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To Gain What's Lost: A Victorian Saga Kindle Edition
The daughter of a wealthy landowner in Yorkshire, England in 1864, Anna Thornton leads a privileged life. But she is not content. She wants her life to mean something and longs to be accepted for the free-thinking, independent woman she is. When the dashing, adventurer Matt Cowan sweeps her off her feet, she thinks she has finally met her soul mate. However, he’s not the man she thinks he is. After he sails for South America, leaving her behind in England, Anna discovers she’s pregnant. Heartbroken she flees her family home, determined to keep her child’s illegitimacy a secret.
He has a few dark secrets of his own…
Brenton O’Mara is a strong, independent man who wants to make his own way without relying on his father’s wealth. He comes to Anna’s new home looking for work and convinces the reluctant woman to hire him. But Anna's wary of men, of love, and treats him as nothing more than the penniless labourer she believes him to be. Then, just when Anna seems to feel she is getting on with her new life, and Brenton believes he is breaking down her barriers, the past rears up to confront them and their future hangs in the balance.
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Found myself really keen to get back to the book to see what happened next. Haven't read the authors books before but will now!" Kat 64."I became totally engrossed in this story. I loved the characters and the many different and difficult personal hurdles they had to overcome in their lives. Almost the last page it held you in suspense." R Thompsett
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The daughter of a wealthy landowner in Yorkshire, England in 1864, Anna Thornton leads a privileged life. But she is not content. She wants her life to mean something and longs to be accepted for the free-thinking, independent woman she is. When the dashing, adventurer Matt Cowan sweeps her off her feet, she thinks she has finally met her soul mate. However, he's not the man she thinks he is. After he sails for South America, leaving her behind in England, Anna discovers she's pregnant. Heartbroken she flees her family home, determined to keep her child's illegitimacy a secret.
He has a few dark secrets of his own...
Brenton O'Mara is a strong, independent man who wants to make his own way without relying on his father's wealth. He comes to Anna's new home looking for work and convinces the reluctant woman to hire him. But Anna's wary of men, of love, and treats him as nothing more than the penniless labourer she believes him to be. Then, just when Anna seems to feel she is getting on with her new life, and Brenton believes he is breaking down her barriers, the past rears up to confront them and their future hangs in the balance.
About the Author
Award winning & Amazon UKBestseller AnneMarie Brear has been a life-long readerand started writing in 1997 when her children were small. She has a love ofhistory, of grand old English houses and a fascination of what might havehappened beyond their walls. Her interests include reading, travelling,watching movies, spending time with family and eating chocolate - not always inthat order! She is the author of historical family saga novels.
Product details
- ASIN : B016TFLFTY
- Publisher : AnneMarie Brear (October 17, 2015)
- Publication date : October 17, 2015
- Language : English
- File size : 1.8 MB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 307 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #295,971 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,434 in Saga Fiction
- #3,559 in Family Saga Fiction
- #3,901 in Victorian Historical Romance (Kindle Store)
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About the author

"Poignant, powerful and searingly emotional, AnneMarie Brear stands shoulder to shoulder with the finest works by some of the genre’s greatest writers such as Catherine Cookson, Audrey Howard and Rosamunde Pilcher." Amazon reviewer.
Author of over thirty-five novels, AnneMarie Brear has crafted sweeping historical fiction with atmosphere, emotion, and drama aplenty that will surely satisfy any fan of the genre. AnneMarie was born in a small town in N.S.W. Australia, to English parents from Yorkshire, and is the youngest of five children. From an early age she loved reading, working her way through the Enid Blyton stories, before moving onto Catherine Cookson’s novels as a teenager.
Living in England during the 1980s and more recently, AnneMarie developed a love of history from visiting grand old English houses and this grew into a fascination with what may have happened behind their walls over their long existence. Her enjoyment of visiting old country estates and castles when travelling and, her interest in genealogy and researching her family tree, has been put to good use, providing backgrounds and names for her historical novels which are mainly set in Yorkshire or Australia between Victorian times and WWII.
A long and winding road to publication led to her first novel being published in 2006.
She has now published over thirty-five historical family saga novels, becoming an Amazon best seller and with her novel, The Slum Angel, winning a gold medal at the USA Reader's Favourite International Awards. Two of her books have been nominated for the Romance Writer’s Australia Ruby Award and the USA In’dtale Magazine Rone award and recently she has been nominated twice as a finalist for the UK RNA RONA Awards.
