WHEN MIDNIGHT COMES

‘Charming, captivating, fulfilling and lively.' — Booklist

1856. Christine Banner is alone after her father's death, penniless but armed with an iron will. Determined to put London behind her and find a place to call home, her search takes her to the New Forest where she stumbles upon Lord Frenshaw's estate. Her skill at handling some of the large and difficult war horses bred there,
shines through and captures his attention.

However, when Lord Frenshaw's son Harry returns from the Crimea, battle-scarred and short-tempered, he is appalled to find a girl in britches mucking out the stables. Christine's future looks uncertain, and Harry may find that home is not the safe haven to which he hoped to return.

In the face of grief, sadness and disappointment, Christine's intelligence and strength is tested until she finds the place she can truly belong.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
An accomplished novelist, writing in the genre that Catherine Cookson made her own, but with novels set in London. as a young girl Beryl's ambition was to become a professional singer but lack of funds drove her into an office, where she worked her way up from tea-girl to credit controller. After she retired, she began to pursue her dream of becoming a published author.