Apple Barrel

Hope and Jack Langley spend their honeymoon in a Cornish cottage called Widdershins and Hope falls in love with the place. To their delight, after they return home to Gloucestershire, Hope discovers she is pregnant. When new neighbors Henrik and Mandy arrive to introduce themselves, they seem reassuringly normal despite local rumors about them: they're Norwegian, they're not married, and they give crazy parties. Soon the two couples become close. But appearances can be deceptive. The challenges that eventually confront Hope are almost overwhelming, and the only place that offers refuge and peace is her beloved Widdershins. A heart-wrenching novel of the ultimate betrayal of trust.