Publisher's Synopsis
It's the time of the Tolpuddle trial and unrest. Dorset labourers work under terrible conditions for starvation wages. When her mother and stepfather perish in a fire, Siana Lewis is left destitute, with a younger brother and sister to support, but her beauty and intelligence have attracted the attention of three men - Daniel, her first love, Francis Matheson, the village doctor, who admires her determination and thirst for knowledge, and Edward Forbes, the local squire. A sensual and devious man, Edward is used to getting what he wants, and he wants Siana - whatever it takes.
