A Step in the Dark

Simla, India, 1914. Married at eighteen to the dashing Jack, beautiful Elizabeth Ravenhart is devastated when her marriage is cut tragically short. Left penniless, Bess is persuaded by her domineering mother-in-law Cora to return to England, leaving her infant son Frazer behind until she can afford to send for him. But Cora has no intention of parting with the child, and Bess's desperate attempts to track him down come to a shattering conclusion. Twenty years later, a knock on Bess's Edinburgh door sets in motion a chain of events that no one could have foreseen. For Frazer has come to claim his family - and his birthright, the majestic Ravenhart House. None of their lives will ever be the same again... A breathtaking journey from colonial India through wartime London to the remote wilds of Scotland, Judith Lennox's stunning new novel is an unforgettable story of love and loss, greed and desire, and the secrets that can bind a family - or ultimately destroy one... Judith Lennox's novels have been highly acclaimed: 'A fast-moving, complex story' The Times 'A beautifully turned, compassionate novel. Judith Lennox's writing is so keenly honest it could sever heartstrings' Daily Mail 'Great, old-fashioned storytelling in the best sense' Daily Express