The Dark Tower Author:Josephine Edgar The death of Kate's beloved father had brought about an abrupt change in her fortunes. She had exchanged the freedoms of her old life for the rigours of a teaching post at a Harrograte school for young ladies. It was there that Florence Parmetto, a young Anglo-Italian girl, was put in her special care. And it was there that... more » she first met Florence's brother Giles, a formidable local landowner. He had insisted that Florence must wait until she was twenty-one before she could marry her handsome Ridolfo.
Kate soon grew fond of her charge and was glad to accept Giles' invitation to spend the Easter holiday at Thorpe Grange with Florence. During the happy weeks that followed, Kate sensed the first tentative flowering of love between herself and Giles. But Florence's sudden elopement plunged Kate into a nightmare of fear and uncertainty. Only Kate could travel to Italy and follow up her deepening suspicions. What had happened to Florence? Was it possible that the husband she adored was trying to kill her?« less