![]() ![]() But on the tail of success, tragedy follows and those closest to her pay the greatest price for her daring.Īshamed, grieving, and bearing a terrible secret, Anneke flees to London, determined to forge her own destiny. ![]() Threatened and held in contempt by those she once called friends, Anneke nonetheless thrives. Through her enterprise and determination, she inadvertently earns herself a deadly enemy. When Anneke Sheldrake is forced to find a way to support her family after her father is lost at sea, she turns to the business by which her mother’s family once prospered: brewing ale.Īrmed with her Dutch mother’s recipes and a belief that anything would be better than the life her vindictive cousin has offered her, she makes a deal with her father’s aristocratic employer: Anneke has six months to succeed or not only will she lose the house but her family as well. I would ensure it was kept that way, until I was ready to pass it on. ![]() It had been Mother's secret and mine, one passed down through the de Winter women for generations. ![]()
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