Trish Butler

Redway Acres Trish Butler

Author's Note - The Redway Acres series of books is designed to be read in order. I hope that any book within the series can be picked up and read without prior knowledge of the previous stories. However, scenes from earlier books may be summarised in subsequent stories for context, providing less detail in than might be expected. Consequently, there may be a reduction in the suspense of earlier books if read out of sequence. Trish ButlerThe Redway Acres saga continues with the fifth book centring on the life of Amelia Hopwood in the early part of the 19th century. Amelia is the youngest daughter in the Hopwood family, who live near the village of Wenster in Cambridgeshire. She is doted upon by her father, who encourages her love of books and discourse. After his untimely death, she is invited to live with Dowager Janine Alcott at Bernier, which is home to injured soldiers, and abused or destitute women. Amelia aides the dowager in helping the women regain their self-respect, and continues her education by learning all she can from Oliver Grosvenor, the doctor who tends to the needs of the occupants of Bernier, which is near Redway Acres in Lincolnshire. In a time when a woman was not considered to be as intelligent as a man, Amelia proves herself worthy time and again. Her passion becomes the work she does, while those all around her, except one man, cannot understand her determination not to have a family of her own. While she works her way through the twists and turns of her grief, can she make room in her heart and find love, without losing the power to choose her own destiny?