# A Shilling for a Wife & A Mother's Dilemma: Omnibus Edition

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- Authors: [Emma Hornby](https://www.bookquiver.com/emma-hornby)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2026-02-26

## Description

Two of Emma Hornby’s most beloved and page-turning historical sagas available for the first time in a 2-for-1 edition. Two mothers will stop at nothing to protect their children . . . A Shilling for a Wife A dismal cottage in the heart of Bolton, Lancashire, has been Sally’s prison since her abusive husband ‘bought’ her from the workhouse for just a shilling. When Sally gives birth, she knows she needs to save her child from her husband’s clutches. But a fresh start does not come without a price . . . A Mother’s Dilemma Seventeen-year-old Jewel knows nothing of her true origins. Assaulted and left pregnant by her hateful cousin, she desperately follows an advertisement to a house in Bolton’s slums, where a woman promises to help her when the child is born. But she is faced with the shocking reality that fleeing from her past is not an option – and with the most heartbreaking dilemma of her life . . .

## Editions

### A Shilling for a Wife & A Mother's Dilemma: Omnibus Edition

- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-18-0499-983-7
- Pages: 832
- Published: 2026-02-26
- Language: en_GB