Beautiful Christa came to Queen's Lacey, a Buckinghamshire farm, as a young bride. Deeply in love with her husband Anthony Chalford, who adored her, but who is saddy dominated by his mother. Julia, her cold mother-in-law, soon makes it clear that she will never give up her tyrannical reign as mistress of Queen's Lacey and that she regards her daugther-in-law as an interloper. Knowing that nothing would please Julia better than the break-up of her marriage, Christa fights her mother-in-law with all her young strength. But the lovely Christa discovers, too late, that her husband, is incapable of giving her the love she needs. So it is her brother-in-law Richard, warm-hearted, idealistic, that she instinctively turns for solace. While Julia, the implacable enemy, watches and waits... The unforgettable story of a forbidden love.
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