Emily has lost another temporary job and according to the temp service they are few and far between. As well, as an aspiring actress, she has also lost her agent who has decided to marry and move to the states. Feeling rather down on her luck, she is almost hit by a bus when her "knight in shining armor," Scott, who also happened to own the company she was just fired from, saves her from certain death. They go have a coffee. Scott offers Emily a once-in-a-lifetime job ... all she has to do is say yes. After some smooth talking from Scott, Emily says yes and without hesitation signs the confidentiality agreement. Off to a French estate she goes! Everything is seemingly normal but yet not normal, but Emily soon finds herself settling in and actually starts to enjoy all the hard work she and Nina have been doing to create what one might refer to as a sort of Neverland. Aurelia, Scott and Nina's daughter, does not seem as sick as Nina makes her out to be, troubled yes, sick no. After escaping for a day to a nearby city and catching up with some Google searches, Emily discovers a surprising secret about Nina and Scott ... a secret that is so tightly woven into the pages of this story it will leave you wondering how you didn't see it coming, a shocking turn of events at the end for sure.
There is some great character building in this book, I think. Emily, not so sure of herself, ends up finding she is a worthwhile individual. Scott who is a successful businessman is in actuality a rather weak man, Nina and Aurelia ... well, they are just some exceptional characters of their own.
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