Sylvia Cary // The Old Gray Homestead — Frances Parkinson Keyes

SYLVIA CARY

She was young and lovely, as fragile as a hothouse orchid. But she lived each day as though small, quiet demons pursued her.

Who was she? Why had she come to this obscure New England farm? What secrets haunted her?

The impoverished Gray family knew only one thing -- that she had money and that she spent it freely, with a graciousness that made acceptance a pleasure.

Only Austin Gray, the proud and bitter son, refused Sylvia Cary's friendship.

THEN CAME THE WONDERFUL, TERRIBLE NIGHT WHEN SYLVIA REVEALED THE SORDIDNESS OF HER PAST. AND IN THE HEAT OF THAT MOMENT, A SPARK WAS STRUCK THAT IGNITED A PASSION NEW TO THEM.

formerly titled: The Old Gray Homestead