Past Love

Sixteen years is a long time. But as Bart Sadler and Sophie Turner gaze at each other across a crowded room, memories come flooding back. Pleasant memories for one; terrifying for the other,
Bart Sadler had always been the black sheep of the Dorset town of Wenham. Held responsible for the death of Laurence Yetman and the ruin of Sophie's reputation, there can be little joy now at his unwelcome return. So, when he attempts to manoeuvre his way into Wenham society, the people of the town unite in dismissive contempt.
All except Deborah, Sophie's daughter. Disgraced and an outcast like himself, Bart senses a kindred spirit - but can she trust his claim to be a reformed character, or will he be her downfall, just as he was for her mother?
Meanwhile. having worked so hard to restore Pelham's Oak to its ancestral glory, Carson Woodville risks his marriage, family and reputation in pursuit of long lost youth - and a past love which threatens more than one future ...