Evermore — Penny Perrick

For Jared Dauman, being rich means being able to wear his heart on his Savile Row sleeve and nurture his obsession. For Ellis Peregory, being conventional means not being able to admit to his own desires. Both of them need something to happen.For Ellis that 'something' ideally equals inheriting the most productive farmland in Wales—Hayden Castle and its estate. Here, Angela Stearn—the 'killingly gorgeous' married woman who draws others to her like a fire—attends a house party and finds herself on the set of a grand opera. One where all the cast have their own hidden connections, hopes and desires. But they all join in the same chorus: Happiness can seem about as likely as growing mangoes on the moon.'Pantomime aristocrats, ex-lovers and would-be lovers, the compulsive philanderer and the obligatory decoy female—all meet and collide in the country house setting by the River Wye. Theirs is a world where betrayal is signalled by an ill-fitting bracelet from Tiffany's, where the secret of married life seems to depend on perfect soft furnishings and where there are precisely ninety-nine steps between heaven and hell.