Poppy's Dilemma by Nancy Carson
Is true love worth risking everything for?
Sixteen-year-old Poppy Silk is one of the navvy community - a group of poor, rough-living men who work the railways and take their families wherever the tracks lead. When Poppy is left fatherless, her world becomes fraught with danger, men vying to claim her as their own.
Her one ray of hope is Robert, a young engineer, who she meets one day by the tracks. But his wealthy family have different plans for him... Can Poppy ever hope to win his heart?
And would she give up her whole way of life for him?
A compelling, heart-warming story about one girl's brave search for happiness against all odds...
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