Like Father, Like Daughter

Rebelling against the domineering man she believes to be her father, Elin Jones flees her Welsh home and takes a job as housemaid to the wealthy Oxley family. Seduced and left pregnant by the handsome heir, Mr Laurence, Elin soon finds herself condemned to a life of poverty and abuse. Despite her disadvantaged background, Laura grows up with her natural father's intelligence and talent for business, and when she seizes the chance to buy an ailing company, it is the start of a meteoric career.