Take Hold of Tomorrow Author:Karen Abbott Following a betrayal by an abusive step-father, Ellen is taken, by her grandparents, to the house of a brick manufacturer in the Lancashire town of Horwich, to work as a kitchen maid. Determined for a better future, Ellen takes every opportunity to further herself and is promoted to lady?s maid. But the advancement in her status attracts declara... more »tions of love from three very different men: John, the master?s son; Charlie, a farmer?s lad; and Leslie, her mistress?s fiancée. Jealousy and betrayal plague her life once more and grasping hold of a better tomorrow is a dream beginning to slip away.« less