On a station on Victoria's coast, a dying man tells his son of a lost casket containing a fortune in diamonds from the USA. A false Baron; a son bent on avenging his dying father; and ambitious beauty; scheming servants and a jilted bride are included. (PB)
Romantic tale of 1860s England prompted by a gravestone in a Hampshire graveyard. Rich, handsome Frank Stafforde finally persuades the beautiful talented and mysterious village organist to marry him. They journey abroad and have a child only to be disturbed by her true husband on their return ... Intense romance laced with bigamy and illegitimacy against the peaceful clerical backdrop of a Hampshire village. (PB)