Publisher's Synopsis
When the famous portrait artist Napier Todd stumbles across Edith Hanson scrubbing floors, he is immediately struck by her beauty. Within weeks Napier and Edith are married. However, the marriage is troubled and Edith falls seriously ill. Napier takes her to Newbourne in Cornwall to convalesce and Edith meets Celandine Celandine Benyon is a struggling artist who fell in love with another painter, Sheridan Montague Robertson, and together they set up home in Newbourne Celandine tries to help Edith with her troubled marriage, but her advice causes tragic repercussions. And with the dangerously attractive Alfred Talisman waiting in the wings, will Edith ever find happiness?
