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At Gravesyde Priory each new arrival is either a blessingor a threat

Wycliffe Manor has been neglected for decades Its new heirs are determined to create a welcoming home Yet soon after the latest family moves in bones are uncovered in the orchard and odd strangers arrive

When her curate father returns his family to Gravesyde for the marriages of the manors heirs gawky spinster Patience Upton has high expectationsuntil her father is murdered Shock at learning her father had a mysterious past leads to alarm that the killer may have been after his notebook which she now possesses

After the chapel is ransacked and a witness killed its clear the murderer isnt done Desperate to find the truth Patience accepts the aid of Henri Lavigne Wycliffe Manors smoothtalking rake Intent on saving his new home and family from danger Henri is drawn to the clergymans guileless daughter but wonders if she hasnt reason to conceal the killers identity

Before there will be any courting much less marrying the inhabitants of the manor realize if they want a chance at a future they must hunt the killer themselves But are they hunting one murderer or more