The new Meryen saga set in Victorian Cornwall - Rachel Kivell cant wait to leave Meryen and elope with her married lover, but Doctor Lockley is not all he seems . . . Meanwhile, when the carriage Squire Nankerviss bankrupt cousin, Lady Helen Churchfield, was travelling in is found overturned, with no sign of the lady, the village pulls together to find her. And when they finally do, bloodied and near death, it seems this was no accident . . .