The Accident: Volume 1

Set in England during the Napoleonic Wars, it is a story of a young girl denied a mother's love and was held back from the social world. The accident took her mother's life and also crippled her father. At seven-and-ten, instead of a come-out in London, she must take on the duty of nursing her invalid father and managing their estate. After her father died, his heir, Captain Beverly, was brought home with severe war injuries. Through many twists and turns, she learned more about life and love and finally learned the shocking truth about her mother. Even in her cloistered years, she reached out to help others. Then she found true love and her life began again.

Elizabeth Connell was born in Nova Scotia to a large family. Reading became her favorite pastime; opening her eyes to a whole different world in this time before television. The days the Bookmobile visited her little country school were special. Marriage and children were fulfilling and she worked in banking and real estate over the years. A new hobby in Ancestry fed her love of history - what was happening in Great Britain and Ireland that caused her ancestors to emigrate? After retiring, she pursued her interests in writing and traveling. She is now striving to complete a series of three historical novels.