Beside the Still Waters — Maryhelen Clague

The Courage of Love
They were the Deveroes -- mother and daughter -- fierce-willed and determined to have their way, inheritors of the vast Hudson River estate called Southernwood.

Emily -- Neither her father's fury, nor the threat of poverty could keep her from the man her heart had chosen -- Fade Whitman. He was the man they all said was "beneath" her, and the man with whom she forged a triumphant love that was to endure through the generations.

Damaris -- Proud, splendid, and destined to know the anguish of a heart divided between two men -- and the secret torment that was to shadow a lifetime and threaten all that was most precious, all that she had fought for, all that she lived for...