![]() ![]() Of course, with the talk of carriages and no mod cons, it's not that modern. With strong references to fairy tale, through a mysteriously guarded volume of the same, this book certainly feels like it could be a modern approach to one. Is her husband hiding anything behind his assuredness – especially when she wakes in the middle of the night alone? What ghost is left by the fact he lost his first wife and baby in childbirth? What should she understand from her own opinions about her new life, her new life's life, and the idea of a nanny looking after it? Just what is going on in her new country pile? When the boy is born, however, fairly understandable doubts creep in. ![]() Swept off her feet by a disarming encounter with a landed gentleman and bookshop owner at a coffee shop, she immediately falls in love with him, and is quickly married, and almost as quickly with child. Summary: Unless you take against this book being so obvious and/or familiar, you will like as not revel in the gothic darkness and inexorable drama it conveys so well. ![]()
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