This is the fourth book in the Mandeville family mysteries series and I am constantly delighted with each addition. The books are always a tad genre bending with some paranormal, some romance and some mystery or crime and it keeps you guessing well. I know there will be more as each book shares more enticing bits of the secret/origins/mystery but we still don't know everything yet. I'm always left hungry and a bit impatient for the next story and I appreciate that Callie Langridge takes her time to be well researched and thoroughly sure of what she is writing. 

This story was a little slower to start than the rest and in the end I was left feeling that it hadn't been as romantic as the rest either. I do appreciate the characters being who they are, aren't exactly the huge romance type though. There were bits and pieces in Hettie's story that weren't entirely solved although maybe that, reflecting real life was the point of the book. It dealt with themes that were a lot more realistic to the times they were set (being pre WW2) and included a lot of sobering topics.

All in all, another seamlessly written book that focuses on different parts of the whole Mandeville family and Hill house. I'm sure I spotted reference to another babe in the making there as well which will ensure continuation of the line. A very enjoyable time spend in the company of characters old and new.

My big thanks to Netgalley, Storm publishing and Callie Langridge for an opportunity to read this ARC. All opinions given are my own.