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The Shadowed Hills
A sweeping 19th-century saga set in the Peak District, this is the next generation sequel to "Promises Lost". Following the fortunes of the impetuous Kate, the daughter of Sara Hamilton, heartache and tragedy ensue before it all ends well.
544 pages, Paperback
First published December 12, 1931
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Audrey Howard
63 books51 followersAudrey 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.
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.
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October 3, 2025
I have really enjoyed some of the author's works, such as The Woman From Browhead. This class divide story is too long, however, a word processor novel of the 1990s. A railway magnate has retired and taken over a paper mill, which he modernised to use esparto grass and cotton waste. He has a girl and a boy left at home, and tries to live a genteel life with his wife. The boy is a wastrel and the girl is not supposed to be taught anything, so she rides around the moors and hills. A young cousin comes to join them, apparently discarded by her papa and new mama. We never meet her family again which is extremely strange. Anyway both young women make unsuitable matches, only one of them goes and gets married, and the other, expecting a lout's baby, doesn't. The family are outraged.
There is violence and adult scenes.
I enjoyed the look at the changes in the paper mill. Apparently this follows an earlier book, but it's not necessary to have read it. The ending is not pleasant and seems too contrived. As mentioned, the work is too long, with everything described three times.
There is violence and adult scenes.
I enjoyed the look at the changes in the paper mill. Apparently this follows an earlier book, but it's not necessary to have read it. The ending is not pleasant and seems too contrived. As mentioned, the work is too long, with everything described three times.
September 27, 2010
A sequel to Promises Lost tells what happens to the loves and lives of the next generation.
July 31, 2012
loved it as all her books
June 4, 2013
However a good story line, I think it was too drawn out n I really dislike the ending.
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