Let bestselling author Iris Gower transport you to South Wales at the turn of the century in this beguiling and bewitching saga, set during the hard times of copper smelting. Fans of Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Kitty Neale will not be disappointed. READERS ARE LOVING COPPER KINGDOM ! 'Living in Swansea this book set my mind racing of the past. I couldn't put it down!' — \\\\\* Reader review 'I found once I started reading it, I could not put it down!' — \\\\\* Reader review 'Believable and so enjoyable' — \\\\\* Reader review 'Riveting' — \\\\\* Reader review 'Wonderful' — \\\\\* Reader review \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\* THE FAMILY'S FATE RESTS ON HER SHOULDERS... Sweyn's Eye, South Wales : The Richardsons are copper barons - lords of the town's copper smelting industry - rich, powerful, and somewhat in denial that their wealth may be in jeopardy as the demand for copper wanes. The Llewelyns are a poor family, the threat of unemployment and all its attendant miseries always present. They are too poor to afford more than a pauper's funeral when Mrs Llewelyn dies and too proud to allow the neighbours to know. When the fiery and determined Mali Llewelyn is offered a job in the local laundry she takes it, determined to fight her way to prosperity as a businesswoman. Yet all of her struggles are not obvious, for in secret she battles with her hopeless love for Sterling Richardson, heir to the copper kingdom of Sweyn's Eye. Can she find a way through? For on her shoulders rest the burden of the family fortunes...

Mary Jenkins had dragged herself up from humble beginnings - first to be overseer in the Canal St. laundry, then to running her own market stall in Sweyn's Eve. But constantly fate - and the Sutton brothers - knocked her down again. Dean Sutton was prepared to set her up in a shop of her own - but only at his price - while Brandon Sutton threatened to destroy her with a love neither of them could control. But Mary - Proud Mary - was a fighter, determined to win whatever the odds, however great the sacrifice.

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You can’t choose your family...The Llywelyn family’s livelihood largely depends on the ferry, run by Siona Llywelyn, the kindly yet rugged head of the family. The family is large but close knit, held together by their mother Emily – a hard-working woman made old before her time having borne seven sons, and now with child once again. As the boys grow into young men, tensions flare in the family unit, made worse by a web of rivalries and ambitions. When a death shocks the family to its core, it will take the intervention of a special person to remind them of what they have lost. A compelling, touching and powerful Welsh saga, perfect for fans of Annie Groves, Rosie Goodwin and Dilly Court. Praise for Iris Gower‘A series well worth watching’ Publishing News ‘Iris Gower writes with warmth and fluency’ Yorkshire Post

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