When hard times strike, family loyalties will be tested... Josiah and Sarah Ayesthorpe have been married for over twenty years. Their son Adam has been ordered from the family home by his father, their daughter Maureen is involved in a secret relationship with a man her parents could never approve of. It is the time come to be known as the hungry forties; the town is crippled by strikes, hunger and destitution are rife, but so is courage. Courage in the form of Jane Marsden who wants more from life than her situation promises and courage too in the form of Richard Jones a foreigner to Manchester come to make his way and knowing that the only way he is going to succeed is by hard manual work. The Peterloo Inheritance is the moving sequel to The Peterloo Weaver. Margaret Blake has a love of history, which drew her to writing historical romances. Her first novel, A Sprig of Broom, was published in 1979. She is married and has one son and three grandchildren. For more information visit www.margaretblake.co.uk.
Margaret Blake was born in Manchester, England. She has written 20 novels, three of which will be published this year.
She writes historical and contemporary romance and currently has written two romantic suspense novels. The first of these is Breaking the Clouds published by Robert Hale Limited, in hardback, and the second A Poisoned Legacy was published in October. Shadows of the Past is her latest Hale novel.
A Whiskey Creek romance "His Other Wife was published in August - an historical romance "The Substitute Bride" came out in November and is the No.1 best seller for January. Spanish Lies was published on the l5th December at Whiskey Creek Press.
Margaret has since published "Dangerous Enchantment" an historical romantic suspense, A Saxon Tapestry an historical suspense, The Longest Pleasure, and in June 2012 Tilly's Trials. She has also re-published her very first historical romance A Sprig of Broom. Super reviews for all these books can be seen here and at Amazon.
Margaret has two new books out The Longest Pleasure, a romantic suspense and Tilly's Trial a contemporary romance.
Her just published book is a contemporary romance Under a Grecian Moon.
Do check out her new website at www.margaretblake.com All books are available as e-books and print. On Kindle too.