Wideacre

Beatrice Lacey, strong-minded and amoral, to conforme to the limita life of a lady of the eighteenth century. Destined to lose her family name and beloved Wideacre estate on marriage, she decides to take her destiny into her own hands. Seduction, betrayal, even murder-Beatrice’s passion is without apology or conscience. «She is a Lacey of Wideacre,» her father warns, «and whatever she does, however she behaves, will always be fitting.» Yet even as Beatrice’s scheming seems about to triumph, she is haunted by the one person who knows the extent of her plans… and her capacity for evil. Sumptuously set in Georgian England, Wideacre is intensely gripping, rich in texture, and full of color and authenticity. It is a saga as irresistible in its singular magic as its heroine. «A story of violent love and unsettling passions. It will never let you rest for a page as you wait for the climax that must come for the people and the land.» -Maeve Binchy, author of Whitethorn Woods