Charlotte Betts

The Light Within Us explores the lives, loves and female friendships of the fictional Spindrift artists’ community on the rugged north coast of Cornwall. The Fading of the Light continues the story with emphasis on marriage and infidelity and the effect upon a woman and her children if it all went horribly wrong.

In the Victorian and Edwardian eras, marriage was the pinnacle of most young women’s hopes and dreams. But what if it all went horribly wrong after the wedding?

For a young woman, choosing a husband was the most important decision she, or more likely her parents, would make in her life. Marrying well was of vital importance to ensure a secure and happy future.

Today women take it for granted that we have the freedom to speak our minds, own property, marry for love, have a career and gain custody of our children, etc but this wasn’t always the case for our female forbears.