For A Father's Pride

Diane Allen

Oct 2014 · Pan Macmillan

About this ebook

In 1871, young Daisy Fraser is living in the Yorkshire Dales with her beloved family. Her sister Kitty is set to marry the handsome and wealthy Clifford Middleton. But on the eve of the wedding, Clifford commits a terrible act that shatters Daisy's happy life. She carries her secret for the next nine months, but is left devastated when she gives birth and the baby is pronounced dead. Soon she is cast out by her family and has no choice but to make her own way in the world.

When further tragedy strikes, Daisy sets out for the bustling streets of Leeds. There, she encounters poverty and hardship but also friendship. What she really longs for is a love of her own. Yet Daisy doesn't realize that the key to her happiness may not be as far away as she thinks . . .

For a Father's Pride is a heartbreaking story of love and loss from bestselling saga author, Diane Allen

Ratings and reviews

I couldn't put the book down. A very enjoyable read about hardship, friendship and family. Diane Allen captured life in a bygone era very well. A great story.

For the Sake of Her Family. I couldn't put this book down. It captured me straight away. I don't normally read book. This I enjoyed and I read to the end.

beautiful read.i shed tears time again. couldn't put it down.had it read in two days

About the author

Diane Allen was born in Leeds, but raised at her family’s farm, deep in the Yorkshire Dales. After working as a glass engraver, raising a family and looking after an ill father, she found her true niche in life, joining a large-print publishing firm in 1990. She now concentrates on her writing full-time and has recently been made Honorary Vice President of the Romantic Novelists’ Association. Diane and her husband Ronnie live in Long Preston, in the Yorkshire Dales, and have two children and four beautiful grandchildren.