num_pages: 336
description: From debut author Abigail Wilson comes a mysterious Regency tale of secrets and spies love and treachery.Orphaned Sybil Delafield jumps at the opportunity for a position at the mysterious Croft Towers. She believes she was hired to act as companion to a dying woman but a highway robbery and a hostile welcome from the Chalcroft family cause her to wonder if she was actually hired to help someone spy for France.An unsolved murder adds intrigue to this already secretive family and Sybil recognizes Mrs. Chalcrofts handsome grandson as one of the infamous highwaymen who robbed her. Sybil must determine if this man's charming smile and earnest eyes speak the truth or if he is simply using her like others in the house. Everyone seems to have something to hide and Sybil must decide who to trust while also coming to terms with the truth about her own past.
language: English
title: In the Shadow of Croft Towers
publisher: Thomas Nelson