Blogger does this to me especially when the cover is particularly nice!
A very well written story involving two families. The housekeeper and her family before her have lived in the cottage on the grounds of the ‘big’ house and though Clarissa does not like the subservient attitude of her mother towards the owners of Brellasham Manor, she does know her mother is not going to change, but Clara resents it all the same.
When Geoffrey announces at a general meeting of all staff that the Manor will be sold, Clara is furious that the loyalty of generations does not count for Geoffrey, who could have told his housekeeper privately to cushion the shock. Geoffrey’s son River has also returned after a long time, along with Bartie the over smart cousin who is in the forefront of pushing the sale.
River and Clara had a romantic history as teenagers but it seems a memory now as all of them try to deal with the sale of their home, and for River a move back to Australia which has been his actual home. Unraveling the duplicity of Bartie, looking at ways of keeping the property in the family and rekindling the relationship between Clara and River form the rest of the story.
Beautiful setting, descriptively portrayed adds to the interest.
Sent by Bookouture for an unbiased review, courtesy of Netgalley.
I had to go look up the cover for this one; it is very pretty. The story sounds good, too.
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