The woman in the mirror / Rebecca James.

First U.S. edition.

Summary: "For more than two centuries, Winterbourne Hall has stood atop a bluff overseeing the countryside of Cornwall and the sea beyond. In 1947, Londoner Alice Miller accepts a post as governess at Winterbourne, looking after Captain Jonathan de Grey's twin children. Falling under the de Greys' spell, Alice believes the family will heal her sorrows. But then the twins' adoration becomes deceitful and taunting. Their father, ever distant, turns spiteful and cruel. The manor itself seems to lash out. Alice finds her surroundings subtly altered, the air slightly chilled. Something malicious resents her presence, something clouding her senses and threatening her sanity. In present day New York, art gallery curator Rachel Wright learns she is a descendant of the de Greys and heir to Winterbourne. Adopted as an infant, she never knew her birth parents or her lineage. At last, Rachel will find answers to questions that have haunted her entire life. But what she finds in Cornwall is a tragic legacy that has afflicted generations of de Greys. A legacy borne from greed and deceit, twisted by madness, and suffused with unrequited love and unequivocal rage"-- Provided by publisher.

9781250230058

2019046418

ccp.1092092