After her father's death and discovering that her marriage to Dick was nothing more than a business transaction for the family shop, Emma knows that she has to make a life for herself and her son. Then she realises that Dick was responsible for murder. All she has is her reputation.When Emma Robinson discovers she is carrying Paul Greenslade's child, there are harsh consequences after he disappears rather than marry a common shop-girl.Forced by her tyrannical father to marry Richard Gillows, Emma learns quickly that a jealous husband is a violent one. How can Emma escape the ties that bind her, to build a life for herself and her child?From the author of The Downstairs Maid(Note: previously published as The Ties That Bind by Linda Sole)