Fair Shine the Day — Sylvia Thorpe

Wayward, Rebellious, Beautiful -- Loving....

Charity had always been so. And there was no one she loved more than her friend and neighbor, young Darrell Conyngton, heir to the vast Conyngton estate. They had grown up together. Darrell had often told her she was as dear to him as a sister. Charity not aware of the secret hidden in her heart, convinced herself she loved him only as a brother.

Then Charity's villainous cousin Jonas, whose jealousy of Darrell began to consume him, swore vengeance on them both.

Later when civil war came to England and Darrell left for battle, only Charity was left to care for his family. Now she was all that stood between Jonas's madness and the man whose love she longed for....