Publisher's Synopsis
1930s: Since the death of her parents when she was three years old, Anna Bartlett has lived with her grandfather on the remote Berkshire Downs. Anna has few friends her own age, so when she meets the dashing Theo Sullivan, she falls hopelessly in love with him. Her dreams of a happy future together are shattered when she falls pregnant, and Theo's reluctant marriage proposal reveals how little he cares for her. Anna has no choice but to accept, and suddenly finds herself mistress of Manningtor, the Sullivans' enormous estate in Devon. Trapped in a loveless marriage and surrounded by Theo's disapproving family, Anna must face up to an uncertain future, with war drawing ever closer...
