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Content levels
ViolenceMild
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild
Trigger warnings
Death of ParentDomestic ViolenceSubstance Abuse
Positive tags
Found Familyhopeful endingredemption arcslow burn
Tropes
Childhood FriendsFamily DramaForbidden LoveForced ProximityHistorical RomanceMorally Gray HeroSlow BurnWorkplace
Themes
Class DifferencesGrief and LossIdentitylove vs dutysacrifice
Synopsis
When Lucy's mother Amy is flung out of the house by her seafaring husband in a drunk rage, she is rescued by a gentleman naval officer. Only on her deathbed does Amy reveal Lucy's true lineage. Determined to hold the family together, Lucy marries unwisely and is forced to seek work at shipyard owner Buchanan's house where she used to help her mother as a child and where she first met his kind nephew and malicious son. And Lucy finds in the face of such adversity, love will not run an easy course....
Tags
Saga RomanceWorking Class FictionBritish Historical