Ellinor Wilkins is the adored daughter of Hamley’s leading attorney, a charming man whose ambitions outrun his abilities and his means. As his business slips and drink takes hold, a single night’s events bind father and daughter to a secret that costs Ellinor her engagement and shapes the rest of her life.
A tense, compassionate novella by the author of Cranford and North and South. Download the free EPUB.