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Synopsis
Fate throws them together - a disastrous flood, an isolated stone house, a handsome and successful surgeon, and a lovely young girl. When doctor Guy Denver sees a car plunging into floodwater, he manages to rescue the unconscious occupant and take her to the only shelter available to them - a cottage that has obviously been newly abandoned. As Celia Hammond recovers, and the couple find themselves marooned for five days, there are bound to be difficult - as the floodwaters advance on their little refuge. He saved her life - and stole her heart. Then the waters finally recede, Celia knows that dashing Guy is her life's only love and he returns her passion - but his sense of honour will not let him speak. The doctor has a wife at home, a woman who will never set him free Will the sweets of sorrow soon turn to bitterness? Or love fulfilled?
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Is Sweet Sorrow appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
A 1940s romantic drama involving a married man and a young woman stranded together; emotional tension around forbidden love and marital fidelity, with no explicit content.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, mild sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include cheating/infidelity.
Who'll love this
A romantic story about two people thrown together by a flood who fall in love, but face a painful obstacle.