Seven for a Secret — Victoria Holt

"Secrets! I was looking for secrets everywhere."

Tragedy brought young Frederica to the idyllic hamlet of Harper's Green, where she was drawn subtly into the lives of its inhabitants: lovely Aunt Sophie, gentle Rachel Grey, headstrong Tamarisk St. Aubyn, Tamarisk's enigmatic brother Crispin, and Crispin's former nannies, Lucy Lane and her demented sister Flora.

But as Frederica grew from child to woman, her peaceful surroundings crumbled under the weight of seduction, scandal, suicide, and murder. Powerless against her growing desire for Crispin, she was drawn deeper into a strange realm, where the specter of secrets past and present cast a frightening shadow over her heart.

What unthinkable tragedy had occurred here, possessing all those she knew? For only when the conspiracy of silence was broken could love and truth triumph at last.