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Pegasus Books
January 2019
On Sale: January 1, 2019
Featuring: Tom Cross; Miranda; Simon Thorne
368 pages
ISBN: 1643130528
EAN: 9781643130521
Kindle: B07GRDNS2S
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Mystery Historical
Great Expectations meets Grantchester in this story of love and lies, secrets and second chances, set in Edwardian England. Beaten and left for dead in the English countryside, clergyman and reformer Tom Cross is rescued and nursed back to health by Miranda and Simon Thorne, reclusive siblings who seem to have as many secrets as he does. Tom has spent years helping the downtrodden in London while lying to everyone he meets, but now heβs forced to slow down and confront his unexamined life. Miranda, a skilled artist, is haunted by her painful past and unable to imagine a future. Tom is a welcome distraction from her troubles, but sheβs determined to relegate him to her fantasy world, sensing that any real relationship with him would be more trouble than itβs worth. Besides, she has sworn to remain devoted to someone sheβs left behind. When Tom returns to London, his life begins to unravel as he faces the consequences of both his affair with a married woman and his abusive childhood. When his secrets catch up with him and his reputation is destroyed, he realizes that Miranda is the only person he trusts with the truth. What he doesnβt realize is that even if she believes him and returns his feelings, he canβt free her from the shackles of her past.
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