Gates of Rutherford

Return to the statley environs of Rutherford Park and the embattled Cavendish familyfrom the author of The Wild Dark Flowers.The rain fell softly on the day that she was to be marriedSometimes the longing for the old untouched days at Rutherford would return to her; the innocence of it all, the feeling that England would never changeCharlotte Cavendish has been dreaming of her old home at Rutherford Park. It is April 1917; she is nineteen years old. And everywhere there is change. The war still rages on the Continent, where her brother fights for the Royal Flying Corps. Her parents marriage is in jeopardy, with her mother falling for a charming American in London.But not all is grim. Charlotte is marrying Preston, the blinded soldier whom she nursed back to health. Her parents couldnt be happier about this. The young man hails from a well-established and wealthy family in Kent, and hes solid and respectable. They hope hes the one to tame their notoriously headstrong daughter.But as time passes, Charlotte slowly comes to the realization that she is not truly happy. And for a reason she is only just beginning to understand. A reason she dare not reveal to the familyor the world