Figs in Frost — Hervey Hamilton

Lucia had married young, yielding more to her parents urgings than the dictates of her heart. As the years went by, she grew to despise her brutish, egotistical husband-finding contentment only in raising her two young daughters. Then suddenly, Lucia fell gloriously in love, discovering the tenderness and bliss she had never even dared to dream of. Her husband fought back with the only weapon he had-forcing Lucia to choose between the children she cherished and the man she loved....