Rita Bradshaw 
The Most Precious Thing 
One night. A lifetime of consequences.

It’s 1925 and when Renee Mc Darmount marries Walter Sutton, Carrie Mc Darmount is delighted, for the two families have always been close – the children are all similar in age and their fathers work together in the local pit. But an incident on the eve of the wedding leaves Carrie pregnant and desperately ashamed of the secret she now carries. When Harry Sutton, who has always loved Carrie, discovers her plight, he volunteers to marry her and bring up the baby as his own. But their secret will inevitably come out in the end and there is much heartache ahead before Carrie can finally be happy and content with the man she loves.