Bright Tomorrows — Kate Alexander

Ben Harcourt was only a lad when his unemployed father went off on the Jarrow march. It wasn't until WWII when he was sent to the safety of the country that he witnessed with envy the advantages of wealth.

Nicola Pemberley was the ideal woman -- beautiful, charming and very, very wealthy. She was the answer to all Ben Harcourt's dreams. He'd made his fortune in the post-war boom, but some doors remained firmly closed -- and marriage to Nicola would open them all. And she loved him.

There was one flaw in Ben's plan: Josie, the girl who'd shared his working-class childhood, now passionately involved in the political struggle for a better world. Her fiery temper and startling red hair kindled a fire in Ben, a fire Nicola could not extinguish. But as Ben faced up to the sacrifice that Josie would demand of him -- the sacrifice of everything he'd worked for -- Nicola started learning, at last, to be herself….