Pages: 368
Format: ARC
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Goodreads: Duty, desire, and deception reside under one roof.
Standing in the remote windswept moors of Northern England, Coldwell Hall is the perfect place to hide. For the past five years, Kate Furniss has maintained her professional mask so carefully that she almost believes she is the character she has created: Coldwell’s respectable housekeeper.
It is the summer of 1911 that brings new faces above and below the stairs of Coldwell Hall―including the handsome and mysterious new footman, Jem Arden. Just as the house’s shuttered rooms open, so does Kate’s guarded heart to a love affair that is as intense as it is forbidden. But Kate can feel her control slipping as Jem harbors secrets of his own.
Kritters Thoughts: Kate Furniss is the head of the household staff at Coldwell Hall and this home has become basically her entire existence. She spends days and days making sure this home runs smoothly while there is a large changing happening in the home. In another timeline in the book, July 1916, a solider is writing letters to a Kate in the middle of a war.
From the beginning of this book, I was invested and wanted to know all the things about all the characters. There is a large cast of characters and I grew to love them all, there wasn't a one where I felt as though they fell short of adding to the overall story. For me, the cook Mrs. Gatley was a fun highlight, she was so fun and I enjoyed the levity she brought.
If you are a fan of Downtown Abbey then this book is just the right fix to fill the whole that a complete Downtown Abbey could have left behind. I love reading the story of the people who are serving the family of the home and hear about what goes in their lives too. There are two more Iona Grey books in her backlist and I would love to read those soon as I really enjoyed the writing in this one.
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