The Bannaman Legacy — Catherine Cookson

Roddy Greenback -- handsome, ambitious, a talented artist, he fled his heritage for the wider world, while a terrible secret haunted all his dreams...

Mary Ellen Lee -- she desired Roddy with a young girl's first recklass passion -- but sensed the deeper truths of love in Hal Roystan's safe, strong arms...

Hal Roystan -- proud, rugged, vital as the North Country land he worked -- from the ruins of loss and betrayal, he fashioned triumph.