jacquie (France) (2013/02/05): Life in the villages surrounding Steepwood Abbey is normally uneventful and quiet. Then several unsettling things happen for sensible, confirmed spinster Beatrice Roade. As the whole neighbourhood wonders at the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of the Marchionnes of Sywell, Beatrice's beautiful younger sister is forcedto return from London - hotly pursued by Harry, Lord Ravensden. At first Beatrice wants nothing more than that her sister should make up with Harry and renew their engagement. But now that Beatrice has nursed him through a life-threatening fever, she has tantalising dreams of what it could mean to be married to him herself...
