Mags’s story is described in The Wronged Daughter. Tricked into marriage by Flora’s hateful brother Harold, Mags’s life spirals downwards, until she is rescued by her dear friend Betsy with the help of Susan – the very woman Mags should hate. With them by her side, can she become strong again and take her rightful place in life?

All of my past titles, as well as future ones, are available to order online or from all good bookshops and your local library – also look out for them in your local supermarket. And you can enjoy them in audio format, too.

And finally, I love to interact with my readers, and do so on a daily basis on my Facebook page and website – would you like to join me? If so, go to www.facebook.com/HistoricalNovels or search on Facebook for ‘Books by Mary Wood and Maggie Mason’. Here you will be able to chat to me, enter my numerous competitions for giveaways of signed books and themed merchandise, and even have a chance to win a tea party with me and my lovely Roy.

On my website, www.authormarywood.com, you can receive all my news first-hand by subscribing to my regular newsletter, join in competitions and contact me via email on a one-to-one basis.

I am also available to book for events, meetings and library talks, and you can follow me on Twitter: @Authormary.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Much love to all,

Mary x

Acknowledgements

Many people have a hand in bringing a book to publication and I want to express my heartfelt thanks to them all. My agent, Judith Murdoch, who stands firmly in my corner. My editor Wayne Brookes, who is always there for me, encourages me and makes me laugh – I love him to bits. Victoria Hughes-Williams, who does a wonderful, sensitive structural edit of my books, keeping my voice and tightening my work. Alex Saunders, Samantha Fletcher and Mandy Greenfield, who all do a wonderful job of editing my work and checking my research, till my words sing off the page. Ellis Keene, my publicist, who works towards getting exposure for my books and me, and meticulously organizes events to ensure I am taken care of on my travels. The sales team, for their efforts to get my books onto the shelves. The cover designer for my beautiful covers. And last but by no means least, a special thanks to my son, James Wood, who reads so many versions of each book, advising me what is working and what isn’t as I write my draft manuscript, and then helps with the read-through of the final proofs when last-minute mistakes need to be spotted. All of you are much-appreciated and do an amazing job for me. Thank you.