For Better, For Worse - Hardcover

Jeffrey, Elizabeth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0727883011 ISBN 13: 9780727883018

Publisher: Severn House, 2013

Synopsis

Newly widowed after a whirlwind wartime romance, Stella Nolan is preparing to meet her late husband’s family for the first time. But not all her new in-laws are prepared to offer Stella a warm welcome. The war has left a bitter legacy and at Warren’s End Stella finds a family riven with tension, disappointments, shameful secrets and bitter quarrels. In particular, Stella’s new sister-in-law Rosalie makes her hostility plain, and it’s not always easy for Stella to stand up to her overbearing mother-in-law.

An unforeseen turn of events means that Stella ends up staying with the Nolan family a great deal longer than she had planned – and her extended visit is destined to bring joy, heartbreak, scandal – and unexpected love...

About this title

About the Author:

Elizabeth Jeffrey lives near Colchester in Essex, where many of her historical sagas are set. She is the author of more than fifteen novels and over a hundred published short stories. She is married with three children and seven grandchildren.

From Booklist:

*Starred Review* It’s near the end of WWI. Stella marries John, an army captain with a shoulder wound and battle fatigue, whom she has spent two months nursing back to health. The joy of a whirlwind romance and wedding soon ends when John is shipped back to the battlefield and killed. Now John’s wealthy family wants to meet the common girl who tricked their beloved son into marrying her. The grandeur of Warren’s End, the family estate, overwhelms Stella, but this pales in comparison to the reality of their thinly disguised disdain for her. When they discover she’s pregnant, however, their attitude changes. Sort of. Clearly, they are far more excited about having a grandchild than concerned about Stella, and the prospective grandmother’s behavior is downright Machiavellian. There’s no lack of drama with the servants, either. Despite centuries of class distinction, both rich and poor suffer horrible losses in Jeffrey’s smart and compelling novel, and some even find true love. Fans of Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs will enjoy another journey to the grand mansions of England and portrayal of the fascinating people who live there. --Shelley Mosley

About this edition

• Publisher: Severn House
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0727883011
• ISBN 13: 9780727883018
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224