Lady Ingram's Retreat Book

What the American press said about this immensely popular English novelist - '...in the tradition of Victoria Holt and Dorothy Eden' 'A fast moving gothic suspense novel...will leave the reader waiting in anticipation for more? 'Her characterisations are keen and her observations pointed' At first it seemed an exciting adventure - to play the role of governess in a great house on the Yorkshire moors. So, impulsively, Arabel Murray changed places with the enigmatic Miss Johnson on the northbound Mail coach. But Ingledale held secrets, too Sir Luke Ingram and his little daughter seemed to be living under the spell of some past tragedy. Arabel, desperately attempting to appear older and wiser than her nineteen years, became convinced that there was more to Katie's terrors than a childish fear of the gloomy rooms and dark passages, more to Sir Luke's intimidating manner than a widower's objections to such a vivacious and inquisitive young woman in his household and perhaps more to his cousin Scott's attentions than an appreciation of her charms.Read More