A USA Today best seller!
"I've loved every one of Susanna's books! She has bedrock research and a
butterfly's delicate touch with characters - sure recipe for historical
fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!" (Diana Gabaldon, number one
New York Times best-selling author of Outlander)
"The house, when I first saw it, seemed intent on guarding what it
knew; but we all learned, by the end of it, that secrets aren't such
easy things to keep."
It's late summer, war is raging, and families are torn apart by divided
loyalties and deadly secrets. In this complex and dangerous time, a
young French Canadian lieutenant is captured and billeted with a Long
Island family, an unwilling and unwelcome guest. As he begins to pitch
in with the never-ending household tasks and farm chores, Jean-Philippe
de Sabran finds himself drawn to the daughter of the house. Slowly,
Lydia Wilde comes to lean on Jean-Philippe, true soldier and gentleman,
until their lives become inextricably intertwined. Legend has it that
the forbidden love between Jean-Philippe and Lydia ended tragically, but
centuries later, the clues they left behind slowly unveil the true
story.
Part history, part romance, and all kinds of magic, Susanna Kearsley's
latest masterpiece will draw you in and never let you go, even long
after you've closed the last page.
