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For Eleanor destiny and desire were inextricably bound. From turn of the century Boston, where a railroad baron's twisted needs forced her to flee as a child with her English nanny, Charlotte, to the treacherous shadows of a rambling Welsh estate where jealousy and madness consumed all love ... Eleanor never surrendered her dreams.
The beauty of the child attracts the attention of an aristocratic artist, who has a dark secret and an ulterior motive. He persuades the near destitute Charlotte to accept a position as housekeeper to his uncle at their family estate in North Wales, where they find themselves at the mercy of the artist’s dangerously unbalanced wife and his reclusive uncle, a man feared and hated by servants and villagers.
But all is not as it seems. Charlotte is trapped in a web of passion and betrayal. Ultimately she will find redemption and lasting love in the steamy heat of monsoonal Ceylon.
Eleanor will grow to be the reigning beauty of the English stage, pursued by the Prince Regent and his sinister aide. She is adored and protected by a devoted suitor, but must find a way to escape the demons of the past haunting her before she can know true love... and find a different Eden.
Dramatic and captivating, a breathtaking epic saga that will sweep you away to the ends of the earth - the magnificent estates of nobles, the exotic mysteries of Ceylon, and the untamed wilderness of the America southwest. A soul-searching novel of love and dreams, people and places you will never forget.
The beauty of the child attracts the attention of an aristocratic artist, who has a dark secret and an ulterior motive. He persuades the near destitute Charlotte to accept a position as housekeeper to his uncle at their family estate in North Wales, where they find themselves at the mercy of the artist’s dangerously unbalanced wife and his reclusive uncle, a man feared and hated by servants and villagers.
But all is not as it seems. Charlotte is trapped in a web of passion and betrayal. Ultimately she will find redemption and lasting love in the steamy heat of monsoonal Ceylon.
Eleanor will grow to be the reigning beauty of the English stage, pursued by the Prince Regent and his sinister aide. She is adored and protected by a devoted suitor, but must find a way to escape the demons of the past haunting her before she can know true love... and find a different Eden.
Dramatic and captivating, a breathtaking epic saga that will sweep you away to the ends of the earth - the magnificent estates of nobles, the exotic mysteries of Ceylon, and the untamed wilderness of the America southwest. A soul-searching novel of love and dreams, people and places you will never forget.