Description:
Tobias Lacey's manor house, Lacey's Folly, is many things to many people. For lonely Chloe Hartsell, it is heaven on Earth, while for impoverished, but high-born artist Gideon Stone it is a means of making money. And for the Lost Lady, Lenore Lacey, who disappeared almost a hundred years earlier on her wedding night, it is hell. Tales of hidden treasure inside the walls and legends of the Lost Lady teem, inciting curiosity, distrust, and greed over the house. Chloe Hartsell has acted as companion and housekeeper to Tobias Lacey, the late owner of Lacey's Folly, with the understanding that the house and grounds would pass to her at his death. Instead, the wily Tobias has his own agenda, leaving his estate to an unknown cousin, Gideon Stone. Before Gideon can sell Lacey's Folly, however, he must find a husband for Chloe. By the time Gideon realizes that he wants no one but himself to wed the passionate, vulnerable Chloe, a mysterious guest appears who will change the young lovers' lives forever.This is a treasure of a book, a fairy tale in the very best sense! --Alison Trinkle
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