Amazon.com description: Product Description: Pit deputy John Wilde knows it's high time he settled down and found himself a wife. Elsie Hartley, the butcher's pretty daughter, seems a worthy candidate, but although at first she encourages his courtship, Elsie abruptly changes her mind for reasons John cannot understand. John's wounded pride is soothed by his growing friendship with another attractive young woman. Alice Peters' passionate support of the suffragette cause makes her unpopular among the traditional mining community, but her fervent political beliefs are destined to lead her into far more serious trouble. Meanwhile Elsie is hiding a shameful secret.