Ashes on the Moor by Sarah M. Eden
Evangeline is raised in a high-class Victorian family. She is sent to live in a small mill town in Northern England where she is faced with sudden poverty and a heart-breaking separation from her sister. She desperately tries to prove herself able to be reunited with her sister, but is met with constant challenges, one of which is her unfeeling aunt who is determined to see Evangeline fail. Her only friend is her neighbor Dermot, an Irish immigrant who feels just as out of place as she does.
The author does a good job immersing the reader in the culture and environment of an English factory town in the late 1800s, including the Yorkshire vernacular that the locals used. The story is a bit slow moving at first, but is a pleasant read with well developed characters and an enjoyable "proper romance".
received 4 stars on Goodreads
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