# The Miner's Wife by Diane Allen (Paperback)

**Set in the Yorkshire Dales, _The Miner's Wife_ is a historical family drama following a young woman who falls in love with a man who is not everything he seems.**Seventeen-year-old Meg Oversby often dreams of a more exciting life than the dull existence she faces at her family's farm deep in the Yorkshire Dales. Growing up, she's always sensed her father's disappointment at not having a son to help with the farm work.So when Meg dances all night at the local market hall with Sam Alderson, a lead miner from Swaledale, a new light enters her life. Sam and his brother Jack show Meg a side to life she didn't know existed. But when her parents find out, she's forbidden from ever seeing them again.Although where there is love, there is often a way. When Meg's uncle offers her the chance to help run the small village shop, she leaps at the opportunity, seeing it as a way to escape the oppressive family farm and see more of her beloved Sam. But as love blossoms, a darker truth emerges and Meg realizes that Sam may not be the man she thought he was.

## Details

- **Price:** 12.49 GBP
- **Vendor:** Pan Macmillan
- **Tags:** All Books, Romance

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> Updated: 2026-09-23