His Brother’s Wife by Val Wood

1860.
Harriet Miles is trying to take care of her seriously ill mother, and just
when she thinks things couldn’t get any worse she is fired from her job at
the hostelry.

The last thing she expects after her mother dies is a marriage proposal
from a man she barely knows, but her only alternative is the workhouse. And
so begins her new life with Noah Tuke.

But instead of marital bliss, Harriet finds herself in the cramped
farmhouse which Noah calls home, and in this overcrowded and angry household
she meets with hostility and bitterness. The only person who offers her
friendship is Noah’s brother, Fletcher.

Gradually she learns the true reasons behind Noah’s desire to marry her –
and realises that the only person she finds real companionship with is the
person she can’t possibly be with . . .

If you enjoy books by Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, you’ll love Val’s
heartwarming stories of triumph over adversity.