In This Quiet Earth (Part Three of The People of this Parish Saga)

Read In This Quiet Earth (Part Three of The People of this Parish Saga) Storyline:

He imagined that in this quiet earth he
could hear the rumblings of subterranean thunder as though the echoes of
conflict would surface all over again, destroying not only his inheritance, his
home and his family, but everything he held dear.

The latest
volume in The People of This Parish
saga, takes up the story of war hero Carson who, having inherited the title
from his late father Sir Guy, returns at the end of hostilities in 1919 to find
the Woodville estate once more in financial difficulties. It is deeply in debt
and urgently in need of extensive repairs thanks, largely, to the excesses of
his extravagant and wilful stepmother Agnes who continues to live there,
eventually with a new husband – apparently a wealthy baronet, but appearances
can be deceptive.

Connie, Agnes’
half-sister, once a shy, mousy eighteen-year-old whom the young Carson
thoughtlessly jilted, returns to Wenham, elegant, self-possessed, and the
mistress of a fortune. Carson finds himself falling in love with her for the
first time – but can he convince Connie that he does not need her money and the
past will not be repeated? However, the course of true love is anything but
smooth.