Hannah of Harpham Hall — Valerie Holmes

Hannah Harpham's world is thrown into turmoil when the maid she has had since childhood is summarily dismissed. Hannah then faces an uncertain future as she is sent away from her family home, as dictated by her stepmother, Lady Alicia Harpham. Determined to survive Alicia's plans for her, Hannah finds an unlikely friend in Tobias Jenkins, a local mill owner. But will she ever be able to trust him once the secret of his past is revealed to her?