The Wanton Redhead

The Wanton Redhead

by Meg Hutchinson (Author)

Synopsis

This is the story of a young woman who must suffer many violent wrongs before being saved by her own virtue, and by the love of a good man. When her selfish, flighty sister leaves home to become the wife of a wealthy sugar plantation owner, Alyssa becomes solely responsible for her poor, deranged mother as well as for Thea's bastard son. Viciously raped, then thrown out of the family home, the girl goes on the run, fleeing her cruel rapist. Alyssa's journey is a perilous one. It will take her far from the Black Country to the wild shores of the Caribbean and put her in the path of evil men determined to despoil the young girl. For the palm-fringed island of Jamaica is home to a pernicious trade: white slavery...

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 05 Jun 2006

ISBN 10: 0340834498
ISBN 13: 9780340834497

Media Reviews
* 'Ties of Love will enthral, enchant and delight.' - Shropshire Review on TIES OF LOVE * 'Hutchinson knows how to spin a good yarn.' - Birmingham Evening Mail on THE DEVERELL WOM * 'The mistress of simmering sagas.' - Peterborough Evening Telegraph on THE PEPPE * 'Hutchinson knows how to spin a good yarn. One for those cold nights curled up in front of the fire.' - Birmingham Evening Mail on THE DEVERELL WOM * 'A beautiful piece of imaginative living fiction.' - North Wales Chronicle on UNHOLY LOVE * 'The mistress of simmering sagas gives us the story of another heroine, whose spirit and courage will entrance readers.' - Peterborough Evening Telegraph on PEPPERCOR
Author Bio
Meg Hutchinson left school at fifteen and didn't return to education until she was thirty-three, when she entered Teacher Training College and studied for her degree in the evenings. Telling stories and writing compositions has been part of Meg's life since a child and she now indulges this passion in a little cottage in Shropshire.