title: The Legacy
author: Hoffmann, Kate
description: Three generations of women fight a legacy. . .
  
  of loss. . .
  As a widow, Rose Fitzgerald is forced to take work as a maid. But when madness and disease invade the manor house, Rose knows she must stay strong -- or lose her baby daughter, Grace.
  
  
  lies. . .
  As an adult, Grace flees her poisoned past, landing in the arms of World War II lieutenant Adam Callahan. But then a secret marriage and a shocking truth put her new-found happiness at risk.
  
  
  and ill-fated love.
  With a grown daughter, Grace fears Jane will suffer the destiny of all their kinswomen. But Jane vows to break the tragic cycle
  . . .
   with a man whose powerful love just might make that possible.