1897. Rosamund bows her head and steps slowly down the aisle. The satin of her gown whispers against the stone floor and a single tear falls into the bunch of yellow roses twisted in her trembling hands. Despite rumours of his cruelty, Rosamund has no choice but to become this manās second wife.
After her wedding, Rosamund finds herself trapped in Sir Lucien Fitznortonās lonely country estate. As she wanders the chilly halls, made shadowy by drapes of heavy velvet, she longs for the lost comforts of her childhood home, where she was the beloved only daughter to a doting father, now buried miles away. As a young woman with no fortune of her own, only death can release her from this misery.
Until she meets Joseph, her husbandās gruffly handsome new chauffeur. With his mop of salt-and-pepper hair and lilting accent, Joseph is from another world. One of clambering children and tea at scrubbed kitchen tables, the hollow scratch of hunger and long hours of hard work. Despite their differences, they find themselves increasingly drawn to one other.
But Sir Lucien is not only cruel, heās devious too, and soon Rosamund finds herself caught in a dangerous web of secrets and lies. Is Rosamundās fragile marriage nothing but a golden cage, trapping her between two men who desire herā¦ and to what end?
One holds her captive and the other offers a hope of escapeā¦ but who really holds the key to Rosamundās gilded prison?
A gripping and emotional historical novel, fans of Lucinda Riley and Tracy Rees wonāt be able to put this book down.
