Description
She expected her return to Painswick would bring memories of the pastnot danger and romance.
Anne Loveday, a surgeons daughter, is determined to live a single, useful life. To escape her matchmaking stepmother, she accepts an invitation from an old friend to return to Painswick, the place where she and her sister spent many happy summers until that last, fateful year.
Soon after arriving, Anne is asked to serve as sickroom nurse to Lady Celia, who forbade her nephew to marry Annes sister years before. Pushing aside resentments, Anne moves into Painswick Court, a shadowy old house rumored to be haunted. Also in residence are Lady Celias spinster daughter, her handsome adult nephews, and a secretive new ladys maid. Two local doctors visit regularly as well, one of whom admires Anne while concealing secrets of his own.
As an escalating series of mishaps befalls her patient, Anne realizes someone is trying to kill the woman. But who? When Anne finds herself a suspect and her resolution to avoid romance challenged, can she discover the real culpritand protect her heartbefore its too late?
Agatha Christie meets Jane Austen in this compelling Regency-era novel laced with intrigue, love, and English village charm for fans of historical romance and whodunit mysteries.
Author: Julie Klassen
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Published: 12/02/2025
Pages: 368
ISBN: 9780764245657
Language: English
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