When her bank fails and leaves her penniless, Olwen Innes takes work as a companion at a remote pele tower in Northumberland. The household is strange: a formidable mistress known as Madam, twin sons, servants who know more than they say, and the charming Ninian, as Olwen gradually uncovers a family secret and a disputed inheritance.
A romantic mystery with a Gothic setting from a popular author of the 1910s, for readers who like old houses and hidden pasts. Download the free EPUB.