Kareensa has come home to cornwall after her fathers death to sort out his part of the family buisness.
After arriving there she finds her parents and the suction house finances are in a bad way and needs to get to the bottom of it.
She is asked to catalouge a house thats been left empty for a couple of years when both owners died there close together and a will has never been found.
While doing this she uncovers the true identity of the owners and discovers a love story that was forbidden then.

Back at the auction house she discovers her uncle has been upto no good with the buisness and her dads was bailing the buisness out while he was still alive and has left the family with no money.
She comes up with a plan to get her mum the money she is owed and help her as her health is not good.

This is a story that will whisk you away not only to Cornwall but also to Venice, a place I have heard about but never been too. Kerensa is from Venice and working for her father, she finds herself in Cornwall to valuate items in a very run down property. This is perfect for her as she needs to get away for a bit. When Kerensa finds a painting, she goes and researches into it. She has things going on in her life that she needs to come to terms with. This was storytelling at it's best, Liz always finds a way to make you completely entranced in her books. I enjoyed all aspects of this book, the history and the art and I found it useful to know a little more about both of these. I really enjoyed this spellbinding read.

A fantastic read . Covered some delicate subjects well . Being a gay woman in the thirties, woman artists who were not allowed to be famous as they were woman. A horrible controlling person, deceit , old age. Wow it had it all.all. A very loyal best friend. Set in Cornwall and Austria. Moved back and forward in time . Not my favourite way to read but it worked.. Good twists you did not see and a neat ending. Read it . Absolutely loved it.