In 1999 Rosamund Cunningham reluctantly returns to her family home, Colonsay. Her personal life is a mess, her politically ambitious husband is planning to divorce her, and the last thing she wants to do is delve into the past. But Colonsay has secrets and soon odd things start happening. Bumps in the night, the scent of long ago flowers, and the ghost of a young servant girl.
As Rosamund learns the truth about the past, her own life starts to unravel.
Kaye Dobbie has been writing professionally ever since she won the Big River story contest at the age of eighteen. Her career has undergone many changes, including writing Australian historical fiction under the name Lilly Sommers, to romance written as Sara Bennett and published in the US and Australia. Her books have been translated into many languages. She is currently writing under her 'proper' name, Kaye Dobbie, and is published by Harlequin Mira in Australia and Weltbild in Germany. Kaye lives on the central Victorian goldfiends, where she creates her stories and spends time with her family and three important cats.