1891 Orphaned, Tilly Kirkland found a loving, safe home with her grandfather in Dorset. But nineteenth-century England is an unforgiving place for a young woman with limited means. It seems perfect timing when she meets Jasper Dellafore. Yet her new husband is not all he seems.
2012 Bestselling novelist Nina Jones is struggling with writer’s block. After a storm damages her Starwater, her house on Ember Island, she stays for a while to oversee repairs.Nina discovers diary pages hidden in the walls of the old home and a mystery unravels.
Though separated by years, Starwater House will alter the course of both their lives.