This is the fifth novel in the "Daughters of England" series. It tells of Arabella, a royalist in exile who returns to her husband's English home as a widow.
Newly-married Samantha had been in love with husband Greg since her teens, but a grim, disquieting picture of Greg begins to emerge when he is seen with a mysterious woman and a stranger starts asking questions.
Pandora, an orphan, lives with her uncle, the Bishop of Lindchester. When she overhears him give consent to her marriage to his detested chaplain, she runs away...