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Customers enjoy the book's plot and find it well-written, with one mentioning it's a great read for historical fiction fans. They appreciate the character development, with one review highlighting the strong female protagonist. Customers find the book engaging, with one noting how it kept them turning pages.
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Customers enjoy the story quality of the book, praising its wonderful plot, with one customer noting it's a great read for historical fiction fans.
"...Loved reading about strong women. Realistic characters and storyline." Read more
"I've become a fan of Annemarie Brear's books. They are great reads for historical fiction fans, and this one is no exception...." Read more
"...As always this lady tells a really good story." Read more
"Another must read by annemarie brear its short but i loved the story of anna and would like her story to continue" Read more
Customers find the book well written and easy to read.
"Kept your interest. Felt compassion for the characters. Very easy reading. Loved reading about strong women. Realistic characters and storyline." Read more
"...It's a light read with an important message--that problems are not nearly as important as how you deal with them...." Read more
"It is a really good read. You will love the lives and the characters...." Read more
"...Great read for lovers of good writing and romance." Read more
Customers love the lives and characters in the book, with one customer particularly appreciating the strong female protagonist.
"Kept your interest. Felt compassion for the characters. Very easy reading. Loved reading about strong women. Realistic characters and storyline." Read more
"...Like many of her stories (if not all), the book features a strong female character, together with others along the way, who band together to survive..." Read more
"It is a really good read. You will love the lives and the characters...." Read more
"I enjoyed this story and the characters!" Read more
Customers find the book engaging, with one mentioning it was a fun read that kept drawing them to the next page.
"Kept your interest. Felt compassion for the characters. Very easy reading. Loved reading about strong women. Realistic characters and storyline." Read more
"...book and a storyline that completely develops the characters was a fun read. As always this lady tells a really good story." Read more
"...this book five stars because it was fast moving and kept drawing me on to the next page. Excellent characters to get to know." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2022Kept your interest. Felt compassion for the characters. Very easy reading. Loved reading about strong women. Realistic characters and storyline.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2019I've become a fan of Annemarie Brear's books. They are great reads for historical fiction fans, and this one is no exception. Like many of her stories (if not all), the book features a strong female character, together with others along the way, who band together to survive and succeed in a society that condemned them to failure. It's a light read with an important message--that problems are not nearly as important as how you deal with them. Attitude makes the greatest difference of all!
- Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2021It is a really good read. You will love the lives and the characters.
This book and a storyline that completely develops the characters was a fun read. As always this lady tells a really good story.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2024My second Annemarie Great book and it's even better than expected. A good love story after a terrible, traumatic life.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2024I enjoyed this story and the characters!
- Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2023Another must read by annemarie brear its short but i loved the story of anna and would like her story to continue
- Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2016Anna Thornton's upper class life means little; she wants to be valued for her mind in a time, 1864, when women were merely pawns for marriage. When a handsome adventurer seduces then leaves her, she's left devastated with an illegitimate pregnancy. Now disgraced, will she ever accept true love, even when her heart is tempted by the mysterious Brenton O'Mara?
Ms. Brear's writing is lyrical with vivid descriptions of geography and people's emotions. Her characters are believable and will have you entranced, reaching for that hankie, and knowing they deserve a happy ending.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2023I chose to give this book five stars because it was fast moving and kept drawing me on to the next page. Excellent characters to get to know.
Top reviews from other countries
- Kindle CustomerReviewed in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
I really enjoyed this book, living in York, born and raised on a farm several miles away, even many years after the period this book was written, I can recall working really long days, nothing has really changed in some respects to farming life.
- catherine hallReviewed in Australia on April 17, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book
Great story from start to finish up. Could not put down. This author consistently writes good books. Looking forward to reading more of her books.
- Sm S.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 11, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars To gain what's lost
Loved this book , great description you can get lost in. I'm working my way through all Annemarie Bread books.Fab.
- Amazon CustomerReviewed in Australia on June 3, 2022
4.0 out of 5 stars Great story
Anne are Brear always writes a lovely story and this book is another one l have enjoyed. The characters were very interesting and believable.
- WiggyReviewed in the United Kingdom on April 10, 2020
4.0 out of 5 stars Wiggy.
I have admired, and I have enjoyed what I have read of this author. It is my kind of book to read. Unfortunately, now I am starting to read the same kind of things in each book. Rich family has a daughter, who has left under bad circumstances, no money now. Then good things happen to her. She buys a rundown farm, and get's it up and running to what it was before.. That is why I have it a four star rating. When I started reading the first few chapters, I thought it was a book I had read before.