I went totally blind into this book, and I was pleasantly suprised!

I went totally blind into this book, and I was pleasantly suprised!

We go back to a village town in 1815 England. Napoleon has just been defeated at Waterloo, and the little village called Wickbury is held in the grip of a deadly unknown disease.

In this village we follow multiple different villagers who have their own secrets, and are also trying to survive the harsh circumstances of this strange illness.

We follow Catherine who lives a secluded live outside the village in her cottage. She is hiding her past and who she is. One day French spy Jean-Luc finds himself in trouble and Catherine who doesn't know who he is gives him shelter. Their pasts and futures are intertwined in a way no one would have expected.

We also follow the young Eloise Evans, daugther of one of the two doctors who work in the hospital trying to cure the deadly disease. Eloise helps her father in the hospital, but during that time it was not common for women to work in medicine. The other doctor called Hastings works with his son Edward as well. Both doctors have completely different ideas about the world of medicine. Dr. Hastings wants to hold on to old fashioned ideas. While Dr. Evans and his daughter want to experiment with the new. He is also not a fan of Eloise working in the hospital and he and he tries to thwart them in all kinds of ways.

Secretly Edward and Eloise find themselves entangled in love. Or will duty ruin it all for them?

So many secrets in such a little town? Will the seams burst? Will they all survive? Read it in this cleverly constructed story filled with mystery, love, duty, and the fight of strong women for achieving their dreams.