Lakeland Lily - An emotional tale of love and loss

When tragedy strikes, she must find a new pathLily Thorpe is spirited, ambitious and desperate to escape the poverty of her Lake District home, and marry her secret sweetheart Dick Rawlins. But tragedy strikes and Dick is killed in a boating accident caused by the wealthy and arrogant Clermont-Read family. Lily is forced to reassess her future, and she embarks on a quest for revenge and marries Bertie Clermont-Read.
The young couple are rejected by his family and suffer the same poverty Lily had tried to escape. Lily starts a passionate affair with local steam boat captain Nathan Monroe and when she is threatened with vengeance she must decide who is more important her husband or her lover.
A page-turning saga of love and heartache, perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Val Wood.

About the author

Sunday Times bestselling author Freda Lightfoot was born in Lancashire. She was a teacher, a bookseller in the Lake District, then a smallholder and began her writing career publishing short stories and articles before finding her vocation as a novelist. She published over fifty novels, mostly sagas and historical fiction. She died in 2025 aged 83, leaving a legacy of books that continue to be enjoyed by thousands of readers.

Product details

• Authors: Freda Lightfoot
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781800322080
• ISBN: 978-1-80032-208-0
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Lakeland Sagas
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Sagas, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Sagas, FICTION / Family Life / General, Historical fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Coming of age, The Lake District, Family saga / generational saga fiction, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Narrative theme: love / relationships