All-Hallow Eve; Or, The Test of Futurity.

Set in the misty Irish countryside of Boher-na-Milthiogue, All-Hallow Eve follows Winifred Cavana, the sole heiress of a prosperous farmer, as she stands at the threshold of a choice that will shape not only her future but her family's legacy. Two men compete for her hand: Tom Murdock, the steady son of a neighboring farmer, and Edward Lennon, whose intentions remain harder to read. Winifred's father has done what few fathers of his era would dare: he's left a blank in his will for his daughter's husband to fill, a blank that hungers to be named before he dies. The novel pulses with the anxiety of a woman whose worth has been calculated in acres and livestock, yet who must ultimately answer for herself what love means when fortune hangs in the balance. Curtis writes with sharp eye for the rural Irish gentry, capturing the way land, pride, and affection intertwine in a world where a daughter's marriage is never merely her own affair.