Forest Heritage

by Mary Williams

The dawn of the twentieth century.

It is a new eras - but women are still fighting for their rights and independence.

But, after her father’s untimely death, Emma Fairley, a beautiful and talented redhead, is determined to maintain the ideals and integrity of the newspaper he owned, the Charbrook Echo.

She finds herself struggling to get her voice heard, especially when a small newspaper like hers becomes easy prey for the rapacious newspaper tycoon, Jonathan Bradley.

She is swept into his world when she marries his strikingly handsome son, Arthur. It was a simple marriage of convenience, and though Emma knew it was without love she still thought they could build a rewarding friendship.

However, it soon takes a nightmarish turn and Emma realizes she is trapped in a life she cannot bear.

When the fiery, poetic Welshman Evan Lloyd becomes the new editor of the Echo Emma feels the first stirring of a passionate love.

Will they be able to be together?

Or will their relationship be just 'An Inconvenient Affair'?

Genres: Historical Romance

286 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1986

About the author

Mary Williams was born in Leicestershire and attended Leicester College of Art where she trained as an illustrator. During a varied and colourful life she wrote and illustrated children’s programmes for BBC Wales and worked as a newspaper columnist. She has had many occult novels published as well as her bestselling Cornish romances which she wrote under the pseudonym Marianne Harvey.

Reviews

[Joy · Rating 1 out of 5]

174 pages
Stand alone

WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD

I don’t know where to start with this one. Emma married Arthur, son of a wealthy newspaper tycoon to save her dead father’s newspaper from a takeover. It isn’t long before Emma deeply regrets marrying Arthur, he’s a cruel heartless jerk but chin up she tries to make the best of a bad situation only to make matters worse for herself when she meets and falls for the poetic and smooth talking womaniser Evan. Emma is bitterly unhappy so I guess that justifies the affair and on the point of telling him she’s pregnant he tells her he’s married (unhappily of course) and also that he’s off to Africa for a year but he’ll be back for her. Ugh and double ugh. Like a bloody train wreck I couldn’t stop reading even if I skimmed much of it. Evan returns and finds out Emma’s had his baby and Arthur's died (oh and conveniently so has Evan’s wife). During Evan's absence Arthur's father has grown extremely fond of the baby and doesn't want to lose him. And here was the rub for me. Emma is absolutely loathe to part their son from her father in law (he’s just lost his own son remember) and he’s particularly fond of the boy. In convincing Evan to hand over their son she asked him if he wouldn’t prefer just the two of them together and what’s more he’s a complete stranger to his own son so it makes absolute sense to continue as if he didn't have a son in the first place. Where's the loss? Huh? Bloody hell. Serves me right for trudging through this novel hoping things would improve but it just continued to get worse until I couldn't care less about either of them.

Gad I’m not sure if any of that makes sense, probably about as much sense as the book to this reader.

I liked the writing but I couldn't stand the characters and I usually find something to like.

Bloody beautiful covers suck me in every time.

[Carolanne · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hated this book


Mary Williams was born in Cornwall, England, U.K.