I really enjoyed this book. It is semi-historical, and entirely enjoyable. The characters are fantastic, and the settings even better. This book is a complete escape, easy to jump into and get away. I had a really hard time putting this book down. After reading it, I read everything else Kate Morton has written!

Kate Morton books are a guilty pleasure. This is not the best book she has ever written but it is good. Its a entertaining book by a worth while read but The Forgotten Garden is a better book.

I happened upon Kate Morton's books last summer and bought all of them.

This one I've read twice. And it's such a beautiful, alluring and rich story. The characters are layered and interesting, and the mystery builds with an alarming suspense.... It's amazing storytelling, you can hardly believe it's her first novel. Highly, highly recommended. You may find it a slow start, but you'll find it hard to put down.

I really enjoyed this book I got it at an event otherwise I probably wouldn't have looked twice at it on the store shelf. It's the story of a woman named Grace in her 90s who was once a handmaid at a grand mansion called Riverton where she witnessed a terrible tragedy in the 1920s. A filmmaker making a story about the incident tracks her down to learn about her experience there, not realizing what a pivotal role she played.

It's richly, beautifully told and I was drawn in right from the beginning. It flashes back and forth between present day and the past but not in a confusing way.

After I finished reading it I shared it with my mom.