England 1903. Giles the Earl of Stainton has fled from his stifling duties to resume his research in Egypt leaving behind his wife Kitty and his infant son. Kitty still reeling from Giles' sudden departure struggles to keep spirits high in the castle and establish herself as the true mistress of the house an impossible task given how many secrets the inhabitants are hiding from her...The Earl's younger sisters Rachel and Alice are both pursuing forbidden romances and his brother Richard begins a new business venture spurred on by his clandestine lover. And below stairs a shocking crime sends distrust rippling through the staff. Kitty must draw on her strength to keep the castle from crumbling around her but with her marriage to Giles left uncertain and a surprise of her own to conceal can she ever take her rightful place as true head of her household?
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles is the author of the contemporary Bill Slider Mystery series as well as the Morland Dynasty novels. Her passions are music, wine, horses, architecture and the English countryside... more
Penelope Freeman
Narrator
After training at LAMDA, Penelope Freeman has worked extensively in repertory with seasons at Birmingham, Harrogate, Stoke-on-Trent, Bromley, Cheltenham and two seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Comp... more
