TIME AND CHANCE

From the author of ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS. After many years of neglect, Longwarden, a great English country house, is to be restored. Along with the specialised advisers and skilled craftsmen who converge on the house come tensions, drama and love. There is architect James Muirhead, a man haunted by his past; brilliant chef Joel Vibrac, who wants better but must think of his wheel-chair bound wife; North, the ninth Earl, thinking of the baby who will be born within days of his own first child, and Laura, her inner turmoil hidden behind a facade of quiet efficiency. Whilst the people who are involved with Longwarden wrestle with desire, jealousy and fear of exposure, an unknown arsonist looks towards the great mansion and visualises it ablaze...