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<p>Lucy Piddock meets Arthur Goodrich, solid and reliable, a stonemason and regular </p><p> churchgoer. As far as her family and friends are concerned, Arthur appears to be </p><p> the ideal match. But he is prone to one calamity after another - hardly the man </p><p> of her dreams - and Lucy remains lukewarm. Unbeknownst to Arthur, she holds out </p><p> for Dickie Dempster, the dashing guard she fancies who works on the newly </p><p> constructed railway. Prompted by Lucy's rejection and another row with his </p><p> father, Arthur leaves home in Brierley Hill to seek a new life - and perhaps </p><p> even a new love - in Bristol, leaving Lucy free to pursue her dream of happiness </p><p> with Dickie Dempster. Only when tragedy strikes does Lucy begin to </p><p> understand which way her true feelings lie. By which time it is surely too late </p><p> . . .'It's about time a man wrote romantic fiction - Michael Taylor does it </p><p> superbly.' Edwina Currie</p>