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1800s: The third book in the Cornish book series
The Daughter of River Valley
What you need to know before your trail
Beth Jago appears to have the idyllic life, she has a trade to earn a living and a cottage of her own in Cornwall’s beautiful River Valley. Yet appearances can be deceptive …
Beth has a secret. Since inheriting her isolated cottage she’s been receiving threats, so when she finds a man in her home she acts on her instincts. One frying pan to the head and she has robbed the handsome stranger of his memory and almost killed him.
Fearful he may die, she reluctantly nurses the intruder back to health. Yet can she trust the man with no name who has entered her life, or is he as dangerous as his nightmares suggest? As they learn to trust one another, the outside threats worsen. Are they linked to the man with no past? Or is the real danger still outside waiting … and watching them both?
Travel Guide
Cornwall
Cornwall
The places in this book might be fictional, but there is a keen sense of time and place of Cornwall in the 1800s
Be sure to visit the smugglers museum in Polperro and the famous smuggler’s den of literary fame – Jamaica Inn
This is the Cornwall of poachers and robbers. Jenna comes from a family of them but is determined to take a different path. Landing inside a debtor’s jail is the way for many sadly, and Jenna will do everything to avoid it.
“ In a Gentleman’s family, near the village of Trehale, wanted one lady’s mind. She must be neat in appearance, literate, honest, trustworthy and proficient in needlework and the dressing of hair.”
This is a Cornwall under the shadows of one of the darkest periods of Cornish and English history where the American war has been lost and people are having to find whichever ways they can to survive.
Bodmin Moor where the famous Jamaica inn stands:
The gorse bushes were in full bloom, their bright yellow flowers a stark contrast to the brown crunchy grass that swathed the undulations and stony tors of the moor. She had never seen anything so beautiful and wild. It seemed to beckon her with open arms, inviting her to explore its natural beauty and meander around the ruins of the Bronze Age Settlements.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Daughter of River Valley
Destination : Cornwall Author/Guide: Victoria Cornwall Departure Time: 1860s
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