The Factory and The Forge: Book One of the Marshborough County Series

by Beth Fuller

Change is coming to Marshborough County

Arabella Whitt has arrived at Highpass city full of good intentions and high ambitions. She is going to make their new cotton factory—the last desperate throw of the dice to save her family's fortunes—a success.
Will Martins, the local blacksmith, is less sure. His neighbours are riled up by the arrival of the new factory and a bitter battle between the old world and the new is coming, one that could destroy them all.
Can Arabella and Will work together towards a brighter future whilst honouring the past? Can they learn to see past their own prejudices and expectations? And can they ever be together when there is a whole world of difference separating them?

266 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 26, 2022

Reviews

[Claire · Rating 5 out of 5]

Arabella and her father own and run a cotton mill. In a time where this is seen by some locals as a bad thing Arabella has to contend with workers etc, who hate change. She meets William Martins and they start to grow close. But when his sister Mollie secretly marries a gentleman things get more & more complicated. - I greatly enjoyed this book. The industry in the day it was set and the differences of the people who lived then made it an interesting read. Arabella was strong, capable and independent. She practically runs the mill but being a woman most of the praise must go to her father. I thought William was kind & hard-working (if a little bit too soft). I felt a lot happened in the book and I’d certainly read more from the author.