Poacher's moon

When nursemaid Kate Cooper rescues poacher, William Thorpe, from a mantrap on her employer, Sir Titus Wiggins's land, they are unaware of the consequences of their meeting. Wiggins, a cruel, heartless lecher, dismisses Kate. Finding work with childhood friend Tom Ridley, a local landowner, she struggles to keep a professional distance from him, aware he is to marry elsewhere. Healed by his lost love Judith, William joins Ridley on the night of th...