Paisley, 1920. In the post-war decade of peace, uncomfortable new conflicts are looming. Women no longer take a back seat in the business world and Fiona MacDowall has made it clear that she intends to inherit her father’s furniture emporium. Her half-brother Alex, although born out of wedlock, has other ideas. But it's Alex's wife Rose who objects most. A businesswoman in her own right, she owns Harlequin, the town’s grandest and most successful dressmaker's. She is sure Fiona will stop at nothing to get what she wants...
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Author of 28 published novels, Evelyn Hood has had a variety of jobs, including being a journalist and a poultry farmer. She is now a full time writer, best known for her family sagas, set mainly in her home town of Paisley (Renfrewshire) and on the Clyde coast, where she now lives. Evelyn has also written several one-act stage plays, which are regularly performed all over the world, as well as short stories, pantomimes and children's musicals.
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