The Juniper Bush — Audrey Howard

The passionate saga of a 19th-century Lakeland girl, and her search for happiness in a web of conflicting emotions and loyalties.

Christy is the only daughter of a wealthy businessman and is betrothed to the squire's son, but just weeks before the wedding, tragedy strikes her family and she is abandoned by her fiance. Heartbroken and confused she makes a hasty marriage but never forgets her true love.

Winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year Award (1988) by the Romantic Novelists' Association.