About This Book
Greenleaves had been the Bennett family's estate for generations, and Emily Bennett, orphaned as a child, had grown up there. So when illness forced her to leave college, it was only natural that she return to the haven of Greenleaves to recuperate.
Beneath its peaceful surface, however, Emily found some disturbing elements. Her semi-invalid grandfather, Adam Bennett, was more and more under the domination of officious Aunt Jessica. And Monsieur Boullanger, who had suddenly emerged out of her grandfather's past, seemed to have some mysterious hold over the old man. But most immediately disturbing to Emily was the discovery that Emmett Kehoe, whom she had loved since she was a child, was expected to announce he engagement to her beautiful cousin, Sylvia.
When Emily returned from a cruise -- a birthday gift from her grandfather -- to find the old man on his deathbed, she felt her leaving had been particularly ill-timed. But when she discovered that her grandfather had written a new will in her absence and that she had been disinherited in favor of her Aunt Jessica, she began to suspect that more than ill-fated coincidence had been at work on the timing of her trip.
That was just the beginning of a series of events that soon brought Emily to the terrifying realization that someone was after more than her inheritance -- that every day that she remained at Greenleaves put her life in greater jeopardy.
Hero: Emmett Kehoe
Heroine: Emily Bennett
Beneath its peaceful surface, however, Emily found some disturbing elements. Her semi-invalid grandfather, Adam Bennett, was more and more under the domination of officious Aunt Jessica. And Monsieur Boullanger, who had suddenly emerged out of her grandfather's past, seemed to have some mysterious hold over the old man. But most immediately disturbing to Emily was the discovery that Emmett Kehoe, whom she had loved since she was a child, was expected to announce he engagement to her beautiful cousin, Sylvia.
When Emily returned from a cruise -- a birthday gift from her grandfather -- to find the old man on his deathbed, she felt her leaving had been particularly ill-timed. But when she discovered that her grandfather had written a new will in her absence and that she had been disinherited in favor of her Aunt Jessica, she began to suspect that more than ill-fated coincidence had been at work on the timing of her trip.
That was just the beginning of a series of events that soon brought Emily to the terrifying realization that someone was after more than her inheritance -- that every day that she remained at Greenleaves put her life in greater jeopardy.
Hero: Emmett Kehoe
Heroine: Emily Bennett