The Husband — Catherine Cookson

THE WOUNDS OF A BROKEN MARRIAGE, THE PAIN OF A DIVIDED HEART

The love between beautiful young Gail Blenheim and Harry, her father, was of a rare and intimate kind. Gail was still and adolescent girl when her parents' marriage was destroyed by her father's single act of folly and her mother's lasting retribution. Still, they had been as close as father and daughter could be, understanding each other without a word.

The love Gail felt for Robert Dunn was of a different kind. For Robert was of a different world, a different faith, a different way of life -- and he stirred in her emotions she had never known before.

But Robert was the son of the woman her father loved and now Gail was forced to face the bitter outpourings of her vengeful mother -- and the mounting tide of passion rising in her heart…