No Place for a Woman

Laura Cadman had always assumed she would marry Edmund Shaw, the son of her father's partner, but Edmund tells her he considers her a drag, with little poise and beauty. When Jabez Shaw dies, Edmund takes advantage of Laura's father and cheats him out of the engineering works and manufactures an accusation that lands Mr Cadman in prison. Penniless, her pride hurt and her heart broken, Laura vows to repay every pound that Edmund claims he is owed. Edmund's cruel words have blinded Laura to Rafe Travers'love, but when he saves her from Edmund's final wickedness, she finds happiness at last...