A Love Forbidden — Meg Hutchinson

Miriam Bryce has never known her mother's love. And when she finds herself pregnant and deserted by her lover Saul, her mother is quick to throw her out of her home. Injured in an accident she is saved by a rich businessman who takes her into service. But life has more dark moments in store for Miriam, and the one person she can trust and rely on, is the one person she's forbidden from falling in love with.



Leah Bryce is the mother whose bitterness and cruelty blights the lives of her children.



Ralph Bryce is a miner and Miriam's elder brother who has always been there for her.



Saul Marsh is a ladies man whose cruel love threatens to destroy Miriam.



Once Miriam's baby loses its life, a chain of events is set in motion, secrets are revealed and the past must finally be laid to rest.