Sarah's Destiny

A heart-rending tale of enduring love' "My name is Sarah, I'm 26, I live with my parents at The White Hart Inn, and I'm a ..." She hesitated. What else could she say? The facts were so cold and didn't remotely tell the story of her life. "I'm a widow. No, no children living here." Not that day. Not the day he was asking about.' Young Sarah Daniels is the heart, soul and future of The White Hart Inn on the Welsh Back. Alongside the quay and wharves on Bristol's floating harbour, she dreams of finding love, and a destiny where she can escape the drudgery and tragedy that life usually delivers Victorian women. But dreams are free, and few share her ideals. When reality strikes, and Sarah learns the hard way that life is unkind, one man offers her hope. Through many decades of heart-aching loss, false promises and broken dreams, the young widow clings to that one hope. With six children to care for, she takes risks few others would consider. She breaks conventions and makes sacrifices to keep that hope alive. Will her wishes come true, or is she destined to be another unfortunate in the sea of many? First book in the series THE ANCESTORS, SET in BRISTOL, ENGLAND

Vicky Adin is a family historian in love with the past. Like the characters in her stories, she too is an immigrant to New Zealand, arriving a century after her first protagonists, and ready to start a new life. Born in Wales, she grew up in Cornwall until aged 12. Her family emigrated to New Zealand, a country she would call home. Vicky draws on her affinity for these places, in her writing. Fast forward a few years, and she marries a fourth-generation Kiwi bloke with Irish, Scottish and English ancestors and her passion for genealogy flourishes. The further she digs into the past, the more she wants to record the lives of the people who were the foundations of her new country. Not just her own ancestors, but all those who braved the oceans and became pioneers in a raw new land. Her research into life as it was for those immigrants in the mid-to-late 1800s and early 1900s gave her enough material to write for many years about the land left behind and the birth of a new nation. Her first book, The Disenchanted Soldier, is the most biographical of all her books, inspired by her husband's great-grandfather. For the rest, while the history of the time is accurate, the characters are fictionalised to fit with the events and happenings as they occurred. Vicky holds an MA(Hons) in English and Education and several reader awards. She is a lover of art, antiques, gardens, good food and red wine. She is an avid reader of historical novels, family sagas and contemporary women's stories. She especially enjoys caravanning around New Zealand with her husband (her biggest fan) and travelling the world when they can, but also spending time with her family. She hopes younger generations get as much enjoyment learning about the past through her stories, as she did when writing about it.

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