The Stainless Angel Author:Elizabeth Palmer When wealthy bachelor George Marchant marries the exotic Camilla Vane while on secondment to Rome, his friends and family are astonished. Camilla's motives are entirely pragmatic: her rising debts and a largely forgotten small son. But, to her horror, accommodating George proves stubborn in one respect: he insists they live at his family esta... more »te back i England.
From the moment Camilla arrives, nothing at Marchants will ever be the same again. Within the first year one of the family has attempted suicide, one marriage has ended, and one son is dead. As she sweeps through the corridors plotting her return to Rome, Camilla is oblivious to the destruction and heartache she leaves in her wake -- but she has not reckoned on the one person who will stop at nothing to save the family inheritance.
Writing with wit, humour and compassion, Elizabeth Palmer is a welcome addition to the ranks of English storytellers like Mary Wesley and Joanna Trollope.« less