The Promise: A powerful saga of the strength of love

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When her father, a journalist, is murdered, Marion Brookfield vows to care for her younger sister Annette. The girls believe they have found a refuge when charming businessman Victor Bateman proposes to Marion and they move into his luxurious home. But Marion s friend Daniel Brady is conducting his own investigation into Henry Brookfield s death. He learns the journalist was closing in on the head of a child prostitution racket when he was killed. And now his precious daughters may not be so safe, after all...

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Praise for Benita Brown: 'Romance, heartache and local history make a magical mixture...passion on every page * Northern Echo *
An ultimately heartwarming tale. Unlike some sagas, all the main characters here are well drawn...a satisfying read * Historical Novels Review *
A splendidly powerful and touching saga of love, passion and lust * Newcastle Evening Chronicle *
Captures the atmosphere and emotion of the first part of the 20th century * Sunderland Echo *
A must for Catherine Cookson fans * Wiltshire Times *
You won't be able to put it down * Yours magazine *
A powerful story * Lancashire Evening Post *
A wonderfully Dickensian flavour... Everyone in the book is alive and believable * Historical Novels Review *

Author Bio

Benita Brown was born and brought up in Newcastle by her English mother and Indian father. She went to drama school in London where she met her husband who, also from Newcastle, was working for the BBC. Not long after, she returned to her home town where she worked as a teacher and broadcaster and brought up four children. She is now a full-time writer.