Good. Money was tight in the farming communities around Fellburn in the 1880s, so when Hector Stewart announced to his children that he was to marry Moira, a wealthy distant relative, it was Daniel the youngest who guessed the purpose of the union. This book focuses on Moira and a family conflict. Shocking tragedy unexpectedly frees a young man to pursue the love and happiness he thought were unattainable in this family saga Money was tight in the farming communities around Fellburn, England, in the 1880s, so when Hector Stewart, only two years after the death of his long-suffering wife, announces to his children, Daniel and Pattie, that he is to marry Moira Conelly, a wealthy distant relative who lives in a castle in Ireland, it is easy to discern his motive. As for Moira, who had not been entirely honest about her background or finances, she has convinced herself that she would be marrying into landed gentry, allowing her the leisured lifestyle to which she believes herself entitled. It is with sonic surprise, therefore, after she arrives with her companion, Maggie Ann, that she realizes she is now the mistress of a ramshackle farm without any servants. Nonetheless, with her ever-cheerful disposition, Moira soon settles into the Stewart family routine.Pattie, always the rebel, leaves home to be married, but Daniel, deprived of an opportunity to study at university by his father"s insistence that he stay on the farm, can see no escape. Moira and Hector"s marriage of convenience works well enough at first, but as their growing family compounds their financial difficulties, Hector"s behavior toward her changes disturbingly. 510pp