A Step in the Dark

1915: Bess Ravenhart, recently widowed, leaves her baby son Frazer with her mother-in-law, Cora, while she travels from India to Britain to set up a home.

But Cora has no intention of giving Frazer back, and though Bess makes a new life in Scotland her heart always aches for the little boy she left behind. When, twenty years later, Frazer travels to Scotland, Bess soon discovers that her dreams of a joyful reconciliation will never come true…

Reviews

Unforgettable story of the secrets that can bind a family or ultimately destroy one.

Reading Evening Post

Shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year award.

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