The Tea Planter's Daughter
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    May-2012
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1905 INDIA: Clarissa Belhaven and her younger sister Olive find their carefree life on their father's tea plantation threatened by his drinking and debts. Wesley Robson, a brash young rival businessman, offers to help save the plantation in exchange for beautiful Clarrie's hand in marriage, but her father flatly refuses. And when Jock Belhaven dies suddenly, his daughters are forced to return to their father's cousin in Tyneside and work long hours in his pub. In Newcastle, Clarrie is shocked by the dire poverty she witnesses, and dreams of opening her own tea room, which could be a safe haven for local women. To provide a living for herself and Olive, Clarrie escapes her dictatorial cousin Lily and takes a job as housekeeper for kindly lawyer Herbert Stock. But Herbert's vindictive son Bertie, jealous of Clarrie's popularity, is determined to bring about her downfall. Then Wesley Robson comes back into Clarrie's life, bringing with him a shocking revelation ... Set in the fascinating
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    • First Edition
    • May-2012
    • MacLeod Trotter Books
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1908359226
    • ISBN13: 9781908359223
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    • Jun-2016
    • Lake Union Publishing
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1503934195
    • ISBN13: 9781503934191
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    • Mar-2012
    • MacLeod Trotter Books
    • eBook (Kindle)
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    • Nov-2012
    • MacLeod Trotter Books
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1908359218
    • ISBN13: 9781908359216
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    • Jun-2016
    • Lake Union Publishing
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Jun-2016
    • Brilliance Audio
    • MP3 CD
    • ISBN: 1522635270
    • ISBN13: 9781522635277
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    • Jun-2016
    • Brilliance Audio
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 1522635262
    • ISBN13: 9781522635260



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