Honesty's Daughter
Wendy Robertson
Carmel Benbow's first love has always been her garden and since her husband's death little else has occupied her. But her children long-starved of a mother's affections are suffering. Seventeen-year-old Michael John is a vicious bully his younger brother Ambrose his primary target and Astrid the eldest is embroiled in a highly unsuitable affair. As the First World War approaches the family is on the verge of disintegration but help comes from an unusual source. Keziah a lifelong friend traveller and horse-dealer uses her controversial magic on the family but will her influence be enough to rescue Michael John from himself Ambrose from Michael John and Astrid from her lover?>