The Imperialists — Sara Fraser

Summer, 1914. Josie Kitson is a young teacher living with her invalid mother. The consummation of her affair with a married Methodist worthy, Clement Hulme, awakens a liking for sex and a realization that he's not what she really wants. When she meets Wiliam Barton, the black sheep son of a local colonel, they find themselves drawn to each other, and love is kindled in Josie and William's previously barren hearts. Stirring the hatred of Clemend Hulme, for whom love borders on madness. And stiffening the resolve of the weak to fight back, just as the spirit of rebellion has begun to sweep through Britain and all it holds dear…