A Fallen Woman

A Fallen Woman
Nancy Carson

An unforgettable saga, full of romance, shocking secrets and page-turning scandal . . .In the Black Country a scandal is set to hit the town … but can Aurelia Sampson survive?All seems well in the Black Country, Aurelia having sacrificed her own happiness for her newly found half-sister’s future after returning from a separation to her husband’s bleak and unhappy house. That is until Benjamin discovers that Aurelia had an affair, and serves her with divorce, demanding custody of his son.Aurelia, once a woman with the world at her feet, suddenly finds herself a fallen woman. As the rumours of her disgrace are discussed in shops and street corners, Aurelia finds herself destitute. But despite her circumstances Aurelia knows she must survive and she’ll do anything it takes to get her son back…Concluding the gripping story begun in A Country Girl, don’t miss this unforgettable new saga.

A Fallen Woman

Nancy Carson

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Ebook Edition © February 2018 ISBN: 9780008134884

Version: 2017-01-09

‘There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments – there are only consequences.’

Robert Green Ingersoll

1833–1899

Table of Contents

Cover (#u8a862de3-0003-5978-b999-e0761c6398a0)

Title Page (#u5e9a6db1-ef9d-5fc0-a5ac-704442a6aadd)

Copyright (#ua0858bba-97b1-57ef-b270-5821423415f3)

Epigraph (#ucdb5a843-f94c-55c3-830d-37b061b8cc8b)

Dedication (#uf0b5838b-7d85-569a-a4ee-ac7a57f9ae5d)

Chapter 1 (#u05c66821-ea3f-5473-a5c7-a0abc2485524)

Chapter 2 (#u1d332fde-8542-5dc6-9036-568f77081540)

Chapter 3 (#u6de16e63-9474-5069-a64a-bf608a58d48a)

Chapter 4 (#u03fda400-72f3-5351-8c41-8d66db046ff0)

Chapter 5 (#u9581305f-675b-581b-9f7d-bbd9ff89ce0d)

Chapter 6 (#u37fd00d9-1844-58d5-bb44-eafd2d4fdf50)

Chapter 7 (#u14dfb8e2-8135-5dfa-a8c0-1146a6e81333)

Chapter 8 (#uc4667c6d-f3b8-5c4c-8172-507c8c636684)

Chapter 9 (#u0df32928-52c4-5bb5-b7ce-2f60f8733830)

Chapter 10 (#u6dc4adc4-2a81-5020-b2c6-4ef5898f602b)

Chapter 11 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)