Belladonna — Jeanne Whitmee

'This servant's life is not for you. You were born to please men, not to wash floors.'
Hurt and betrayed, fifteen year-old Bryony Luscombe hears those harsh words and knows instinctively that her love for Paul Blythe, Heir to Bashfield hall, is worthless. Brought up by a local wise woman in the small village of Abbot's Cove, Bryony's history is a whispered secret, but one which is destined to lift her from the poverty and ignorance of her childhood.
Hounded from the village on suspician of witchcraft, Bryony has no one to turn to and is evenyually forced to seek help from a most unwelcome source.