Description A young widow restores a dilapidated mansion with the assistance of a charming, eccentric genius, only to find the house is full of dangerous secrets in this effervescent Gilded Age debut novel It's 1875, and Alva Webster has perfected her stiff upper lip after three years of being pilloried in the presses of two continents over fleeing her abusive husband.
Now his sudden death allows her to return to New York to make a fresh start, restoring Liefdehu.
St. Martin's Griffin The widow of rose house, paperback/diana biller
