There is a word that exposes the very soul of John Thorntons relationship with Margaret Hale. One word which defines their love, their life, and their desperate pursuit of one for the other. One word that ties together each shared moment, and embodies every aspect of a battle not so easily won: Suppression.

Murder and mystery lead to mayhem in Milton. Join our favorite characters, John Thornton and Margaret Hale in this alternative telling of Gaskell's classic North and South.

A modern retelling. Margaret Hale leaves her rural hometown to join her parents in the industrial city of Milton, Maine. Amidst her mother's failing health and her father's crisis of faith, she meets John Thornton, the mercurial owner of Malborough Electrics.

What if John Thornton had been JUST a bit later as he walked past Outwood Station that night?

-Book version with a bit of liberty taken for a more emotional ending. Fluff!- When Margaret Hale asks Mr. Bell to explain her lie to John Thornton, he goes out of his way to travel to Milton and do so. Mr. Thornton's strong passions are reawakened.