The Forbidden Valley (Collected Works of Essie Summers #33)
Essie Summers
Now Charlotte had come from England and reached her brother John’s home on the South Island, where she had been met with the news that an advertisement had mysteriously appeared in the papers seeking a housekeeper to watch the children at Phyl’s isolated home station ― but the advertisement had been placed by Phyl’s brother-in-law, not her husband, and no one in Phyl’s family had been contacted or knew anything about what was going on. Worst of all, there was a letter waiting for Charlotte, addressed to ‘Miss Lacey Ward’, from this brother-in-law Edmund ― and when she opened it, it was to learn that Phyl had disappeared after leaving a ‘callous’ note, that her husband had rushed off in pursuit and been seriously injured in a car accident, that Phyl had not been heard from since, and that as Edmund believed ‘Lacey’ had known Phyl was cheating on his brother, she was on no account to come to the homestead!
Very well, then, ‘Lacey Ward’, cousin to Phyllis, would not pay Edmund and the children a visit. But Charlotte Smith, aspiring governess, damned well would! For Charlotte was sure of two the children needed her ― and Phyl would never willingly have abandoned her family!
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