait to find out. Her childhood friend, Martin Lacey, lives in the manor house across the woods, and there was a time when he would have done anything for her.
But in the turmoil of Restoration England, nothing lasts forever. Will turning up at Martinโs door be the saving of herโor the end?
Margaret Alice Scutt (1905โ1988) was born in Weymouth, Dorset, where her father was Schoolmaster at St. Johnโs. Margaret also became a teacher, and after a career of over forty years she retired in 1966 as Deputy Head at Sylvan School, Poole. Throughout her life, Margaret wrote in many formats including short stories, playlets, and verse; two historical novels were published in 1947 and 1949, I Do But Follow and And Some There Be respectively.