The final novel in the }Ravenscar{ trilogy, brings the story up to the present day. 25-year old Elizabeth Turner is set to inherit the family business Deravenels, but is strangely attracted to childhood friend Robert Dunley. They start an affair that scandalises everyone around them, not least because he's married. 'Few novelists are as consummate at keeping the reader turning the page. She is one of the world's best at spinning yarns' }Guardian{