Publisher's Synopsis
Every great love starts with a great story....
A young woman is widowed at a young age because her husband was killed during the first world war. Not having any other family or friends to speak of, she has decided to hire herself out as a companion to older women. Basically a glorified secretary or personal assistant.When on a trip to the French Riviera with her employer, she comes in contact with a dark and mysterious widower, a former military officer, by the name of Septimus Creed, who is very rich and all of the rich older ladies want to nab him. But he comes to only have eyes for her.They begin to spend time together and when it comes time for her to leave with her employer, he offers to marry her and take her back to his estate so they never have to be apart. A little unsure of marrying someone so soon that she is not sure she really loves yet she is a bit apprehensive at first, but ultimately accepts. Believing that the love part of her feelings will follow in time.They return to his grand estate and she finds that she is in for quite a bit more than she bargained for. Will she be able to overcome these new challenges and preserve the love that she feels is blossoming between them? Or will she find that she made her bed too swiftly and now she must live or die by the consequences?
