The North Wind Blows

When her mother married for the third time, and her latest stepfather had three daughters of his own, life became revs complicated for Hetha Montrose. A way out of her difficulties seemed to lie in accepting a post on a North country farm, but the Drummon household was no comfortable haven: they liked their help to be "strong I the back and thick i' the head ", and green-eyed Hetha might be stronger than her frail looks, but she did not measure up to the rest. Then, too, Hawkshill o' Hawkshill, as the young Maister was known in the countryside had no liking for women on his land, and there was no chance of his changing his mind. Absolutely no chance! Absolutely no chance?