On New Year’s Eve of 1961, while visiting family in England, sisters Sophie and Olivia’s lives are forever changed with the ill-fated discovery of a sapphire and diamond bracelet gifted to their mother, Elizabeth Grace Bennett Bannister.

Their mother, a Baron’s daughter within the English aristocracy, grew up roaming the vast and beautiful estate of Harrington Hall. After the events of that fateful evening, Elizabeth Grace all but disappears from their lives, and the sisters are left to discover why their mother never returned home to Toronto, Canada.

When Sophie and Olivia receive the opportunity to return to England years later, a series of disturbing buried secrets and scandals surrounding the characters of Harrington Hall begin to emerge. With elder sister Sophie taking the lead, they set out to reconnect with their estranged English family, and finally find answers to their looming questions: What happened to Elizabeth Grace? And what other ghosts does Harrington Hall hide?

A beautiful coming-of-age story that explores the nuances of fraught mother-daughter relationships, the loss of love and wealth, and the difficult nature of wrestling with ghosts of the past.

“Twisty and monstrously clever. Without a doubt, Gwen K. Harvey is a master storyteller.” —J.L. Witterick, International Bestselling Author, My Mother’s Secret

Gwen K. Harvey is an accomplished entrepreneur, active foundation director, and the founder of a well-established Toronto-based family wealth strategy firm. With over three decades of honing her writing skills through business commentary, her passion for storytelling led her to venture into creative writing. She is currently enrolled in the Creative Writing Certificate program at the University of Toronto. She self-published her debut novel The Girlfriend Book in 2021. In addition to her professional achievements, Gwen cherishes her role as a mother of three. Alongside her husband and their rambunctious Bernese Mountain dog, Bear, she divides her time between Toronto and Mulmur, Ontario.

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“Twisty and monstrously clever. Without a doubt, Gwen K. Harvey is a master storyteller.” —J.L. Witterick, International Bestselling Author, My Mother’s Secret

“Harvey’s descriptions are beautiful, her words magnificent. There is so much to talk about in this novel. I highly recommend it for Book Clubs.” —Susan MacDonald, The Lawrence Park Book Club

“A poignant and tangled tale of two sisters who gradually learn of the mysteries of their family over 50 years, as they travel between Rosedale, Toronto, and Southern England.” —Mary Aitken, Founder and CEO at The Verity Group of Companies