Briar Macauley's stubbornness to prove to the world that she is the equal to any man leads her into so many disastrous circumstances that her parents despair of ever making a lady of her. With the appearance of Hal Saunders, Briar exchanges her wild ways for a husband and child...
Set in the Lake District and in Liverpool, this novel tells the story of a passionate young woman whose headstrong determination to make a life for herself leads her to tragedy, where she must use all her courage and determination just to endure.