Monday's Child

Set in the heady and poignant days before the Second World War and following the family introduced in Shelter from the Storm... Charlotte Elkins was excitedly preparing for her wedding to the local blacksmith, and although she sometimes had second thoughts about it, she knew it was far too late to abandon the arrangements. Her younger sister, Josie, always the wildest and most passionate of the three Elkins girls, knew that Charlotte would be happier with the local newspaper reporter who had taken such a shine to her - but nothing short of an earthquake would shake Charlotte's determination to go ahead with the wedding. An earthquake, or something just as catastrophic within the family, was needed and Josie knew just how to provide it. However, she had never bargained for the chain of events that was to follow her actions, nor where one reckless decision would lead her...Summers, Rowena is the author of 'Monday's Child', published 2006 under ISBN 9780727875341 and ISBN 0727875345.