''What a sumptuous, evocative triumph of a novel!'' Jenny Ashcroft
A picture can tell a thousand words. And hide as many secrets...
England, 1895: In the bustling seaside town of Brighton, Ellen Harper assists her brother running their photography studio, where fashionable ladies and gentlemen pose in all their finery. Behind the facade of a respectable business, the siblings hide a dark and shadowy secret. One that if exposed to the light of day could destroy them all.
When newly married Clementine comes to sit for a portrait, Ellen learns she is looking for a lady''s companion. Longing for a life of her own choosing and freedom from the deals her brother has made, Ellen accepts the post. The new position transports her to a sweeping white-fronted townhouse on one of Brighton''s most prestigious crescents, full of every luxury imaginable.
But Clem''s gilded world hides as much darkness as Ellen has hoped to escape. A
