A World of Difference

by Audrey Howard

Scottish shipowner Conal MacRae is the most exciting man that cossetted heiress Jenna Townley has ever met, and she is determined to marry him despite the disapproval of her overbearing father. Their courtship is fiery and their marriage passionate. But there are tragic and sinister undercurrents in their lives secrets from the past that threaten their happiness and even their safety. Is Jenna destined to repeat her mother's tragedy, or can she triumph over the past and keep both the Townley legacy and the man she was meant to love?

Paperback

First published October 1, 1995

About the author

Audrey Howard was born on 1929 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, and grew up in St Annes on Sea, Lancashire, where she lives in her childhood home.

Before she began to write she had a variety of jobs, among them hairdresser, model, shop assistant, cleaner and civil servant. In 1981, while living in Australia, she wrote the first of her bestselling novels published since 1984. In 1988, her novel The Juniper Bush won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Reviews

[Maggie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Jenna Townley believes she is heir to her father's colliery fortune until she finds out she has a half brother and sister. The story goes on about her fight to be part of running and her claim to he coal mines even though her half brother has been set up to follow in his father's footsteps. I didn't like the main character " Jenna" at all. She just seems a self centered, spoiled bitch. I've read many of Audrey Howards novels and loved them but this one was just boring and annoying between the repetitiveness and the over describing of clothing articles etc.

[Lexy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book follows the lives of Jonas and Nella's children, particularly Jenna, who I found to be a lovely yet exasperating character. The central theme of the book is Jenna's struggle to take control of her family's collieries, despite being a woman at a time when only men were involved in business. The feminist side of me was so annoyed at the state of the law and the restrictions imposed upon females back then. On the other hand, I found it difficult to accept that Jenna would have been allowed as much independence as she had, given the times. She was written a little too modernly to fit the story, and yet her independent spirit was the main reason I liked her.

[Julie · Rating 2 out of 5]

ok read