The Unbaited Trap — Catherine Cookson

A magnificent storyteller's unforgettable novel of a young widow torn between the love of a distinguished lawyer and his rebellious, irresistible grown son.

TWO KINDS OF SIN

Beautiful young widow Cissie Thorpe sensed it was wrong to accept the attentions of her employer, brilliant lawyer John Emmerson. But it seemed quite innocent to offer friendship to this man trapped in a loveless marriage, so lonely and unhappy.

But all too soon their friendship ripened into something deeper -- and too late Cissie realized how much it would hurt John to lose her, and how large John now loomed in her own life.

Then John Emmerson's handsome, rebellious son came to tell Cissie to give his father up -- and stayed to fall in love with her. And suddenly Cissie was torn between two kinds of men, two kinds of love, two kinds of shame -- and she knew that she alone would have to choose....