Young, attractive, a widow with a ten-year-old daughter - Venus Stanton was certainly not the vicar that the traditional parish of Thurston had been expecting. The village was agog, the congregation surprised and in some cases not at all pleased. Venus - a name wished on her by her otherwise con...
Breda, sitting by the window, facing forward, studied the view. The journey had been long and depressing, right from the moment she had walked up the rickety gangway onto the boat which, even in the harbour, moved and groaned alarmingly under her feet. The Irish Sea had been horrendous, but merci...