Feathers in the Fire — Catherine Cookson

Angus McBain, the brutal master of Cock Shield Farm who was too easily tempted to sin, too sinful to escape a hideous retribution... Jane, his gentle daughter who devoted her life to caring for her deformed young brother... Amos, the legless child whose tortured spirit transformed him into a demon capable of every cruelty -- even murder... Davie Armstrong, the stubborn young man whose deep sense of morality kept him from acknowledging the woman he truly loved...and Molly Geary, the "fallen" servant girl, whose love for the child she had borne in shame gave her strength to become a truly courageous woman...