Eva Hanagan
ASIN: B01N5HRYQS
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 201
Everyone has secrets… Past generations of the Gordon-Fenns made their wealth in trade, but their-descendants — Samuel his effete son Edward and his wife Edith — live in much reduced circumstances due to their own mismanagement and the effect of inflation upon the family fortune. With the promise of Edward promotion revealing itself as nothing more than a promise, and with the upkeep of the house to pay for, the snobbish Edward and Edith find themselves living a penny-watching life. Samuel has his own problems. He wants Lily Gudgeon to vacate the cottage on his land, to enable the construction of new houses, and a road. A development that will bring in a fortune for Samuel. But she won’t budge, and he needs the money …With Edward at work, Edith is left to put up with her ever-ailing father-in-law. Of course, Edith has young Felicity to help with Samuel’s never-ending list of tasks … or ...