Lightning in a Drought Year

In a time of social and economic upheaval, a forbidden friendship blossoms into love, set against the backdrop of the Populist Uprising. Laurel McBryde, forced to leave her childhood home after her father's death, navigates life among the Victorian Hartmoors and finds herself drawn to both radical politics and Carey Fairchild, a tenant farmer. The story explores her journey of self-discovery amid a changing society.