Description
In 1927 Daffodil Muckle and Gabriel Scott-Ingles began a friendship which Gabriel's father was determined to stop. Now, in the summer of 1938, Gabriel has come home, full of dreams and determined to follow his own heart, regardless of duty. Daffodil, wary and wise beyond her eighteen years, senses the impossibility of a future with Gabriel, even though her sister, the seductive Bryony, believes she can trap his brother Benedict into a forced marriage. Then, as the threat of another war looms on the horizon, Mr Scott-Ingles intervenes once more - with devastating consequences...