On the Wings of Fate

A Monday morning in the Pennington household brings no relief from the weight of secrets and shrinking finances. When eldest daughter Christina announces her engagement to the glamorous Sir Mark Wentworth, the family should rejoice. Instead, a warning echoes from an unexpected source: Mark's own cousin, Valentine Ambleton, has counseled against the match. What does he know that Christina refuses to see? Around this central mystery spins the日常 of Edwardian domestic life: the temperamental Mrs. Pennington ruling with iron will, sisters Polly and Winifred charting opposing courses through girlhood, and the creeping certainty that not all fortunes lift those they touch. Rowlands weaves a tale where love arrives wrapped in suspicion, and the greatest danger may wear a kind face. For readers who relish the pleasures of vintage romance with teeth, where happiness is never guaranteed and the path to true union winds through deception and self-knowledge.