Felicity has decided to become a nun -- but her discovery of a friend's murdered body in a shallow grave begins a chain of events that will teach her far more than she could learn in any convent retreat.
Antonia fears Charles will soon be asking a lot of questions'questions she's afraid to answer. For she has kept a secret from Charles that might have changed his decision to marry Tonia.
Only two days before the wedding, Lady Antonia Hoover and Lord Charles Danvers discover a body'a murder victim'that points them toward a mystery filled with hatred, vengeance, and death.
The events surrounding the coming of age of Sir John's son and heir have much of Norfolk astir -- until the peace of an autumn evening is shattered by a brutal murder.