Outwardly a grieving young Victorian widow Charlotte Richmond is concealingsome scandalous secrets when she arrives at Finchbourne Manor to start a newlife with... » 

Outwardly a grieving young Victorian widow Charlotte Richmond is concealingsome scandalous secrets when she arrives at Finchbourne Manor to start a newlife with her husbands family. The wealthy Richmonds must never discover thather husbands recent death in the Indian Mutiny came as a great relief. Normust they hear about the rumors circulating in the army regarding hisscandalous behavior. His death has also been the subject of speculation andCharlotte must take care not to spill any secrets. Above all she must makecertain that nobody in her new life hears of her own adventurous upbringing inAustralia. When the past catches up with Charlotte she begins to fear for herown life. «