Publisher's Synopsis
A young woman living with her aunt who has yearnings for control; a dominant aunt who once exercised control of such a kind over the young woman's late-uncle; and a man of means looking to escape the city to the peace of the countryside. When that man encounters the young woman while searching for a suitable property to settle in, and she invites him to tea with her aunt, his fate is sealed from that moment on. Even if he is completely unaware of the fact. Though it will not be long before he is!Classic female-led fiction for the devotee of the commanding women of literature.
