Promises Author:Catherine Gaskin She was just a tattered street waif when a wealthy Yorkshire industrialist took her home to raise with his own children. Suddenly her future held the promise of riches and privilege, but it was the promise she made to her beloved benefactor which was to destine her life. — Through the gilded splendors of the Edwardian age, the horrors of the Grea... more »t War, the endless revels of the Twenties, she was the adored outsider in a spoiled, restless family ... passionately in love with her dashing "brother" ... bound to the beautiful "sisters" who couldn't help hurting everyone who cared. Even as they destroyed her happiness, the family always came first -- until the moment of triumph when she kept a promise to herself.« less