The main character, Elise has worked hard to keep her sisters and the orphans they care for off the streets. When a break seems to open up for them where they get housing and work she isn't sure if she should be grateful to the God she has blamed all her troubles on or not. A chance encounter with a nice, however probably wealthy business man, lets her see that she was possibly wrong thinking all the upper class was total snobs.
Twists and turns ensue as she loses her job and their home is threatened. She finds a way to get work in the west which leads her to the most back breaking work in the kind businessman's new town he is building for a competition to own his families business. As she shines light on the man's care of his employee's, something he had never thought about, he is faced with making the winning choice to ignore it or raise wages and treat them better, ultimately knowing it could cost him the family business.
All this with a woven and faulty love story threaded throughout the books makes a timeless tale that deserves a good read.
I would caution it for younger readers. This book does hold some mature content. Elise is continuously warned that the gentleman's intention for her is something more than one of simple interest, a woman gets attacked and raped, the mutual attraction between the two lead characters becomes strong at the end leading up to their wedding with lots of suggestions.
This book was given to me for my review. My thoughts are my own.
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