' Landeric..'

The dying words of her father cast a shadow over the strange destiny of Susannah , left alone and friendless in a dangerous world . She came to Landeric - Cornish home of the Dewaines as a governess . There she faced dark secrets and hidden enemies and there she met Mark Dewaine the handsome and rebellious young cavalryman . From Cornwall , the tide of fortune swept Susannah to Venice , where intrigue ran deep as the waters of the Grand Canal , and back to the London of Victoria's heyday . Rushed into wedlock with an artist whose bohemian gaiety hid a deadly secret , she faced heartbreak and anguish before she could shed her dark inheritance and learn of the strange bonds that tied her to the Dewaines and to the only man she loved.