Moon Cutters – Janet Woods
Severn House UK
Hardcover and
electronic.
October 31st 2013
Miranda Jarvis and her younger sister find
themselves without means in the middle of winter. In a desperate attempt to
steal food from a Dorset country house, they are caught and taken into the care
of the owner – unaware that the seemingly respectable middle-aged gentleman is
actually the head of the local smuggling industry in the district.
James Fenmore has no scruples, or pity, and
when his estranged and (reasonably) honest nephew, Fletcher Taunt, inherits the
adjoining property, once part of James’ dealings, he begins to plot to relieve
Fletcher of it, along with his legitimate shipping concerns.
When Miranda and Fletcher meet they fall in
love . . . but James has other plans for the two innocent girls.
Because of past intrigue Fletcher has been
kept in ignorance of his parentage. Since he can’t find any answers, he begins
to fear the worst, especially since it seems that his uncle has turned against
him.
What Fletcher has been told is completely
different to what he discovers – that his father is alive - and with no memory
of his past he has been living as part of a monastic colony in France. Two
years before, his memory began to return. Adrian Fenmore is brother to Sir
James, and his aim is to regain his title, take his revenge and get to know the
son he’s never seen. The pair re-unite.
Thes sisters’ relationship with James
Fenmore begins to deteriorate, and their curiosity leads them into trouble as
well as danger. Lucy is writing a novel from a journal she found – and Miranda
discovers that it uncovers some clues to Fletcher’s identity.
James hides the impressionable Lucy - the
younger of the two girls - in the church crypt – this to force Miranda into a marriage she doesn’t want. He
then sends Miranda into the network of smuggling tunnels to find her. The girls
are taken to safety – but not before Fletcher and Miranda wed.
James Fenmore loses his life in a last
ditch effort to destroy the estate.
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