My dearest Miss Hastings,
It is with impatience I await the moment of meeting
you in the flesh again. I wish you well until our wedding day on October 31 and
I hope an All Souls’ celebration would augur many happy years with your
presence gracing my humble home as my wife.
Forever yours,
Henry Du Pré
Your betrothed husband.
Lenora Hastings has just arrived at what will be her new home. There are no lights
in the windows, no fire on the hearth, causing questions to pop into her head.
If the wedding had been arranged for tomorrow, she had seen no evidence of it.
Where were all the servants Henry was supposed to have? It didn’t seem like a
bride had been expected at all. And after meeting Henry himself there were even
more questions. Henry himself worried
her. He didn’t seem to be old enough. She had expected a man at least twice her
own age. This man certainly didn’t look close to forty. Then, after being shown to her room for the
night, a spine-chilling scream not even the weather could diminish filled the
night. Henry explained it as being the
wind telling her not to let it distress her and to lock the door behind him
opening it to no one but him.
After a light meal Lenora was able to doze off.
The next morning, though, brings another surprise. The man that appeared at her door made a
statement that brought shock even more shock to her mind. The voice sounded grating, husky, like that
of an old person, and his statement was “I am your husband, Henry Du Pré.” So, who was the man from the night before,
who was screaming, and how is all of this connected to Lenora and her husband
to be Henry?
If you think the suspense ends there, think again. This book is full of surprises from the
living and just maybe the non-living. If
you like a good suspense, ghostly book with some romance thrown in, you’ll love
Finders Keepers.