From three beloved authors comes a collection of stories that examines
questions of healing, legacy, and love against the rich backdrop of a
historical castle--and its adjoining poison garden.
Leedswick Castle has housed the Alnwick family for generations. But the
world around it is changing, and secrets that have long been buried will
soon come to light.
1899 Beatrice, an American, seeks the legitimacy of a British title to
add prestige to her fortune. She hopes for love in her marriage of
convenience to Charles at Leedswick Castle, but she finds herself
entangled in a generations-long family intrigue.
1917 Tobias, eventual heir of Beatrice and Charles, finds himself
convalescing from the battlefields of WWI with a scarred face back at
Leedswick. Elena is the young artist tasked with painting a realistic
mask for the isolated hero, and they both learn to find beauty and love
in unexpected places--but disaster lurks just outside the castle walls.
1945 Alec finds himself the heir to Leedswick, but he carries the
burden of shell-shock from his time in WWII. He seeks to make the castle
into a refuge for those who are similarly haunted, calling upon a
renowned psychologist and the doctor's niece, Elisa, to help him.
Through the generations, the castle is both shelter and prison, haunting
and home. It is only when its inhabitants look inward that they can free
both the castle and themselves from the shackles of the past.
