Frances Paige Libros

When the Boer War began, the McGrath family already had troubles enough of their own, Terence's marriage to prim Catherine was drawing to a tragic close, whilst Patrick and Maria suffered the sadness of a frail, mentally handicapped child--and young Maeve had to choose between her career as a nurse and her heart's deepest desires. Most worrying of all was the future of little Lizzie, Terence's love-child, brought up in ignorance of per parentage by John and Isabel....

More than sixty years have passed since young Maeve Muldoon eloped from Ireland with her father's groom, Kieran McGrath, to start a new life in the Scottish mining village of Sholton. Their children and grandchildren have spread far and wide and the business they founded, the McGrath Carting Company, is now an international concern. Maeve's death in 1914 spells the end of an era and leaves a huge gap in the ranks of the McGrath clan. But sisters Kate, Isobel and Maevy are the new unifying force in this remarkable family. As the shadow of conflict reaches across the Channel, the lives of the younger generation are changed for ever in the crucible of war - as love, duty and sacrifice wach make a claim on their hearts.

This is the concluding volume of the McGrath saga. Ginny McGrath has come from the US to run her aunt Lizzie's hotel in the former Sholton Hall. World War I is over and the roaring 1920s are in full swing, but Ginny finds that there is not enough freedom to give her the man she loves.

Young Maeve Muldoon eloped from Ireland with Kieran McGrath.